“Thanks, sweets. Can you two catch a ride with Grace and Tina” then he paused. Guess he forgot about someone while he was yelling like an *****. “*****, Tina. I forgot about her” Very good, young man. “*****, shes gonna be so mad.”

“No, its ok. If you have to go, go.”Id figure now me being kinda drunk and him pissed, it wasnt the best time to get into some argument about leaving your date. “Will you call me tomorrow?”

“Yeah, or I could stop by if youre not busy.”

“Well see.” I say. He kisses me on the cheek and hops in the car. I turn to Alice.

“Well done, snagging a Porter heart on your first night in LA.” Im not really sure what she means by that. So I move on.

“Wheres the girl he was yelling at? And where was Bette during this whole thing?”

“Theyre together actually. Bette went to go “calm” her down.” She says this and rolls her eyes. Somethings going on between her and Bette that I dont quite understand, yet. This a lot of information for one night.

“Did Gracie come out with you guys?” I completely forgot about my own friend, How fucked up is that?

“No, last I saw her, she was talking to Shane at the bar.” Ok thats good. She didnt walk home drunk or worst yet, drive.

“Ok, whos Shane.”

“A friend of ours. Cmon lets go back inside. Im sure Bette will be back in a sec. “

I am so ready to drink again, which is good. Because when we got there Grace and Shane had shots all lined up and ready to go. After I was introduced to the resident “heartthrob” of West Hollywood (which is a reputation she says is overblown, mostly by Alice) I grab for my drink, a hand touches my shoulder. It was Bette and she looked a little more frustrated than when I last saw her.

“You guys arent starting without me, are you?”

“I was.” Alice and I say at the same time. Grace gave me a look and I had to shrug my shoulders. It was true. I wasnt nearly as drunk as I needed to be to get through this night.