Blaine... I love youso, so much and I've put you through so much this year. I'm so sorry forall of that, but thank you for still loving me."The audien...e began to applaud, again, but Bebe spoke once more. "Oh... andthank you, Tina Fey, for not letting me pass out on the way up here."What Bebe intended to be a sincere thank you, was received as a witty endto her speech by the audience, so the applause increased even more.As Bebe was ushered stage right, the announcer's voice rang out, "Topresent. My mind has left my body and I see myself floating above the crowd, uniting with you we drift aimlessly, two spirits free of any constraints…until suddenly the train stops again and you extricate yourself, moving through the other bodies towards the doors and then out onto the platform. I have to scramble to follow you, run after you toward the exit. I finally catch up just as you reach the stairs. “Konbanwa” I say in my strong foreign accent. You barely look at me, try to get away, the. I guess you really have grown in confidence. Yea, I guess thats it, but I wanted to look nice for the last day, I almost told her the truth, that Id dresses this way in an attempt to look appealing to her, but I stopped myself. Well it suits you, she said. Its difficult to explain exactly what those words meant to me, I got a massive surge of confidence that went through me like a tidal wave. Id dressed to impress and it had worked, she thought I looked good wearing such revealing clothes which. Almost. The girls had separated from their parents for a little gift shopping,and to give their parents a chance to shop for presents for them, andwere rejoining them for a trip to the car. In the time honored traditionof parents and their offspring, Rose asked her mother what was in one ofthe larger bags. "Party supplies." came the unsurprising answer. Rose expected the answer,and even expected the usual double meaning and evasion. The intention wasto convey that it was party supplies and.