“That I do know baby.  Where are we meeting for lunch?”  Bette asked.

“Um, at the bistro down the street from the office” Tina said as she started the company car.

“Great, I’ll be there” Bette said “see you in bit.”

“Fuck, the service in here is getting shittier and shittier” Alice smiled mischievously as Tasha walked up to their table to converse with them.  She turned toward Alice in that ‘Oh no she didn’t’ stance but Alice looked right back at her with an ‘Oh yes I did’ stare.  For the sake of the façade, Tasha took out her order pad and put on the best fake smile she could muster.

“What can I get for you ladies today?”  She looked around the table and started taking orders.  Sam, Carmen, Helena, Dana and even Kit quickly shook their heads in polite refusal, while Alice smirked while she perused the menu.

“What’s today’s special” Alice pretended not to notice the three by four foot board with ‘Today’s Special: Tuna Melt’ written in big bold letters.

“Um, I think its tuna melt” Tasha said while cracking her neck.

“Are you sure” Alice looked at her in an over exaggerated mock disbelief.

“Let me check” Tasha went around the table and crouched by Alice’s chair to face the sign.  “Yup, it says tuna melt” she got back up to take her order.

“Oh that’s too bad” Alice said jokingly earning a glare from Kit.  “Not a big fish eater” she replied looking at Tasha then returned her attention to the menu.

“That’s funny cause Dana is” Tasha stared at her as Dana nearly choked on the gulp of water she just took.  Alice looked over at her to make sure she was okay then handed her a napkin.

“Yeah well, I’m a meat and potatoes kind of girl” Alice went back to the menu.  “I think I’ll have the pastrami on rye and a cup of coffee.”

“Will that be all” Tasha asked as she took down the order.

“Make sure there’s no mayo, I can’t stand it when they put too much mayo.”  Alice told her.  “And I’d like the bread slightly toasted, not too much or it’ll be dry but not too little or else it’ll seem like its still bread to” she didn’t know what quite to say to that “just in the middle toasted.”