"Hey Tina"

Kit’s words caught in her throat, her mouth left open when a man walked up to them. He was good looking, hair slicked back, sharply dressed in a crisp dark blue button up and black slacks. He was also interrupting their conversation.

"Josh. Hi" Tina smiled in a way that left no room for misinterpretation. It was friendly, no personal interest whatsoever and Kit took note of that . . especially when Josh made a failed attempt to hug his boss. He had been clearly moving in but Tina didn’t even budge, instead she asked him a question. "What are you doing here?"

"Um, Chris and Amy invited me" His cheeks heated with embarrassment,  "I hope you don’t mind"

"Not at all. Thanks for coming" Tina glanced at Kit, "Oh, I’m sorry. This is Kit Porter, she owns The Planet. Kit, this is Josh Brecker. He’s an executive producer on one of my latest projects"

"Hi" Kit smiled and shook Josh’s hand.

"Nice to meet you" He smiled back in kind before looking back down at the blonde or rather at her cleavage. Kit took note of that too. "So Tina, I wanted to thank you for the advice you gave me the other night. It really helped me a lot"

It was obvious that he was seeking Tina’s full undivided attention as he purposely excluded Kit from the conversation. The older Porter noticed and though she had half a mind to tell Josh where to go, she quickly decided that Tina was a big girl and that she could handle herself. Kit faded into the background, walking off to tend to the rest of the party and left Tina to her less than interesting conversation with Josh Brecker.

—–

Alice was busy sipping from her drink when she noticed a familiar figure enter The Planet. In her excitement, she waved a hand high in the air and squealed to her wife standing beside her.

"Christ Porter, you had me worried there for a second" Alice said as she engulfed Bette in an one-armed hug, "I thought you weren’t going to come"