The Adventures Of Bette Porter And Sissee Gardner Schmidt After Howie (Part 4, Chapter 2)
PART FOUR: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

Chapter 2

When I heard Mary’s bedroom door close, I got up, slipped on a robe and went to pick up our clothes, strewn from the refrigerator to our room. Then I closed our door, put the clothes on a chair, dropped my robe and slipped back into bed next to Bette.

“Come closer,” she said, obviously awake.

She was laying on her back, so I put my head on her shoulder and draped an arm around her naked body.

“I thought you were still sleeping,” I said.

“I heard Mary.”

“Me too. I went to pick up our clothes.”

“I suppose she saw them.”

“Probably but she never says anything or asks any questions.”

“She will someday.”

“We should be more careful.”

“We are for the most part.”

“I guess we got carried away today.”

“Did you like it?” she asked.

“Yes,” I said, pressing my head closer to her skin. “I always like it and it seems like it keeps on getting better.”

She kissed my forehead and whispered, “I love you.”

“I love you too.”

We were quiet for a moment and then I remembered that she had said we needed to talk about something last night. We had been talking about Angelica and how hard it was for her to share her with someone else but before she could get it out she fell asleep. Now, I asked her what it was that she wanted to talk about.

“You read my mind, Sis,“ she said. “I was going to get to that subject again because it’s been strong on my mind. In fact, I’ve been thinking about it for weeks, for months, even years.. I haven’t said anything because I needed to work it out in my own head first. I needed to make sure that the time was right and that I was with the right person.”

My curiosity launched like a rocket. I could not imagine what she was getting at but she sure had my attention.

“You once told me that your dream was to get married, have kids and get all involved in their activities, like being a Room Mother, a Den Mother, a Team Mother. Remember when you told me that?”