Tina woke up to the sound of seagulls in the sky. She was still lying on the blanket but she was fully dressed. She sat up slowly and saw Bette docking the yacht humming softly to herself.

"Hey," Tina said groggily.

"Morning love, sleep well?" Bette said with a smile.

Tina blushed, "very, very well."

"I redressed you, I didn’t want Mikah to come up and see you the way God made you," Bette said.

Tina chuckled and stood up, "nice analogy."

"Good morning!" Mikah said cheerfully walking onto the deck.

"Hey baby," Tina said hugging her daughter lovingly, "sleep well?"

"Yes, it’s very soothing here," Mikah said, "I can’t wait to tell Trey all about it."

"I’m sure he missed you," Tina said stretching her limbs and walking down the stairs to collect their belongings.

Mikah smiled at Bette and said, "you stayed up all night?"

"Yeah driving," Bette lied.

Mikah’s eyes focused on the large bite mark on Bette’s throat. The imprint of Tina’s teeth were so dark it looked like it could start bleeding at any moment.

Bette averted her gaze with a small smirk, she was a smart girl. "So I’ll see you tomorrow for our first lesson?"

"Of course," Mikah said.

"Come on babe," Tina said rolling out the suitcase, "we’re having lunch with Alice, Shane, and Helena today."

"Can Trey come?" Mikah asked.

"Yes that’s fine," Tina said.

"I’ll see you tomorrow for lunch love," Bette said.

"Bye," Tina said kissing Bette’s lips firmly, "see you tomorrow and thanks for an amazing weekend."

"We’ll do it again sometime," Bette said.

Mikah and Tina slowly jumped off the yacht and started walking down the dock to Tina’s car.

"Hey mom?" Mikah said as they walked into the parking lot.

"Yeah?" Tina said.

"I heard you," Mikah said.

Tina’s eyes widened and her face flushed, "what?"

Mikah smiled, "it’s okay mom, I knew you were gonna have sex with her sometime."

"Oh God!" Tina cried in embarrassment hiding her face.

Mikah was red with embarrassment too but she said, "I only heard like moaning and grunting and stuff, I didn’t hear like any words if that’s what you’re worried about."

"The fact that you heard anything at all is what worries me Mikah, that is not a good example for you," Tina said.

Mikah nodded, "you mean cause I told you I was thinking about giving myself to Trey?"

"Among other things," Tina said.

"Well I’m growing up mom and you were always adamant about letting make my own decisions and mistakes," Mikah said.

"I’m not telling you to do it or not do it, I just don’t want my actions to affect your decision," Tina said.

"So you think because I know you had sex with Bette I will go and have sex with Trey?" Mikah said incredulously.

"I don’t know you tell me?" Tina said, "I mean I’ve only known Bette a few weeks…"

"Yeah but you’re an adult and it wasn’t your first time," Mikah said.

Tina stopped in her tracks and Mikah stopped to look back at her. "Everytime is important and special Mikah," Tina said, "no matter what. I don’t want you to think that once you’ve done it once you can go around and do it all the time because it’s not important."

Mikah nodded in understanding, "so what happened with Bette last night, meant something?"

Tina nodded, "I love her Mikah. I hadn’t slept with anyone in 16 years and I chose her to break that abstinence."

Mikah smiled and draped her arm over Tina’s shoulders, "well mom, the way I see it, that’s a good example."