“Tina may I come in?”

“Sure”

“How was the appointment?”

“Very well, I’m having a girl”

“That’s wonderful I’m so happy for you”

“If you’re here about this script, I’ll just give you the short version.  It sucks”

“Good to hear, but I wanted to talk to you about something else”

“Helena I told you, I don’t date people I work with”

“Well”

“That includes employer’s bosses”

“Fair enough, you seem to be immune to charms.  Besides, Alice warned me about pursuing you and that it would be a waste of time”

“Wow that has to be the most intelligent thing Alice has said and I wasn’t there to hear it.  I’m going to have to get that in writing”

“They’re a very good group of friends and I very much love spending time with them, I hope you don’t mind”

“No of course I don’t mind.  It’s hard to find good friends in this town and you can’t find a group of people as loyal as that bunch”

“I hope you and I can still be friends”

“I would love that Helena”

“I just have to work on the leader of the pack, she has it in her mind that I’m trying to destroy her life”

“Bette will come around”

“I’m not the one she has to worry about you know.  It’s Franklin”

“I know, he’s been after Bette since day one”

“It’s a good thing most of the board members love her work”

“She’s the best at what she does”

“Listen, I just purchased a home in Malibu and was wondering if you’d like to come to my house warming party?  If you’re not too busy”

“I’d love to be there”

“Thank you, I also took the liberty and invited the girls to the party.  You can extend the invitation to Bette if you’d like”

“Thank you, I’ll call her and let her know”

“All right then, it’s this Friday.  I’m glad we can be friends Tina”

“Me too”

     Helena left Tina alone to finish the horrible script.  She was happy she didn’t have to be a cold hearted bitch in order to get Helena off her back.  Tina threw the manuscript in the recycling bin and fished out her cell from her purse to call Bette.