"No," Angelica replied, egg all over her fingers and face. Once Tina noticed she laughed and walked with her to the sink.

Tina quickly cleaned Angelica’s face off as Bette pretended not to notice she could see down Tina’s shirt.

"Umm, since when have you been on a diet, T?" Bette wondered, her eyes on the egg as she moved it to an empty plate.

Tina looked up to Bette, noticing she wasn’t looking down her shirt. "Oh, for like the past week and a half," Tina added, pursing her lips, "You didn’t notice?"

All of the sudden Bette felt bad for being so involved with herself lately. "Oh, umm … sorry, I guess not."

After taking a deep breath, Tina got up and looked down to Angelica. "Go get that bag of yours." She smiled, watching Angelica run towards the hall. "No running!"

"You know, you really shouldn’t be on a diet," Bette said, putting the dishes aside as she looked toward Tina.

"Well, I like to stay fit." Tina replied quietly, something obviously bothering her.

"Momma, I can’t find it!" They both heard Angelica yell, interrupting their conversation.

Bette looked to the ground as Tina shouted back, "It’s in your closet hunny."

Bette looked up to meet Tina’s eyes, "You’re so beautiful T."

Tina smiled, looking to the ground, "Thanks."

"You know I think you’re beautiful, right?"

"Yeah," Tina mumbled, turning toward the hallway to get Angelica, "I guess."

"Wait," Bette started, holding out her hand just as Tina disappeared again. Bette’s heart sank knowing Tina thought she needed to lose weight. Maybe their lack of sex had made Tina think she wasn’t as attractive anymore. Bette frowned, shuddering at the thought. If anything, she thought Tina was more attractive than ever before.

Tina quickly re-appeared with Angelica in-toe. "Come on Angie." She persuaded as Angelica stopped to sit on the floor and fix the velcro on her shoes.

"Bye T," Bette said, walking quickly over to Tina. As the blonde looked up, she saw Bette leaning in for a kiss. Without having the chance to think, she permitted it, her lips slowly parting. Suddenly her head was somewhere else and everything was tuned out as she embraced the sweet moment between them. It seemed surreal, the way Bette approached her and captured her lips without permission. She hadn’t felt this sweet torture in what seemed like forever. She desperately wished she could feel her hands on her too.

"I’m gonna be late!" Angelica shouted, unable to pronounce her l’s.

Tina pulled away from Bette’s lips as they looked into each other’s eyes, realizing that now was not the time. Tina smiled, evidently distraught by their unwanted abstinence. As she slowly moved her eyes to the floor again, she took Angelica’s hand again.

"Sorry baby," Tina mumbled, taking her outside to her car. Bette watched them leave before her eyes searched the kitchen, her head in another place altogether. She wiped the frown off of her face as she finished cleaning up.

She let a breath of laughter escape as she looked down to Angelica’s place at the table; messy as can be with pieces of her fruit squished under the edges of her plate.

"Alice." Bette laughed, knowing her friend had passed her trade secret onto her curious earth-daughter.