Bette wipes her eyes dry, “Ok.”

Kit: “Alright…that’s my girl. Tell you what, I’ll go get you another drink and you find a table because the show’s about to start.”

Bette seats herself at a small table and waits for Kit’s return. She looks around to see if she recognizes anyone and she sees Alice walk through the door. She waves her over, “Hey Al….” Alice turns and smiles weakly waving back as she fully enters the bar followed by Dana, Tina, and Melanie. Bette sees Tina and turns back around ignoring her friends. Alice begins to walk towards Bette as Dana, Tina, and Melanie walk on through the bar to find a table.

Alice: “Hey, Bette, how are you?”

Bette grits her teeth and smiles, “I’m good and you?”

Alice: “Uh great….it’s good to see you out.”

Bette: “Yeah, so I’m told.”

Alice: “Dana and I were just talking about how much we missed you today. Do you want to come over and say hello to everyone?”

Bette looks up at Alice like she is the most ignorant person on earth, “No, I think I’m better off where I am.”

Alice fidgets nervously, “Well, ok um….I guess I’m gonna’ go get my drink before the show starts, but it was good to see you…call me sometime.”

Bette nods as Alice backs away. She stands to leave for the second time that night, but is stopped yet again as Kit comes back with another beer.

Kit: “You’re not trying to sneak out on me again are you?”

Bette leans down and whispers, “Kit, I can’t stay here. Tina just came in with her new date and sat right over there with Alice and Dana.”

Kit looks over towards Tina’s table and in a loud voice responds, “To hell with them Bette. This is my bar and you’re not going to go running away from here with your tail tucked just because she decided to show her face. Would it make you feel better if i asked them to leave? Because you know I will.”

Bette shook her head, “No, no don’t….don’t do that. I don’t want a scene.”

Kit: “Who said anything about a scene? I’ll just go over there and ask her to kindly get her ASS out of my bar.”