“Rach,
can I ask you something”

She
turned her gaze back to me from the window she had been looking out of and I noticed
again the look of happiness that seemed to have taken hold in her eyes since I had
known her, traces of sadness sometimes still showed but on the whole she seemed
at peace.

            “Sure
Tina, anytime you know that”

I took a
beat to formulate what I wanted to as before letting it out of my mouth

            “Do
you ever wonder how Andy and Bette are as close as they are and get on so well?
And how they both get on so well with Peggy, but especially Andy she seems to
have an effect on that woman that I have never seen with anyone else it is like
she can actually get Peggy to behave, not even Bette can do that”

She grinned
and let a chuckle slip past her lips as she shrugged her shoulders before
answering

            “You
know I have no clue but you are right, It baffles me if there are two people on
earth who should struggle to get on it is Bette and Andy, I mean they are so
alike I am always surprised but as far as I can see it is just as it is meant
to be, and I figure that as someone who thinks the only reason I am here today
is fate that the role they seem to fill for each other is just that. And as for
Peggy she just loves her and I think believes that of you all Andy is the one
that needs her the most and so tries to be there for her in as much as her eccentricity
will allow.”

I
laughed at the answer that really didn’t clear anything up for me and knew that
maybe my dark haired young friend would just always hold a little mystery for
all of us.

Before I
knew it we were pulling up at the restaurant that Rachel had picked out for her
rehearsal dinner tonight. It was an Italian place and I knew the food would be
amazing, Rachel was, as well as the most amazing chef, a true connoisseur of
all things food and had sniffed out all the amazing L.A restaurants she could
find in the time she had been here.

———————————-Rachel———————————-

I
stepped out of the car I had shared with Tina and chuckled as I realized that
all the other vehicles had been somewhat more crowded and wondered how we had
managed to get a car to ourselves. I was however pulled from my own thoughts as
I saw Andy step from the car she had shared with Bette, Carmen and Shane with
Holly in her arms.