Bette unlocked the door to their apartment. She bit her lip, scrunching her eyes together, contemplating how she could get Tina to talk to her about what had happened between her and Tina’s sister Julie. They had just come back from a romantic date at an exquisite Japanese restaurant near their apartment in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City.  Bette had been feeling guilty about an incident that occurred earlier in the week and had been trying to get Tina to talk about it. She pushed the door open allowing Tina to step inside before her. She then closed the door behind her and leaned her back against the door. “Here goes,” she whispered.

“Hmm what was that Bette?” Tina asked walking towards their bedroom.

 “We need to talk about what happened, you know.” Tina folded her arms across her chest not wanting to talk about the particular topic she was sure Bette was about to bring up again. Bette had been pushing her to, but frankly Tina wasn’t ready to discuss  her feelings.

“Ti, why won’t you tell me what Julie said to you and how come you won’t tell me what you said to her?” Bette questioned as she sat on their bed pulling off her boots.

 After what had happened between her and Tina’s sister, Tina had the locks changed. She had been unusually calling Bette more than she did, not that there was anything wrong with that; she just never was like this before in their relationship.

“Just don’t okay.” Tina sighed loudly, giving Bette a warning.

“Okay, okay fine.” Bette put up her hands. “But Tina you know I’m really sorry about it, right? I can’t even look at your sister in the eye anymore without feeling awkward.”

“Serves you right.” Tina said matter of factly. “Huh? What? Wait when did you see her?” Tina looked around their home. Did she come here again?” She pointed to the floor. “We got the locks changed, how did she get in?”

“Tina why is it so bad if she came here?” Bette furrowed her brows.  “I told her she could come around lunch time earlier in the week. I had off remember? She came and apologized; she had been out of it. T?” Bette looked confused and wondered why Tina was seemingly upset that she had seen her little sister again, it wasn’t like her sister was a stranger to their house, she thought.