Six months later….

            After multiple arguments they decided to live in West Hollywood in a slightly larger four bedroom house which was only blocks away from Bette’s previous home.  Their home had a small cottage in the back where Denise took up residence and a three car garage.  Tina took over the home she and Bette once shared for Angelica’s sake as it was the most familiar home to her and she loved the pool.

            It took Bette a little getting used to that her partner was wealthy beyond her imagining.  When they first started looking at houses Bette had a particular budget in mind and crossed several options off the list based on the price only to have Rosanna respond that if that was the right place for them they should look at it. 

            When they found their house Rosanna paid for it in cash and the deed was in both their names.  Why stress this honey? We have the funds. Why pay interest when we don’t have to?  Bette was speechless.  It hurt her alpha pride but she made up for it in other areas where Rosanna was only too happy to play Beta. 

            To Bette’s surprise once Rosanna knew that Bette had chosen her she grew in confidence in their relationship. She made it clear that she was not willing to share Bette’s heart or body with Tina still she respected their love for one another and their child.  She insisted that family night continue for Angelica’s sake and when it was at their house Rosanna would give them the space to be with Angelica without her.  There were times where the whole situation seemed surreal.  Truth she concluded was much stranger than fiction.

            The arguments about getting married were harder. Bette found herself clinging to Tina’s argument to her that it was a heterosexual paradigm that should not be perpetuated.  Rosanna would not budge. She insisted that Bette would be her wife in every way that she could make her, so and in the end Bette agreed.  They were alpha and beta to one another and the fit just got better and better.  Angelica loved her Sanna and Sanna loved Angelica. Tina and Rosanna reached a civil compromise, they would never be friends like Alice and Tina were but they were not enemies.