Shane ”What?”

Mark looks at Shane.

Mark ”Um…some of you guys are faster eaters than others.”

In the bathroom.

Dana has finished using one of the stalls.  Exiting the stall, she sees Alice waiting for her.

Alice ”…Hey, Dane.”

Dana takes a deep breath.  She knows.

Dana ”Hey.  …Are you sure this is a good idea?”

Alice ”No…not really.  Probably a stupid idea, but…I just wanted to talk to ya for a minute.”

Dana approaches her.

Dana ”…What do you wanna talk about?”

Alice ”Dana…it’s been six months.  And…nothing.”

Dana ”I know.  I know, Al.  But…it can’t be brought up.  It’s best it’s never mentioned.”

Dana considers a thought that for some reason never occurred to her before now.

Dana ”…You didn’t put it up on the Chart, did you?”

Alice ”Not on the database online.”

Dana ”Oh.  Okay.  …Wait.”

Alice ”I erased it from the white board.  Dana.  Dana, it’s six months later…and it still sucks.  And we can’t even talk about it.”

Dana ”And we’re not.”

Dana squints her eyes, looking down.  She is trying to keep everything in.

Dana ”Lara found the lump.”

Alice ”You said you got that checked out.  That fuckin’ thing hasn’t grown any, has it?”

Dana ”I got it checked out after…that…thing happened.”

Alice ”And?”

Dana ”…There was nothing there.”

Alice ”Yeah, but Dana if it’s still there, ya gotta keep checkin’ it until they know for sure that it’s nothin’ more than, ’nothing.’”

Dana ”…I felt it the other day.  …It does feel a little bigger than six months ago.”

Alice ”Okay, you gotta get that shit checked out.  How is Lara just now finding this???”

Dana ”Al, you gotta remember, she spent the last six months working in a studio for Veronica Bloom.  We haven’t really spent that many nights together and when we did, she was too tired.”

Alice ”You didn’t have sex for six months?”

Dana ”She was tired…and I was scared.”

Alice ”Scared of what?”

Dana ”Her freaking out like you did.  And me slipping up and saying that you noticed it first.”

Alice ”…”

Dana ”I’m supposed to check with Doctor Shapiro tomorrow.”

Alice ”So good, yer finally gettin’ it checked again.”

Dana ”For the first time since that other time.  I told Lara that I got it checked a long time ago.”