Looking at herself in the mirror, she laughed. These were the same feelings she had felt all of those years ago when she had her first date with Bette. It was a night that had changed her life forever. Now, here she was. A little older, a little wiser, but still nervous about going out to dinner with Bette. She glanced back toward her closet and her eyes were drawn to black dress that hugged her in all the right places. Did she dare?

Promptly at 7:00PM, the door bell rang. Tina walked over and opened the door to discover Bette standing there dressed in a black pinstriped suit with a red blouse, opened to reveal “just enough”.

“Hi, come on in Bette, you look great.”

Bette walked through the door and as she passed by Tina she could not help but notice her ‘little black dress’.

“Thanks Tina, so do you.” With that, Bette raised her hand containing a bunch of mixed flowers “these are for you”.

They were very similar to the very first flowers that Bette had brought for Tina on their very first date. This detail did not go un-noticed by Tina as she graciously accepted the bouquet and walked towards her kitchen.

“Thank you, they are lovely. I’ll just put them in some water and then we can go.”

Walking outside towards Bette’s car, Bette stepped ahead of Tina so that she could open the car door for her. Tina smiled softly and sat in the passenger seat.

As they started their drive Tina looked over at Bette and asked “So where are we going? I hope I didn’t over-dress.”

Bette smiled “It’s a surprise, and no you did not over-dress. You look wonderful.”

The drive continued and Tina smiled to herself when she realized where they were headed. AS they pulled up in front of Luigi’s Tina thought back to their very first date. Bette had brought her to this very same restaurant. Over the years they were together, it was where they would come to celebrate special occasions and held a special place in each of their memories.

The car pulled up to a stop and Bette got out, handing the keys to the valet. She proceeded to the passenger side where after opening the door, she held out her hand to help Tina out of the car.