Shane glanced over at Carmen, silently telling her not to mention their “rescue” of the drunken Dana a couple of weeks before.

Bette added, “You know, Kit’s been acting really strangely lately, every time I mention Dana’s name.”

“Think she knows something we don’t?” Carmen wondered.  Kit’s probably just worried Dana’s drinking too much, she thought to herself.  Shane’s glance her way told Carmen that her girlfriend had the same idea.

“I don’t know.  If she did, I wish she’d tell us,” Bette said with a sigh.

“Where is Kit?” Jenny asked, looking up from her paper briefly.

“She’s at our house, watching Angelica,” Tina supplied.

“I’m just so worried about her,” Shane said aloud, slumping forward.  Carmen leaned against her supportively, playing with the hair at the nape of her neck.

“Who, Angelica?” Jenny asked absently, not looking up.

“No, Dana,” Shane corrected her.

“What about Dana?” a voice asked.  They all looked up to see Alice smiling above them and holding hands with a grinning Helena.  Seeing everyone’s expressions, Alice added, “Don’t worry, you guys, it’s okay to talk about her.”  Giggling, she plopped down in Helena’s lap.

“We’re just worried about her, that’s all,” Bette said, eyeing Helena with distrust.

Seeing Bette’s look, Tina laid a soothing hand on her knee and smiled at her.  Remember that talk we had, she thought to herself.

Evidently, Bette did remember, as her expression softened some and she offered Helena a small smile, who tentatively grinned back.

“We haven’t seen much of her lately,” Carmen added, walking her fingers up and down the upper vertebrae of Shane’s spine, causing goosebumps to erupt on her lover’s arms.

“Well, arrange it so you can see her,” Helena suggested, wrapping an arm securely around Alice’s waist.

“How?” Tina was curious.

“Throw her a party.  She can’t turn that down, she can?” Helena asked.

“You don’t know Dana that well.  Trust me, she can turn down a party,” said Shane.

“Well, we’ll just bring the party to her,” Helena suggested.

“We?” Bette raised her eyebrows and then winced as Tina elbowed her hard in the side.  “I mean, uh, you’d be willing to help?”