“It’s gonna be a mother of a good day” beamed an elated Alice as she slammed her money on the counter and grabbed her already made flat white.

Kit looked into her eyes nervously
“That’s great baby girl”

“Yes it is Miss Porter” nodded Al, slapping her hands on her hips and looking around the Planet
“Why the mother fuck, am I always first here?” shaking her head in disbelief she turned back to Kit with sincerity
“You know I used to be unreliable one, the late, messy, lazy one- and it was great… Now I had to go and grow up and spend hours waiting places on my own. Where the hell is your sister?”

Kit shrugged, not entirely sure what to do with a raving Alice.

“I’ll tell you where she is” barked Al, still nodding aggressively and looking around the room
“Playing footsey with that artist friend of hers, damn Tasha and the damn army- it’s all the Government’s fault… Always comes back to those bastards” switching her attention back to Kit she continued
“Didn’t even vote for that fucker, but there all the same of course”

“I’m sorry baby girl, I’ve gotta take these coffees over to some tables”

“That’s okay babe” understood Al with a wave of her hand to show her it was okay to leave her presence
“All the fucking same”

Spinning around as she sipped from her coffee cup she spied Annika and decided to give it another go. She felt pretty safe from the Dana thing now anyway- after all her elation could easily be traced back to a night spent in the same bed as Tasha. Walking over to Anni cautiously Alice gave her a little wink
“Hello again”

Anni looked up with glazed eyes and inadvertenly ripped the earphones from her ears

“Gees” she exhaled, with a slight laugh at her clumsiness

Without waiting for an invitation Alice slipped into one of the free chairs and hugged her bag to her chest

“Doesn’t seem like a good habit for a scuba diver”

Niki’s face contorted in confusion and then relaxed dramtically

“Oh right” she nodded with a slight, complimentary laugh

“Pulling out cables”

“Yah” nodded Alice

“Not my best, but-“

“It was there right?” finished Niki with a grin and put the ipod back in her satchel. Before setting her attention to stirring her banana smoothie.