jenny cant sleep. she is sweaty. she goes to the freezer to get ice cream. the ice cream is pink. she is in a silk nighty. jenny immagines cigaret smoke smoldering in the hallway. she follows it even though it isnt there. shane is on the couch trying to sleep;”what are you doing.” whiny. “i see something.” shane rolls over in the creces and the crevices of oblivion in the couch cushions. “Shane do you see something?”she starts to smell something to. something unsettling. “no.” jenny creeps to the windows and through the green and the fence and the yard inbetween- she sees a flicker flash of red burning. she drops the ice cream.”oh my god shane!” screams; shane doesnt know where she is or what is happening or if it is a dream, confused and half asleep she follows jenny.they fall down the front steps towards bette and tinas house-and shane it suddenly wide awake.her best friends house is showered in flames. carmen and marc come running out, marc is allready on the phone trying to get help. “oh my god the baby.”shane can feel its heart beating and she runs in to the house that is on fire without thinking. the flames are so masculine that jenny is scared to go in- but she is more scared to stay out. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – dana and alyce lay in bed peacefully. snuggled and cuddled and cozy. “dana…do you-” “what alyce?” “well i mean do you ever want to. . .” “Alyce.” sternly. “nothing never mind.” “Alyce spit it out.” they look at each other intetly. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – — – – – — —————— the smoke is sufforcating them and they cannot breathe.bette is crying uncontrollably and tina is screaming “my baby!” the flames lock them in between the bedroom door and the patio door forcefully. bette tries to drag tina towards the world but tina cannot stop screaming. there in no way she can get to the nursery. the flames are burning. – — – – — – – — – – – – – — – – – – – – — – — – — –helena cant sleep. she struggles with the possibility that she was just a fling. and she struggles with it angrily. she lies in her queen size bed, in its queen size sheets. ————————————————————- kit takes a drink. it is bitter but it is sweet. she turns on the t.v. she is dizzy and she is buzzing but she thinks she sees her baby sisters house on t.v burning. she drops everything. ————————————————————- carmen cant stop shaking, and she is paniking, and there is nothing that she can do. firemen in suits, with weapons to supress the temperature and the danger of this disaster.and shane is in there without anything to protect her.and jenny- she would cry, but the smoke has filled and dried her eyes. marc holds her to him as she quivers and prays to god that the fire hasnt allready taken all there lives. and she hates the fire like she hates the men. the way they are all so strong.so much stronger than women. the fireman rush in. ————————————————————-