Tina (pinning Bette to the bed): I need you. I need to feel something besides this ache in my chest.

Bette (knowing this was not a good idea): Honey, just this morning you told me (mumbling as Tina’s mouth covered hers. Trying to talk and ending up with Tina’s tongue dancing with hers, their bodies pressing close together and she lost all control and surrendered.)

Alice and Tasha’s House
Alice (helping Tasha study): What document did the Bill of Rights come from?

Tasha (squeezing the bridge of her nose): Bill of Rights fostered the Constitution of the United States. Signed in Philadelphia.

Alice (flipping through the notes): And what else was founded in Philadelphia?

Tasha (grabbing her notebook): The Liberty Bell. (Closing the binder and setting it on the coffee table) I need a break (wrapping her arms around Alice and pulling her close.) And I need you.

Alice (snuggling): You’ve been caught right in the middle of professional and personal…

Tasha (forestalling that train of thought): When it comes to my family, any officer’s family really, the line is blurred and sometimes erased. I can’t be on the case officially, unofficially Sargent Duffy can have me look into things. (Pausing, looking in Alice’s eyes) and I will do what I have to, to protect and defend them, even if the balance of justice is skewed.

Alice (proudly): I love you…

Tasha (sincerely): I love you. (Placing a gentle kiss on her lips) my family comes before anything, that includes you, our crew and especially that little precocious tot of ours.

Alice (laughing): Minnie version of Bette Porter…

Tasha (shaking her head; laughing): And Tina Kennard. She acts like them both. The charm, Bette and Tina both, innocence Tina and don’t let that fool you. The no nonsense, take no prisoners is both of them. Her mannerisms and speech definitely the both of them and as time goes on all of us. (Laughing) she is going to be a heart breaker…

Alice (laughing): And Bette is going to be beating them off with a stick…

Tasha (seriously): We all will. Can you see her dating? It’ll be like an interrogation from hell?