“Bette, did you hear me,” I said, Bette just stared off.

“What, yes, I heard you. How…how…how did they meet? How is it possible that they even know each other?”

“I don’t know Bette. I was too dumbfounded to even ask. At first, I didn’t realize who she was.”

“It’s ok Dane, its fine, I’m fine.”

“Are you sure, because your face is all red?”

“Yes, I’m fine. I just need to breathe,” she said, taking in deep breaths.

“Bette, hun, sit please,” I said guiding her to a chair.

“I haven’t seen her in such a long time. I don’t know how I will act around her.”

“You will act like normal ok? You will have your pregnant wife on your arm, and you will be calm. She will see that you’ve moved on and life is as it should be.”

“You’re right, you’re absolutely right. Tina is my love, and our baby is my life. I’m acting like a fool. I guess I just needed a momentary freak out.”

“Well alright then, let’s get back inside; I’m sure Tina’s worried,” I said and we both walked in. I found Lara and held her by my side all night. Bette joined Tina and the others, I saw Tina lean over to Bette and whisper, everything ok? Of course Bette acted cool, nodded and flashed that Porter smile at her wife. I saw my brother walk in with Kelly and I quickly went to him, leaving Lara to distract Bette and Tina while I talked to him. Kelly just mingled with our parents while I pulled him outside.

“Did Kelly tell you anything?”

“No, should she have?”

“I really think she should have told you.”

“Told me what babe,” Howie said, worried.

“About her and Bette.”

“Oh, she told me about that. They were college roommates at Harvard.”

“And?”

“And what, that’s it. College roommates. What? Ok, she told me that she did have some same sex fun. But I don’t care about that.”

“Did she tell you with whom she had ‘same sex fun’ with?”

“No, I don’t need to know.”

“It was Bette Howie.”

“What? Are you serious?”

“Yes, I don’t know the whole story, but they had a relationship. It was obviously an intense one, and when Kelly broke it off, Bette had a meltdown and almost killed herself. I would have told you sooner but I didn’t realize who she was.”