Who's Lucy? ...and ... Where is Rose?

On Thursday, we ventured out for haircuts and a perm. I got a haircut, Flo got a cut and perm, and Lucy got a haircut. We are all gorgeous, again! Who's Lucy, you may ask?
I met Lucy when I signed up to volunteer at Meals on Wheels. With eyes of brown, curly grey hair, and a great big smile, Lucy is 85 years old and a sweetheart. Her 2 daughters live out of town, and our friendship kind of fell into place. Lucy doesn't drive, and I told her I would be happy to take her anywhere she'd like to go. We have been to the grocery store, hair salon, restaurant, and to the movies. Lucy hadn't been to a movie in many, many years and we had a great time. So, the next time we went to the movies, I called Lucy along with 6-7 retired friends to meet at the theater for the 1 o'clock matinee. My friend Debbie's mom was visiting from Colorado[and Debbie had to work] and my mother was also in town[pre-stroke]. Flo and I picked up Debbie's mom,then Lucy,and then headed to the movies to meet the other friends who could make it.
Our local movie theater shows matinees on Wednesdays and everyday when school is on vacation. School had just resumed the day before, but the newspaper listed a matinee on this particular Thursday. There were a couple of friends in their cars, and 5-6 people waiting by the front door. As the 3 of us walked up to the door, we realized that it was locked and yet posted on the door was the schedule with the 1 o'clock matinee listed! What was going on? Where was the person to unlock the door? We decided to wait 5-10 minutes to see if the manager would appear to open the theater. Since I had organized this little outing, and my friends didn't know Lucy or Debbie's mom, I began by saying," This is Debbie's mom, and this is Lucy," and the rest of the people introduced themselves...
"Laurie, Nancy, Rose, Sue," ...and we went around the group. We hung out for the 5-10 minutes talking about how we all were certain that they said there was a matinee, isn't retirement great, and other general chit-chat. We finally gave up hope and since we were already out...what do you want to do?
"Let's go to Kosta's and get something to eat...lunch, dessert, just coffee, whatever!!
OK!!
So we all pile into our prospective cars and proceed to the restaurant. We get a large table and the movie goers file in, sit down, scan the menu, start to talk...
Not everyone arrives and I ask,
"Where's Rose?"
Laurie says, "Who's Rose?"
I said, "Rose...at the movie theater...who was standing next to you!"
Laurie says, " Rose. I don't know Rose. I thought she was with you!"
I said, "I thought she was with you.
"Nu-uhh!"
We were all hysterical laughing!! We couldn't believe that the 'Rose' from the movie group was a stranger, because everyone was thinking that Rose someone else's friend.!!
Well, Rose appeared to be a very friendly, retired-type, movie watcher...and we were all just waiting for that nonexistent matinee to begin.
So, we still don't know WHO or WHERE Rose is...
Maybe we'll run into her again, and we can ask her..."Where've you been?"