Bette drove up to the drive way, she was happily surprised by all the work her friends had done. Everything was beautifully lit and decorated and she saw that inside they were all very busy to get the decoration ready there, so busy that they did not notice the lights of the car. This gave Bette and Freddy a bit of time to take everything in, Freddy took Bette’s hand again and she looked back her, she smiled at her. “Bette, I am loving it already.” Freddy said. Bette smiled back at her, took her hand to her lips “ Me too, but I can assure you, it won’t be so peaceful as it looks from the outside.” Bette replied. “Just wait till you meet them, they are a loud bunch, very expressive and enthusiastic but very genuine and loyal. We have always been a strange mix but somehow we seem to blend well together. Some of them I have known for a long time, Alice and Shane, some of them a lot shorter but even with them it clicks good. And of course my sister with her husband, it hasn’t always been an easy relationship but we do fine now. I am lucky to have her, she is the only family I still have.” Bette speaks softly, her face is not to be seen in the darkness of the car but Freddy can hear the warmth in her voice as she speaks but also a bit of tension for this reunion with the people she has never met but seems to be important for Bette, and thus for her too.

Bette and Freddy get out of the car as the snow starts falling down, big flakes, not fast but steady for sure. It will definitely be a very white Christmas, Bette is happy that they made it without all this snow, it would have been a long road to get here then. Freddy closes her door, looks up to the sky and feels a spark of happiness through her veins. She is having the happiest moments of her life ever since Bette came into her life. And now that she finally meeting the people that have meant so much to Bette, now that she will finally be a part of this life of Bette too means a lot to her. For her, it is the final recognition of Bette that she is her other half, the half that makes Bette complete.