ON THE STREET

Alice jumped out of her car and headed down Melrose.  She kept a hurried gait down the street.  Dana followed trying to keep up.  Alice turned around to face Dana.

“I can’t believe you did that.”

“It was nice, wasn’t it?” Dana said and lifted an eyebrow.

“Nice? What are you the devil?” Alice asked.

“I thought we shared a beautiful moment,” Dana said.

“You can’t just posses someone’s body without their consent,” Alice said as she noticed a few people staring at her.  “And I can’t talk to you anymore,” Alice said under her breath.  She began to pick up her pace again.

“What!” Dana said as she rejoined Alice’s.  “Okay, it was a bit impulsive, but I just wanted to make you feel better.”

Alice looked at Dana, rolled her eyes, turned away and started to walk at her speedy pace, once again.

“What, where you going, are you’re just gonna dump me now,” Dana said almost desperate.

Alice stopped in front of a store window and looked into it.  “This is fucking crazy.  Dump you?  Dump you?  I didn’t know I had you to dump you.”  Alice noticed attention she was receiving.  She leaned into the doorway.  “It’s one thing when we are alone but I cannot talk to you out in public.  People will start to think…” 

“So now you care about what people think,” Dana said.  “You always said that they didn’t matter.”

“I said that to you about being gay.  I don’t want to be in a fucking straight jacket,” Alice responded.

“I got it,” Dana said.  She walked through to the door of the store, and motioned for Alice to follow her.

Moments later the two exited.  Alice was wearing a blue chip headset. 

“Now you don’t look crazy, just pretentious,” Dana said as she and Alice continued to walk down the street.

HENRY AND TINA’S HOUSE

Henry began to dry the dishes that Tina placed in the dispenser. 

“Earlier when you were here with…your…girlfriend…” Henry started.

“Babe, I want to talk to you about that,” Tina said.

“Good, I think we definitely need to.  I have to admit I didn’t expect it.”

“I love being with Alice, but at the same time it can be very exhausting.  I’ve been so busy with work, Angelica and starting our new home, our family…I…I feel like I let her down.  Alice is having a tough time and I think I need to spend more time with her.  No, I want to spend more time with her,” Tina said.