Rosita’s eyebrow shot up, having forgotten about the challenge, watching Tina from the corner of her eye, seemingly arguing with Bette.  “Chica, what is it you want from me?  You want to see the magic behind the curtain?”

            “Yeah, I think I do,” challenged Alice, arms crossed over her chest, giving Rosita a long hard look. 

            Rosita leaned in close to her, her lips a breath away from Alice’s ear, hearing the sharp intake of breath, Rosita was well satisfied that she had Alice on the ropes.  Now, she had to go intervene between Bette and Tina, so that Tina would be indebted to her, giving Rosita a way in with Tina also.  “You’ll have to work much harder than that to find out all my secrets, bella.”  Before Alice could answer, Rosita moved away, walking over to where Bette and Tina were standing toe to toe.

            “I’ll work alright, but I’m going to get to know you, little miss player chick,” muttered Alice to herself.

            “I don’t know what your problem is!  She’s my daughter too!” yelled Tina, swinging her glove at Bette in a threatening manner.  Their conversation had quickly turned nasty as Bette began to accuse Tina of pushing Bette out of Angelica’s life.

            “She shouldn’t be with HIM!  She should be here with you, or with me, not with a guy that she doesn’t know!”

            “She knows Henry, she knows Angus, she knows everyone, so why are you freaking out on me!” yelled Tina to Bette. 

            “Go home, why are you here, anyway?  This is a fund raiser for a gay and LESBIAN health center, the last time I looked you no longer played on our team,” shot Bette, towering over Tina, the anger bristling from every fiber of her being.

            “Hey, bella, you can come play on our team if you want, we don’t care who you swing for, as long as you swing,” said Rosita sexily intervening, sliding between the two battling mothers.

            “You, stay out of this,” ordered Bette, attempting to move Rosita from her easy spot between them.  Rosita felt Bette’s finger jabbing at her, and Ro smiled to herself.  Carmen was across the field, shaking her head and turning her back from what she saw happening.