Finally her last night in town before returning home to her baby. When ever Tina had to travel missing Angelica was the most difficult part of her job. She would have loved to bring her with her on these trips but in reality a medical conference was no place for and active seven year old. Tina was sure she had a much more exciting time staying with Aunt Rachel.

She was thankful she had such a great friend in Rachel. She knew during her first year in North Carolina and after Angie was born she couldn’t have found the time or energy to go back to school if not for her best friend’s love and support. Although Tina and her parents had never reconciled because of her gay life style and they currently had no place or wanted one in Angelica’s life she knew they were better off for it.

At one time after moving back home she had hoped they would eventually come around especially after learning of her and Bette’s break up. At first they were happy that she was finally away from “that gay woman” as they referred to Bette. But when they found out in the next breath Tina was pregnant with her biracial child fathered by a sperm donor things quickly fell to pieces again. She had called her parents a few weeks after the lunch fiasco with her mother. But her parents continued to stand firm in fact, they told Tina to never contact them again until she gave up her life style and informed her that Angelica would never be thought of as “their grandchild”. Hanging up the phone Tina told them good bye forever this time.

Rachel had been there to pick her up once again and became surrogate family. She always made sure Tina and Angelica had someone to celebrate the holidays with. She remembered to celebrate not only Angelica’s but her birthday too. She attended her graduation when she went back to school and cheered loud enough to make up for no one else showing up to celebrate the mile stone with her. Tina had often wondered how Bette and Rachel would have gotten along. She liked to think they would have formed a friendship like she use to have with the gang.