“Ok so what do you guys mean you still don’t understand it? I mean is she an ex or friend with benefits? I get that Bette is in love with the kid, hell I mean who wouldn’t be she’s adorable.” Dani smiled at Carmen’s smiling face. “But this weird friendship they have is a little too… I don’t know.” Dani finished shoving more noodles into her mouth.

“Use a fork, you pig.” Carmen said hitting her with a plastic fork she’d snatched from the bag. It sometimes amazed her that Dani could eat four or maybe five big meals in a day and stay extremely thin. “Why don’t you ask Bette these questions?”  Carmen said taking Shane’s foot into her lap and kneading under the ball of her foot with her thumbs earning her a relaxed groan from Shane as she sank deeper into the couch. Shane was completely whipped from her job and Carmen always took great care of her body when she came home, it was routine between the two that allowed them to live active lives on the weekends.

“I would but she’s always working or in meetings or with the kid or whatever the hell else she does in her 28 hour days. Besides that I don’t know if she’d tell me if Tina was something more.”

“So what makes you think we’d tell you?” Shane said peaking through one open eye.

“Uhh, because you nosey bitches tell me everything.” Dani said with a mouthful of noodles.

Carmen laughed at Dani’s face as she spoke with noodles still hanging out of her mouth. “Look we can’t tell you anything because we don’t know anything. Bette and Tina’s relationship is like a living thing. It exists solely between those two.  Hell Angelica probably knows more than we do.” Shane laughed as she nodded her head at Carmen’s assessment. “I gave up trying to figure it out years ago; I suggest you do the same.”

“Ok so what about this Kelly chick?”

“Well now that is a whole can of worms that you should definitely ask Bette about and when you find out, you let me know.” Carmen answered switching feet.

Dani just shook her head as she continued eating. Bette was a complete turnaround from the woman she’d left here in the states after her last visit. She was a lot easier to be around, her body was relaxed and her life seemed to flow without her wanting to control every aspect of it. She seemed to move throughout her days with a lot less coordinated plans and her mind wasn’t so focused on her work.  She loved her sister dearly but this wasn’t what she expected when she came to L.A. for a visit, she’d expected to see Kit, Carmen and Shane regularly, but Bette only some of the time. Maybe even at a running dinner, one where they’d order and Bette would have to rush off to the hospital, leaving her to eat alone and catch a cab back home. She’d done it before, it hurt but she understood that Bette was needed for more than just a family dinner. But this woman had changed her sister into someone who paid attention to her at dinner and let herself engage in conversations pertaining to something other than her studies or work. She showed a genuine interest in her work in South America and wanted to know everything about her job and personal life. It was so new and foreign to her that she hadn’t known how to speak to her about it, but when she retorted back with questions and excitement for her, she really had seen a new side to her sister. But the question was how did Tina do this to her?