“What if she never accepts it?  What if she shuts me out of her life?”  Phyllis looked desperately at Bette.

“Then it’s something you’ll have to brace yourself for” Bette looked the floor “there are so many people who have been cut off by their friends and family.  Some of them haven’t seen nor spoken to their families since they came out to them.”  She thought about Tina and her father “Some never even got a chance to bid a final goodbye.”  Bette looked up at Phyllis “Give her the time she needs, she may surprise you.”

“I hope so” Phyllis smiled gratefully at her friend.

Alice, Dana and Monique enjoyed a conversation while Tina went to change a hyper Angelica in Kit’s office.

“I’m so sorry that you have to work with someone like Jenny” Alice said while playing with Dana’s hand.

“At least it’s only for a little while, right?”  Dana asked Monique.

“Jenny’s not as bad as you think” Monique tried to assure them “I know she’s hard to read sometimes, but I think she’s really misunderstood.”

“Yeah Miss misunderstood” Alice laughed “the thing is she acts like her problems override anyone else’s and that’s what pisses me off.  She’s so self-absorbed.”

“And it doesn’t help that Adele keeps feeding her need for attention by waiting on her hand and foot.”  Dana added enjoying the attention Alice was giving her hand.

“Yeah that’s just so unhealthy” Monique agreed “for both of them.”

“More like freaky, sometimes I think she wants to be Jenny” Alice looked at the both of them.

“I see we’re talking about Jenny’s psycho-assistant” Helena walked over just in time “Hello Dana looking as beautiful as ever” Helena leaned down to kiss her on the cheek “Monique how is life on the set with Jenny?”

“I was just telling these lovely ladies that your director happens to be a decent person to work with” Monique filled her in.

“I’ll have to agree” Helena joined at the table.

“That’s because you’re the boss you never get to see her anyway, unless it’s something dire like” Alice tried to think of something as an example.