Lara ”What was she like when you first met her?”

Alice ”Goofy.  Lovable.  And very much in the closet.  I was the first person she really came out to here.  Pretty much brought her into the fold at The Planet with me, Shane, Bette, and Tina.  Oh, and Marina.  We all pretty much look after her…and now with her being out…”

Lara ”Who knows what’s going to happen, right?”

Alice ”Right.  I think with you around, it’ll at least make things better for her.”

Lara ”Yeah.”

Lara looks out the passenger window.

Alice ”Hopefully for you, too.  Don’t think this is all about her.  I mean, for Dana…well, she had a brief fling with a girl named Melanie.  Never really went anywhere and she refused to acknowledge that it ever happened until a few months ago.  And…I’ve heard you uhh…had kind of a shit relationship before Dana.”

Lara ”Hm.  You’ve talked with Marina.”

Alice ”Well, she mentioned you guys talked.”

Lara ”We did.  If not for that talk, I probably wouldn’t be in this car right now with you.  But yeah, I don’t really want to go into my past.  It’s behind me for a reason.  There’s not much I can do about a girlfriend who turns out to be engaged to a trapeze artist.”

Alice ”A trapeze artist?  Seriously?”

Lara nods.

Alice ”Shit.  Well…the good news is you’re here where you belong.  And you and I are gonna get Miss Fairbanks out of that apartment.  I’m sure she’s tired from her matches, but she knows when I don’t hear from her, I’m gonna show up.  It’s a rule.”

Lara smiles, laughing softly.

Lara ”I just want to make sure.  That this is right.  I’ll be honest, Alice.  I don’t know if I belong here.  But I do know I care about her a lot.”

Alice ”Yeah and she’s crazy about you.  I’m just happy she’s crazy about somebody worth being crazy about.”

Lara ”Thanks.”

Alice parks her car, having arrived at the destination.  She and Lara enter the apartment, which is unlocked.  In the bedroom, Dana talks with her beloved cat, Mr. Piddles, having just come out to him.

Alice and Lara arrive in the bedroom where Dana rubs and pets her cat.

Alice ”See, Lara?  She does love pussy.”