Alice: First of all Bette and I were lovers first then friends… which is not a loss, it was a great thing… second hooking up with Dana… (Alice cringed) I don’t even like saying her name… I’ll call her… (She looked up at the toy commercial)… ELMO!

Shane began to laugh and looked at the joint she was smoking.

Shane: Elmo?

Alice: Yes for here on out Dana Fairbanks will be referred to as Elmo. Well…here at least… anyway Elmo was a mistake because Da… Elmo was royally fucked up after the Soup Chef… I mean if it had been someone else… like you… if I had shown up and kissed you that night things would be amazing between us. Alice realized she was rambling and looked down at Shane who was giving her a ‘who are you kidding’ stare.

Shane: Who are you trying to convince Al… me or you… Besides after everything with me and Cheri… you know what I hate her name too… after things with me and Gonzo… there’s no way you could have just kissed me and we would be fine… I’d have fucked it up just as much as Da… I mean Elmo. They both started laughing, while Alice took the joint from Shane and took a deep hit. Al switched the CDs using the remote. ~Cream~ began to play.

Shane: Who’s this, I kinda like the way it starts. Alice looked down at Shane with a look of horror…not mock horror, but true horror.

Shane was completely oblivious to the fatal mistake she had just made.

Alice: Who is this? Who….Shane its Prince…The Artist…who the ***** are you and how did you live through the eighties with rocks in your head?

Shane: What’s the big deal, I don’t really listen to this kind of music…well music at all really… so this is from the eighties?

Alice: Ok I need to calm down..and yes this is eighties, its Soooo eighties….Prince is the man, how have you never heard of him?

Shane shrugged and took the joint back from Alice.

Shane: Anyway what were we talking about Al?…oh yeah Elmo and Gonzo….hahaha.

Alice: Oh yeah…let me think….oh you said it would have been fucked up if you and I hooked up instead of me and Dan…I mean Elmo….and no it wouldn’t have been fucked up… you don’t give yourself enough credit Shane… I think when you finally let someone in you’re gonna give them everything you have.