Chapter 3

"60 now huh?" Alice said with a teasing grin.

"Don’t you start now Alice," Bette said, "I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve thrown you in my pool."

"Alright, alright I’ll leave it alone," Alice said raising her hands in defeat.

Bette looked surprised as Tina said, "are you serious?"

"She’s mellowed out ever since we decided to adopt a baby sister for Benji," Dana said.

"Oh congrats on that by the way," Bette said. "When I was staying at Helena and Dylan’s in London they told me they got you in contact with their social worker."

"Right Maggie," Alice said, "helped Helena and Dylan take Helena’s kids after Winnie died in that accident and then adopt two more African children."

"She’s great, we’ve been seeing kids all over the state," Dana said.

"Well congrats guys seriously," Shane said, "Carmen and I have been planning on doing insemination."

"Really?" Bette said in surprise.

"Who will carry?" Tina asked.

Shane scoffed. "Can you seriously imagine me preggo?"

"So Carmen then!" Alice laughed.

"Yeah, that’s why she’s in Mexico," Shane said. "She told her mom what we’re planning and the crazy woman dragged her off to Mexico to do some weird Mexican ritual for conception."

Dana snorted. "I heard those rituals actually work."

"I think it’s all a mental manner," Bette said. "If you truly believe it worked and you will conceive then you will conceive."

Shane cocked her head to the side. "So you think if Carmen truly believes the ritual works she’ll have an easier time getting pregnant?"

"Yes, if you really believe it yes," Bette said.

"So you’re saying," Tina said, "if I mentally told myself I was gonna fight my breast cancer off it was just gonna go away? I didn’t need to lose my hair and get all weak because of the chemo then?"

"No, of course not," Bette said. "To get pregnant you still need to shoot up the sperm but the positive mental attitude helps your body prepare for it. So you just believing you were gonna beat the cancer helped your body fight harder, and I’m so glad you did."

"Ah I see," Alice said, "totally agree with ya there Porter."

"Hmm, well I hope Carmen believes it then," Shane said. "We’re gonna start trying when she gets back since Shay moved out of the house to the dorms."