“Not officially, but yeah I suppose she was my wife,” replied Tina quietly- not sure why she was growing anxious.

“Well she’s a beautiful woman” was all Alex could manage as she became aware of Tina’s discomfort.

The two women stood there for a moment avoiding one another’s eye contact- from behind their sunglasses.

“Do we have a meeting today?” asked Tina finally, knowing full well it was in ten minutes

“Yes. We should probably get in there,” said Lex firmly, suddenly the embodiment of professionalism with a tight smile.

 So Alexandra opened the door for a thankful Tina and they walked in together for the first time.

Bette stepped into the seat that Annika had just exited

“You are unbelievable Alice,” laughed Bette good naturedly

“What?” protested Al, looking every inch the indignant innocent.

“Nothing, nothing” came the smirking reply

“So she a nice girl?”

Alice was not too keen on the idea of dwelling on this topic, and certainly not with Bette Porter

“She’s fine Dean” spat Alice, looking around the room

“Where’s Jodi?”

It was now Bette’s turn too not want to dwell on the topic of conversation

“She had a thing” Porter waved her hand frivolously

“Oh, right” nodded Al with a smirk

“Leave it Alice”

“So seen much of Tina lately?”

Bette lowered her eyes at her friend and leaned forward

“Alice”

“Okay, okay,” laughed Alice

“I don’t know what the big deal is”

Her friend simply rolled her eyes and leaned back in her chair staring the door. After a few moments Alice inhaled and raised her shoulders

“So what are we going? Sitting here in silence”

“Well if you can have an adult conversation we might be able to have some sort of a dialogue, but I can’t really see that happening” Bette paused smiling with a tint of patronisation at Alice

“Not this century”

“You know Alex is at work today” smirked Alice

“What?”

“She won’t be walking through that door anytime soon Bette”

“What the fuck Alice? Can we just forget all that?”

“You want to sleep with her don’t you?”