“Do you have any idea what that was about?”

“No, but we should get back downstairs” Shane stated, and Tina led the
way, closing the door to the hovering office with a faint click,
feeling rather lightheaded for a moment, then following Shane down the
stairs.

~*~*~*~*~*~

Bette knocked on Kit’s door; Ivan’s car wasn’t home so this was the time to strike, while the iron was hot so to speak.

“Baby girl!” Kit almost yelled as she pulled Bette into the house, “You
want a drink? No, I’m not having one myself” Kit answered before Bette
asked and Bette shook her head.

“A diet soda would be good?” Bette offered and Kit waved to the couch
and Bette sat down. She was a bundle of nerves, tapping her foot to the
tune of an unheard drummer.

“You look more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs sugah.” Kit said and Bette smiled nervously.

“I’m just going to come out and say this” Bette began and Kit sat down, rolling her eyes, already on the defensive.

“Baby sister, if you are here to tell me that Ivan and I are all wrong,
you can keep it. I genuinely like him, there is nothing I want more
than to just be right now. I’m getting my ***** together with my career.
I got my license back, I got a roof over my head” Kit began and Bette
snapped her mouth closed, listening. “I got what I want right here, and
I know you don’t like that you ain’t the only one living an alternative
lifestyle any more, but how much more alternative could I have gotten?
I’ve done it all, so this is it for me. Now, how is that soda.” Bette
set the soda on the table, sliding the coaster over before.

“That’s very nice Kit. I’m happy that you are happy, if everything you
just said is true” Bette began, measuring her words so that they
didn’t come out too harsh. “Why did I see you kissing another man the
other day in the back yard?” Bette asked. Kit’s eyes flared,

“You were spying on me?” Kit yelled, standing up and Bette stood too, shaking her head.

“No, I was going to yell over the hedge hello to you and Ivan, but it
wasn’t Ivan you were kissing.” Bette stated and Kit laughed.