The Peabody Foundation dinner was interesting for Tina.  She had never met anyone quite as aggressive as Helena Peabody.  Helena was constantly bad mouthing the mother of her children, which she found quite unattractive.  It seemed that the more Helena tried to woo her, the easier it became for Tina to resist.  Her lame attempt to lure her into skinny dipping in a very public pool in hopes of bedding the pregnant blonde failed.  Tina wasn’t aiming to be the first woman to turn the great Helena down she just wanted to be left alone

     She was surprised to see Helena this morning sitting and talking with her friends, and it appeared that everyone liked her company.  The only exception was Bette who seemed engrossed with whatever was on her laptop.  Bette took her eyes away from her laptop to see Tina looking at her with a Mona Lisa smile.  Bette’s face lit up and she waved for Tina to come and sit next to her.  She received and paid for her order then went to join her friends taking the seat Bette had saved for her.

“Hey T”

“Hey TK did you know that Helena grew up with Cate Blanchet?”

“No I did not know that, maybe you can convince her to do a film with us”

“All you have to do is say the word darling”

     She turned to Bette and spoke in a low voice for only their ears.

“How long has she been here?”

“Too long, it started with the Hermes scarf then it escaladed into dates with movie stars, your timing couldn’t be any more perfect”

“I know with you timing is everything”

“You do know me better than anyone here”

     The whispering exes didn’t go unnoticed by Helena who interrupted their little private chatter.

“Tina, Jenny has informed me of a book she is working on and is thinking about writing a script for it.  I thought this would be a fabulous future project for us, especially after hearing what it is about.”

“It’s a work in progress for now, and with one rejected manuscript I’m skeptical about the whole writing thing”