“I know.  May I just say that it was Fucking Fantastic!  I seriously had forgotten how passionate Alexandra is – holding her, lying beside her, it just made all the drama that drove us apart disappear – at least for the past day and a half.”

“That’s phenomenal.  I’m actually relieved to tell you the truth.  I’ve been really worried about you but also Alexandra.  She’s been so depressed since the separation.  There were days on the set that the crew really worried whether she might lose herself in her own misery.”

“Well she certainly seemed to be a different Alex when she left this morning.  Apparently she’s been working on her issues in relationships.  She promised me she hasn’t slept with anyone else since I broke up with her.”

“She hasn’t Tina. Trust in what she says.  I can vouch for the monogamy part.  I haven’t seen her so much as look at another woman on set let alone hold a conversation with one that didn’t have something to do with production.”

Tina felt less vulnerable with Shane’s report.  She was slowly growing to trust Alexandra but it was hard given all the water under the bridge. 

“Well, I’ve agreed to see her once a week for the time being.  We will continue to re-evaluate our feelings for one another over time.  I really do care about her Shane but I can’t lie and say that I’m in love with her; although my heart moved closer to her this weekend, I’m still too raw… not to mention bitter.  When I think about the affairs, my heart still fills with anger and hurt.  It’s all just so confusing.”  Several moments pass as Tina wonders whether she should disclose the disconcerting event that happened this afternoon.  Her need for feedback from her friend pushes her past her hesitancy. 

“And then to make matters worse…I’m walking along the beach earlier this afternoon when I could swear I feel someone staring at me.  I make an effort to collect myself before I turn around.  As I glance over my shoulder I see the world’s most beautiful Brunette staring down at me from one of the beach houses in the hills.  There she is Shane.  My quintessential Brunette; tall, lean, muscular, brown curly hair, and skin the color of finely polished bronze.  There seemed to be some weird pull between the two of us.  We stared at one another for a couple of minutes.  It spooked her or something happened because just as I was about to greet her she disappeared inside her house.”

“Are you certain she was looking at you?”

“It felt that way but I couldn’t be certain without speaking to her.”

“Why do I have a feeling that you will be finding out in the near future?”

“You have that feeling, too?  How odd is that – see it must be meant to be.” Tina winked. 

“Nice one Kennard but I haven’t been smoking the funny grass today.”

“Alright…if the opportunity presents itself, I’m definitely planning on using some of this inherent charm and beauty I possess on the mystery Brunette…yes.”

“TK, I’m a little worried.  Are you turning a little alpha on me?  One hot woman in hand, a woman at work that’s hotter than dragon’s fire, and now another hot woman in the bush – err… on the beach.  What the hell has gotten into you?”

Tina gasped at Shane’s analogy and suddenly realized she hit the nail on the head.  She was acting rather alpha-like.  Was it just this morning she had been preaching to Alexandra about the importance of remaining monogamous in dating relationships? 

Okay, maybe the Brunette beauty was a pipe dream after all.  She needed to give Alexandra the time she had promised her before she started investing energy into another relationship.  God, what had gotten into her?  She was supposed to be protecting herself from the alpha population – not adding to it.