Mine Again
Chapter 4
(Formally known as Second Chances)

It was early in the afternoon when Bette and Tina got home from the Planet. They had barely even stepped inside the house, and almost immediately Tina went straight for the baby’s room, seeing to it that Giselle was well fed and that all the babys things were in order before she and Bette started to head out for their date. In the far corner of the room the blonde was busily preparing the things the baby will be needing when she stays with Angela and Samantha for tonight while she had her date with Bette… Tina had no idea what her wife had planned, in fact she got very excited even just thinking of what Bette could have in the pretty little head of hers.

As things were winding down between Tina and the baby, Bette was out in the living room, going over what she had to do for the date tonight. She wanted Tina to be absolutely surprised, so Bette made sure she didnt give out too much information to her wife about anything she had planned or intended to do. In her mind, she really wanted this night to be special, but in order to do that she had to find a way to get Tina out of the house for an hour or so. Bette had to set a few things up but she didnt want Tina it see anything just yet. Quietly she sat there on the sofa for what seemed like an eternity but in reality it was actually only just 2 minutes or so… then suddenly it hit her. Taking the phone with her she went out by the pool… making sure to shut the patio doors so Tina wouldnt over hear what she was about to do.

Once Bette got outside, she dialed the number of the person she thought couldve helped her out the most at that very moment.

“Hello” A soft but ***** voice answered.

Upon hearing this, Bette got a little distracted from what she heard on the other end of the phone Damn that woman even sounds beautiful on the phone Bette’s thoughts were cut short when the voice spoke once more only this time it was a little bit louder:

“Hello???”

“Angela…” she hesitated, “This is Bette… Bette Porter from next door.” Bette finished, cursing her sidetracked mind in the process.

“Oh, Hello Bette…” Angela happily greeted her, “I know who you are” she shook her head smiling, “are you ready to bring Giselle over?”


“Well actually Tina is still getting her ready I’m actually calling to ask you for a favor ummm thats if you dont mind… it has something to do with what I had planned for tonight.” Bette stated in one single breath.

“Sure Bette… Anything to help” Angela said without a second thought, “What is it exactly?”

“Well The thing is that I want to surprise Tina tonight But I have to get her out the house so I can set up everything without her knowing So I was wondering if you could keep her pre-occupied when she brings Giselle over” Not too long, just enough time so I can get things finished up here.” Bette said excitedly as she thought about her own surprise.

“Absolutely Bette… how much time do you need?” Angela said with a smile, finding that Bettes enthusiasm was contagious.

“Ummm about a hour maybe… But I have no idea what your going to do to keep her there I mean..” Bette said with a slight giggle

“You know what… Ill think of something… but youll get the time you need…” Angela reassured her, “I just think its so sweet of you Bette, that you want to surprise her like this…Tinas a very lucky woman.” she complimented.

“Thank you so much Angela… well I think Tina should be over very shortly. Thanks again for your help. Oh” and please take good care of my baby.” Bette stated sounding very happy.

“No worries Bette… she’s in good hands, Good luck tonight.”

“Ok bye.”

“Bye Bette”

Once Bette had hung up the phone she smiled and let out a sigh of relief Then right when she was going to head back into the house, she heard people conversing from Shane and Jenny’s side of the fence, and almost immediately Bette recognized the people who were talking well two of them at least, then quickly she realized who the other voice belonged to, given that she had just heard it earlier at lunch. It was Shane, Carmen and Jessica, checking out the studio that Jessica would be living in from now on. Suddenly Bette went to open the gate to see what her friends were up to.

“Hey, whats going on with all this loud talking out here.” Bette yelled pretending to be angry, as she swung the gate open and effectively startling the three lovely ladies on the other side.

“Oh my god”

“What the…?’

“Ohh *****… Bette? Damn you scared the ***** out of us… ” Shane said as she walked up to the gate where Bette was standing.

Bette just burst out in laughter. “Oh my god… you should have seen the looks on your faces…” again she continued to giggle, “I’m sorry you guys….” Bette said in between laughing and trying to speak.

“So we weren’t being too loud were we? I mean we didnt wake up Giselle right?” A very concerned Shane asked.

“No Shane… I was just having a bit of fun with you guys…” Bette smiled her million-dollar smile at the two girls off to the side of Shane.

“Hi Carmen…. Jessica.”

“Hey Bette”

“Hi Bette”

“No I was just out here, trying to get some things figured out for our tonight.” Bette explained as she motioned towards her house when she said mentioned the word, “Our”

” Oh… What? Do you did help with anything, because I’ll be happy to help out.” Shane offered as she leaned against the fence.

“Oh no… I couldnt ask that from you… I mean I do have this surprise for Tina all set in my mind I’m just trying to figure how to pull it off, but you’re probably too busy so..” Bette trailed off as she looked down and pretended to pick at her nails.

“I wanna help too.” Carmen busted out with excitement.

Carmen loved Bette and Tina as a couple, even though when she first met them, they were still separated. She didnt know the whole story as to why they had broken up, but every time Carmen saw them together, she knew they were meant for each other, not only that but she could also see the love in their eyes every time she saw them look at each other… And now that the two of them were back together, Carmen slowly realized that she wanted that for herself, so in a way she kind of looked up to them.

“See Bette? We want to help out. Just tell us what you want done and we are up for it.” Shane said as she placed a hand on Bette’s shoulder.

“Totally, youre in right Jess?” Carmen asked.

“***** Yeah! Anything for such a beautiful couple and my soon to be next-door neighbors.” Jessica said as she smiled at Bette.

Bette looked up at her friends and smiled.

“Wait ….what? Neighbors? Okay never mind, fill me in later… But are you guys sure?”

“Absolutely.” All three of them said in unison.

Bette went over her plan with the girls telling them exactly what she had in mind and all the necessary things that had to be done for Tina’s surprise tonight. Once the small briefing was done Bette went back into the house, right as Tina was walking out of the bedroom with Giselle and her things in tow. Bette just smiled inwardly thinking how lucky she was to have such a beautiful family; it truly was a blessing to be where she was standing at the moment.

“Hey Babe? Where were you?” Tina asked as she set Giselle in her bouncer and set the bag on the floor. ” I was calling for you, but you didnt answer.”

“Oh Im sorry Tee, I was just outside making a few phone calls at work, I had to get them done before our date, I dont want any interruptions tonight.” Bette said rather convincingly as she walked towards Tina, wrapping her arms around her waist and kissing her lightly on the lips.

“Mmmm But did you need something baby?”

“No, nothing important… I just didnt hear you and wanted… Oh never mind” Tina began to answer, but then found herself too lost in her wifes beautiful eyes to continue on with what she was saying, so instead she just leaned in and kissed Bette once more.

“You know baby, I can stand here and kiss you forever…” Bette tried to say between kisses…” But if we ever want to go out tonight… mmm…” Tina kissed her again, “We better start to get ready dont you think?”

Tina let out a giggle as her lips were still on Bette’s “Yes baby, your right… Just let me get Giselle over to Angela and Sam’s and then Ill come back to get ready okay?”

Tina said as she kissed Bette and then went to grab Giselle and the bag. Tina made her way over to Angela and Sam’s house, and once the front door was closed. Bette scurried to get her plan into action. Hopefully Angela could pull of the “Keep Tina Busy For An Hour” mission. Carefully Bette got the spare house key, and the things that Shane, Carmen and Jessica would need to pull off Tina’s surprise. Bette put everything in the pool shed, plus the key with a note thanking the girls for all their help. Now the only thing Bette needed to do was make a couple more phone calls and she should be set.

Meanwhile next door at Angela and Sam’s place…

Angela didnt exactly have a plan in terms of how to keep Tina from going back home right away once she had dropped Giselle off Then all of a sudden a real issue she wanted to ask Tina, popped into her mind… why not kill two birds with one stone? Help Bette and herself out in at the same time. As Tina was busy fussing over Giselle and going through what she had in packed into the baby bag, it was then when Angela decided to say something before Tina got ready to leave.

“Uh huh… Tina I bet shes going to be good and if we need anything or need you, we will call. Giselle is going to have a blast with Josie. But since your here, I wanted to ask your opinion on something.” Angela asked as she sat down on the sofa next to Giselle in her carrier.

Tina looked at Angela and sat on the other side of Giselle.

“Sure Angela…” she smiled

“Well remember when I told you that I’m taking a break from my career right now, you know for my family and all…. I got this phone call the other day. It was my agent calling to say I was asked to be in a movie… But I really dont know what to do… then I remembered that you were in the entertainment business once.”

Angela’s little dilemma worked like a charm. Tina was so into trying to help her out that she didnt even notice that an hour had passed. As soon Angela realized that quite some time had gone by she quickly pointed out that Tina was going to miss her date if they kept talking to each other. Tina jumped up and gave her baby a kiss, then as she was leaving, she went over all the phone numbers Angela would be needing to get help if in case there was a problem of any kind with the baby. Once Tina went outside she noticed that is had gotten dark, almost immediately she rushed as fast as she could to get to her own house.

Bette was just getting out of the shower, drying off her hair, when she heard Tina come through the front door, obviously in a hurry. Tina then headed down the hallway and past Bette on the way to the bedroom, stripping off her cloths as she went.

“Babe, Im sorry… I lost track of time, Angela needed my opinion on something… and we just started talking….” Tina rambled as she walked past Bette again on her way to the shower.

“Its okay babe” Bette started to say as Tina walked past her, “Whoa slow down we have time… no rush Tee I just got out the shower myself”

“Oh okay but just give me a few minutes I’ll be right out and our date can finally start… you know Ive been waiting for this ever since you asked me out babe.” Tina winked as she stepped into the shower.

As Bette combed through her hair and watching Tina’s ***** figure through the foggy shower doors, she started a conversation as Tina showered.

“So baby? What was it that Angela needed your opinion on?” Bette asked as she smiled knowing that it was the thing to give her the time that she needed.

“Ahhhhh… it was about a movie she was asked to be in you know that models in movies are like totally in now or something. So then she remembered that I was in the entertainment business before.” Tina said as she washed her hair.

Meanwhile outside Bette and Tina’s….

Alice just pulled up. She had been dodging Bette in a way, she felt really bad for breaking Bette’s Richard Prince, but couldnt hide forever. So she figured she could make things better if she offered to replace the piece of art or do anything Bette wanted to make things right again. As she got out of her Mini Copper, she noticed that her heel strap was loose. Alice kneeled down to fix her shoe problem. Then once she fixed it, she looked up and saw a Silver Car parked right across from the house, Alice squinted to get a good view of the vehicle and noticed a person’s figure moving about inside. So Alice being the nosey person that she was started to walk over to the car that was parked by the shadowed cover portion of the street. As she got closer she realized who was sitting in this car, looking like she was stalking or staking out in front of her best friends’ house….

“Helena?”

TBC……..