It was Friday afternoon; Tina had arrived from work early and was taking care of all the details for Angelica’s birthday party while Bette was playing with the baby by the pool.  Tina looked upset and she was making loud noises while arranging things, that was her way of releasing her anger Things haven’t been easy during the last couple of months, she had started to work with Helena, it was good but she had so many projects under her supervision that she hadn’t had much time on her own, she still had to wake up late at nights because of Angelica, the issues with Bette remained unsolved and besides that, their cordial attitude they had kept since Tina and the baby moved back in was fading away.  Bette on the other hand, was happy that she had the baby living with her but she wasn’t sure if she felt the same way about having Tina home.  At first avoiding physical contact was awkward because both of them wanted to make the first move, they didn’t need it to say it but they knew they weren’t ready but now at this point they didn’t want it.  Bette never had the courage to ask Tina to restart their sexual intimacy and Tina, well, at first she was too tired to think about it but the night when she and Bette were dancing at the party at The Planet she thought that it might be the night because as soon as the song ended Bette had taken her hand to lead her back to the table, she was happy and anxious but all those emotions disappeared when suddenly Bette let Tina’s hand go which took her by surprise. Dancing together, cheek to cheek, breathing in each other’s scents had been a step forward but this gesture from Bette’s side had been two steps back.  

Bette sometimes felt so frustrated with her current life that she wanted to get out and disappear for days but she knew that going away wouldn’t make things better either.  Bette had been asked to check several works that some new artists wanted to expose in a gallery in New York, she wasn’t sure about going but Tina had convinced her to do it by saying that it was a paid consultancy and she wouldn’t be away so long.  Tina didn’t want Bette to go but she didn’t want her close either and even though Bette was making her best to not disturb her, she felt Bette’s frustration for not having a job and not being able to rekindle their marriage. Tina didn’t have much time to try to convince Bette to talk, she already had enough problems and she thought that if Bette tried harder she realized that they were making the same mistakes again, so she had to realize that and open herself to Tina.