(meanwhile)

Kit arrives at the table just as Alice is taking her seat. With the exception of Angie who is now playing with some of her toys, the entire table is silent, as Kit and Alice are in a stare down.  Alice is the first to break. “What, I’m sorry Kit, alright.”

“You’ll be sorry if you ever come in here and start that kinda crap again.  Just cause you’re my friend doesn’t give you the right to start shoving and yelling at people, regardless of what they’ve done.  Not in my establishment.”

“Seriously, will someone please tell me what’s going on?”  Tina motions to Bette to sit down while giving her the abbreviated version of the situation got from Shane.  “Alice started a fight with Dylan.”

“I did not start it.  She came up behind me interrupting my conversation with Shane, rudely by the way, talking about how I don’t know her.”

“Because she heard what you were, very loudly, saying about her.  You called her…”  Shane glances over to Angie reminding herself there is a child at the table before she looks back to Alice and continues.  “You called her a F-ing liar and a user and that all she was after was Helena’s money.  She heard that Alice, that’s why she interrupted YOUR, not our conversation.”

“Alice sometimes you mouth needs a censor button.”

“Oh what, really Tina, now your on her side too.  I’m sorry maybe you can all forget what she did to OUR friend, but I can’t and won’ t.  She hasn’t proven herself to me yet.”

Bette who has been listening, while having to keep bending over to pick up her daughters toys finally chimes in.  “You’re right Alice.  Dylan hasn’t proven herself to any of us.  Not me, not Tina or Shane or Kit, any of us.  But….”

“Thank you, finally another voice of reason.”

“You’re welcome Alice, but I wasn’t finished.  What I was going to say, before I was rudely interrupted, was that Dylan doesn’t need to prove herself to me or you or any of us.  The only one Dylan needs to prove herself to is Helena.”

“Whatever, I don’t care.  I said my peace to Helena.” T hen adding under her breath, “Besides, I got someone else on it.”  The entire table is suddenly quiet again.  All of them looking at Alice wondering what her last comment could mean.