Lara hands Alice the flower.

Alice ”I’m so tempted to push the button, but…I don’t wanna interrupt her.”

The singing flower is set aside in a chair.  It can do no harm there.

2:26 PM.

Shane and Carmen have forgotten about everything else for the time, focusing their mouths and bodies on one another.  Bette continues to wait.  It is all she can do.

2:27 PM.

Helena’s heart is broken.  She settles.  Dylan is conflicted.  It is all a mess.  It is a setup that may never repair Helena and Dylan.

2:29 PM.

Helena signs the agreement.  Meanwhile, the bus arrives for Bette.  She is on her way home.  She does not know what all has happened.  Tonya meanwhile has arrived for her insemination.  She is hoping to be pregnant in a few hours.  Tina and Henry wrap up lunch.  Mark and Lola are on their way to the hospital.  He wants to make Dana laugh.

Room 7.

Dana opens her eyes.  She sees Alice and Lara.  They see her eyes and smile.  Dana’s eyes turn to Lara, who is holding her right hand.  Her eyes then to turn to Alice, who is holding her left hand.  She smiles and while her hands do not let go, Dana herself does.

2:34 PM.

Code Blue.  Alice and Lara hear the alarms.  The nurses and doctors arrive.

2:35 PM.

Shane and Carmen are having sex.  They are trying.  Henry is there for Tina.  Kit and Angus lie on the bed together, smiling.  Marina and Francesca are ready to leave the airport.  Peggy is consoling her daughter, Helena.  Mark and Lola are almost to the hospital’s parking lot.  Bette rides the bus, sensing something is wrong.

”Still no pulse.”

2:35:41 PM.

”She’s gone.  Calling it, stop C.P.R.”

Alice and Lara are there the entire time.  Alice cries against Lara, their arms wrapped around each other.  Lara’s eyes are in a strange daze.  This is not how it was supposed to be.

Soon, they are escorted out of the room and into the hallway.  Mark and Lola arrive, seeing them.  It is probably just a moment while Dana naps, he thinks.

Mark ”Yeah, I know I’m here a little early.”

Lara looks at Mark.  She wants to cry.  She cannot.  Alice does the crying for them.

Lara ”…She’s gone.”

Alice’s cries are louder now as Mark looks through the window.  He sees the nurses tending to Dana’s now post-mortem state.  He places his head against the window and closes his eyes.  Alice and Lara continue to hold each other as Lola looks on, choking back her own tears.  Lara wants to cry.  She kisses Alice on top of her head and closes her eyes.

She is gone.