Look

            She messed up,
Quin.  You gotta give her a second
chance  Shane began, Dana putting her
hand on hers.  This evening was going to
be a lot harder than theyd first thought. 
Quin looked down at her own hands, missing the gold band that had once
sat there, sadness in her body language.

            We messed up.  Things werent that great in the past few
years  Quin admitted reluctantly, Im
gonna go 

            No.  You are staying right here, with your
friends.  Youre as much our friend as Alice
is come on, Quin.  Tina said, getting up
and moving Quin back to her chair.  Dana
reached over, touching Quins sad cheek. 
After a few minutes of quiet, Shane asked Tina.

            So what do the
Peabodys have you working on?  Shane
asked.  Tina had taken a very lucrative
job offer from Helena two months before, running their new production studio.  Shed in turn, hired Daisy to over see any
music and scoring that theyd need during production.  Daisy, having no reason to stay in Seattle if
half of her family was there, had said yes. 
Ro didnt care where she painted, as long as Daisy was home every
night.  Quin and Alices split, had only
reinforced Daisys decision to leave Seattle. 

            Oh, this idea for a
TV show, for one of the new gay-based cable shows.  Its based on some older books, sort of
sci-fi, lesbian, detectives  We havent
battened it down yet, but its getting there. 
Tina admitted.

            You Cass, find a job
yet?  Bette asked her.  Theyd gotten rather well acquainted in the
last five years, swapping emails, and short phone calls also.

            Yes, doing profiling
for a lawyer-psychiatrist team that does high profile cases.  The current psychiatrist works with the adult
cases, and Im going to be doing the adolescent cases, very exciting.  Cass admitted.

            Who is the lawyer-psychiatrist?  Bette asked.

            Kate Wheaton and her
partner is Amy Astin.  Shane almost spit
out her wine, coughing and wiping her mouth with the back of her hand.  Everyone asked her if she was all right, and
Shane nodded, repeatedly.

            Huh, Amy Astin?  Seriously?

            Yeah, why?  Cass asked, watching Danas mouth keep the
perfect O shape as she spoke.

            Nothing.  Shane muttered, and Dana had to ask.

            Does she have a
girlfriend?