"Were you in the shower when I came?"

"I was."

"Care to finish?"

"Ali…"

"Alright, alright." Alicia made a mental note of the fact that Bette called her Ali not Alicia. She usually called her this when she was in need of her touch to ease her body. "I’m here because I’ve got a proposition for you." she handed Bette a big envelope.

Bette opened the envelope and read the title of the papers that read "Co-Parent Adoption" at the bottom of the paper was a line and underneath it was Bette’s name waiting for a signature.

"What the hell is this?"

"These papers are for you to sign, if you want to be a parent to Melito with me." Bette’s eyes shot up from the papers straight to Alicia’s. Of all the tricks she was prepared for this was not one of them. "I still want you Bette…" she fumbled and saw Bette was still a little shocked by her previous confession, "to be a parent to Melito. But you have to drop the petition for sole custody of my son."

"Ali… I don’t think you…"

"Bette I know you think I’m doing this just to spite you and get some sort of revenge for what happened between us, but I’m not like that any more. I was thinking about some of the things you said in your petition and you’re right. Melito would be better off if you were his parent, the schools in America are great, he could do anything. And maybe he does need someone like you and your family as some sort of role model in his life. God knows mine seem like they hate him."

Bette just stood there stunned. Did she really want to be a parent to Melito with Alicia? In a way she still wanted her to be in his life. If she did this she would be connected to Alicia forever there would be no escaping her if she did this. Was she ready to tied to her forever? No.

"No. Alicia not more than a few days ago you stood at my door step telling me…"

" I know what I said! But Bette look"she had to pause and calm herself " I was mad, ok. I mean here you were standing in a house holding my son and making him feel safe. That should’ve been me!"