“She’s at home sleeping I just went here to get some food and coffee for us”

“TK you’re not hangover?” Alice asked looking at Tina.

“Well yeah but not nearly as much as you” Tina chuckled.

“Well I should get going” Alice said grabbing the bag and coffee that had been placed in front of her.

“Hey Porter are we still doing family night tomorrow?”

“Um yeah sure” Bette smiled.

“Ok” Alice said attempting a smile “I’ll see you later”

“See you” Tina and Bette said in unison.

“Oh my God” Tina laughed as Alice walked out “I’m glad you took me home when you did otherwise that would have been me today”

“Yeah” Bette chuckled “You want something to eat?”

“Can you get me a salad and I’ll go find us a table” Tina asked.

“Sure Babe” Bette smiled.

She got two salads and walked over to where Tina was sitting “Here you go” she smiled placing the salad in front of her.

“Thank you”

“So what is family night?” Tina asked as they started eating.

“Oh well every Sunday the gang meet up at my house and we eat and drink and just hang out” Bette smiled.

“I knew you were all close but I didn’t know you refer to each other as family” Tina said taking a bite of her salad.

“Well none of us are close to our families…Shane grew up in foster care, Dana’s parents rejected her when they found out she was gay and Alice’s mom lives in Florida…and well you already know my story” Bette said smiling sadly “We are all so close to each other you know we’re like a family” Bette smiled.

“That’s sweet” Tina smiled.

“You never told me about your family” Bette said.

“Um well there’s not much to tell…I haven’t had any contact with them for ten years” Tina said looking down.

Bette placed her hand on top of the blonde’s “Why not?” she asked concerned.

Tina sighed “My parents got me when they were young and then my dad left when I was three…my mom blamed me for everything…when she got mad she would tell me that I was the biggest mistake of her life” she said as a tear slowly made its way down her cheek.

Bette stroked the tear away “I’m so sorry Babe”

“When I was thirteen she met this new guy and got a baby with him…I was never really a part of that family you know they didn’t care about me… it was like I was just in the way so I left as soon as I could and haven’t seen or heard from them since” Tina said slowly.

Bette took the blonde’s head between her hands making her look up at her “You are part of our family now Babe”

Tina smiled “Thank you”

“I love you” Bette said leaning in placing a soft kiss on Tina’s lips.

“I love you too” Tina smiled.

TBC