“It’s broken, my perfect nose is broken, Sam, help!  I need a plastic surgeon, STAT!  The rake, its possessed, did you see, it attacked the both of us!  Without PROVOCATION!!”  Sam scoffed and touched her nose gingerly seeing it wasn’t broken.  She wiped some of the blood off with the bottom of her shirt and reassuring Alice.

            “You’ll live, come here Miss Dana.”  Dana crawled to Sam, and she looked at her chin, a nice split lip was swelling.  Sam opened her mouth and saw that Dana had bitten her tongue, an irony that wasn’t lost on Sam.

            “Shane, want to step on the rake?”  Sam asked and Shane cocked an eyebrow, shooting Sam a killer look.  “I want it to be perfect get the Three Stooges all bloody.”  Shane burst out laughing, and they got up Shane taking Dana and Sam taking Alice.  They made a wide circle to avoid the possessed rake.  They started to walk down the street along the broken side walk.

*****

            “I have to go.  I’m supposed to go to Radar tonight against my will.  I’m having lunch with the girl tomorrow at The Planet can you come?”  Tina asked and Ro shook her head no.  Biting her lips and kneading her hands in her lap. 

            “I told you I like you Tina, but it doesn’t mean I gotta like your friends.”  Rosita explained the truth be told she wasn’t sure she was ready to meet Tina‘s friends.  They wouldn’t take too kindly to the girl from the wrong side of the tracks making friends with the white girl from the city.

            “It’s not that, they’ll love you.  I swear to you, they are a great bunch of women.”

            “I know they are you talk about them all the time.  Shane the ***** playboy Dana the goof ball and Alice the woman of words.  They won’t like me Bella, they are gonna see the mechanic, the former gang banger and not a thing past that.  Chica it’s better this way.  Me and you are just friends and I don’t need to meet your clique for that.  Remember they want you with Bette everyone does.”  Rosita said winking at Tina, making her grin quickly.