Clearing her throat, she let out an agitated, "Alright, you fucked all night, we understand."

Bette smirked coyly and adjusted her perfectly tailored grey Gucci jacket, settling it over the crispness of the cream-colored blouse beneath. "Pardon us for displaying the semblances of a happy couple, Alice."

Alice rolled her eyes, "Display all you want, but, I’m trying to drink here…"

Tina laughed and got up from the table, patting Alice’s shoulder as she walked by her. Bette watched as Alice’s agitated face grew, if possible, more annoyed, and she interlocked her fingers, making a pillow for her chin. "I take it a one Miss Gabrielle Devaux still hasn’t called you?"

"Nope, she hasn’t called her, and she’s surly as all hell…" Shane piped up, scrubbing a hand through her stringy black hair.

"It lives!" Alice proclaimed, sucking down the last of her Chai and beginning to take her frustrations out on a nearby bran muffin, stealing it from its safe haven on the basket perched on the table. Shoving a chunk into her mouth she sighed. "I mean…wha mor do I haff to do?"

"Dump her…" Tina said as she arrived back with two mugs of coffee, sliding one to her partner and keeping the other for herself. "She’s no good for you Alice, look how miserable you are."

"Easy for you to say, you’re like the fricken Lucy and Desi of the lesbian world." Alice said after swallowing the hunk of muffin and deciding her best bet was to remain cynical, especially when it came to love.

"Listen, Al, even Lucy and Desi had their problems. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Dump her and move on, or you’ll never find what’s better for you." Shane gruffed out in her all-knowing way.

"Thank you, Confucius!" Alice exclaimed, sarcasm dripping from the words.

The lithe brunette grinned, "Anytime, Al. My infinite Zen wisdom extends from one end of the lesbian spectrum to another. Wax on, wax off…rub on, get off." Shane gave her best Mr. Miyagi.

The group erupted into a guffaw as Dana pulled up her normal chair, face pulled in a frown as she did so. She looked at each familiar face expectantly. "So, you’ve heard about it…huh? Great. I’m sure the message boards are crawling with freaks who are trying to download before and after shots."