“Sure” Shane replied as Tina walked out of the bedroom “Morning”

“Morning Shane. Hey babe you got any coffee for me?” Tina asked playfully

“I have coffee and something else to wake you up”

“What’s that?”

Bette pulled Tina into a hug and kissed her. Tina loved the Bette kissed her but this one took her breath away and it certainly did wake her up in more ways than one. She wasn’t sure how much longer she could put off intimacy. She felt a fire between her legs that only Bette could put out.

“Hey you two get a room” Shane said “I can feel the tension all the way over here”

The two slowly pulled themselves away from each other, blushing like children who had been caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

“Sorry Shane” Tina mumbled

“It’s all right. Kinda cute actually, nice” Shane said avoiding both Bette and Tina’s eyes

“Well then, let’s get this party started. I’m going to go hop in the shower and then we can get this party started” Bette said breaking the silence.

After a half hour of rushing to get out the door, they were finally on their way. Bette and Shane on their way to the Gallery and Tina to the studio. Bette and Tina parted with a kiss that promised more to come. Tina hugged Shane who stood there stiffly and then melted. Shane felt better than she had ever felt in her entire life. She felt love.

Bette helped Shane into the car and then they were on their way. Bette wanted to talk to Shane but she didn’t know where to begin. So she just started.

“I was raised in Philly. My father was the most demanding person I have ever met. He expected nothing but the best from me and my sister. Porter equals perfection. He really hit the wall when I told him I was gay. He keeps expecting me to “Grow out of it”. He thinks it’s a phase. That one day I’ll bring home a man and get married.”

“What about your mom?” Shane asked

“Well she left when I was five. I never saw or heard from her again. It hurt for a while but then I thought It’s her loss. She missed out on me. Not the other way around.”

“How did you deal with it? Feeling like nobody wants you? That your not good enough?” Shane spoke looking at the window so that Bette wouldn’t see the tears fall from her eyes.

“I honestly don’t know. For so long I wanted everyone to accept me but after a while I realized that I wasn’t being me. I was being what they wanted me to be and in the long run I wasn’t hurting anyone but myself. You have to live your life for yourself. If they don’t want to be around you then fuck’em. It’s their loss. They don’t get to see what a great person you are now and the great things that you achieve in the future will be inspite of them”

“Thanks Bette. That really means a lot to me. I’ve never had any care about me and you and Tina didn’t have to help, you didn’t have to stay at the hospital and you certainly didn’t have to let me stay with you guys. I’m so used to being over looked and pushed aside that I’m never really sure of what to do when someone is being nice to me.” Shane told her

“Listen once you get to know Alice and Kit you’ll wish that they would leave you alone. I’ll take you to the planet for lunch so you can meet them”

“Who are they?”

“Kit is my sister. She owns the planet. She used to be a singer. She still does some vocal work. She likes to mother us, very over-protective. And Alice? Well that’s a hard one. Alice is like a jittery Chihuahua on speed with attention defict hyperactivity disorder with ten shots of expresso but she has a heart of gold, fiercely loyal.”

“Sounds great Bette”

“They are really a lot of fun”

“Sounds like family” Shane whipsered