One and Only

Chapter 49

Tina offered to do the washing up then she was going to go to the gym. After the day she had she really needed to burn some nervous energy off and she needed to be alone. So much had happened and she just wanted to do what Bette did which was to lose herself in exercise.

Emma waited until she heard Tina leave the apartment before getting up and pouring two glasses of brandy and handing one to Kate who was trying and failing to read some case papers. Kate took the glass and lent back hugging the glass

“So – what do you think about the dinner revelations ?”

Emma sat down and faced Kate and sipped her brandy.

“Delighted, delighted and shocked in the order of the revelations from her”

“Yes – you know when she started to say that she had been confused and everything – that was when I knew what she was going to say about her sexuality”
“And did you expect the last piece of information ?” Emma asked

“No – hell no “

“I don’t think it is a shock that she’s gay. I am really glad that she has taken her time and figured things out for herself – that’s how it should be and when she was having all the trouble at the other school I did wonder if it was because she was fighting her feelings. We have discussed it often enough”

“But not about Bette” Kate said

“No- that was so far out for me – I am not sure we handled that part too well”

“No – no we didn’t. But that is over – its now about how we deal with our 17 year old daughter being in love for the first time and probably planning when to lose her virginity to her girlfriend”
“Do you think Bette is ready to lose her virginity – Tina might be but I am not sure about Bette”

“I think “ Kate said taking a sip of the brandy – it warmed her throat and she could feel it slipping down “ We have to be careful about how we deal with this. Bette is clearly someone who is deeper than we first thought. She’s been 1^st in every year of her high school – she is obviously very intelligent and we cannot deny that it has helped Tina. Maybe Tina is right and Rosemary has under-estimated her”