She had made friends here too, not like her friends back in LA but friends none the less, she remembered back to almost 3 years ago she arrived alone, nervous as hell and heartbroken, she thought her life was over, but she held herself together and found a way to survive to continue living, to drown the heartache she felt to where it was now just a bearable dull ache.

She thought back to that day at the church, hearing her say “I do” it still made her nauseous; it still made her sad, hurt and angry.

Tina took a deep breath she sat in one of the chairs and looked up into the deep blue ski, she closed her eyes and thought of Bette, her B she thought of the day they met the day she fell in love.

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4 years ago… The Planet

Tina sat around the table laughing at something Alice had said, Tina was waiting for her cousin Justin to show up he was in town for an interview with a law firm in the Los Angeles area, she had not seen him in years since coming out to her parent so she was excited.

She saw him first, he was looking around he walked in with the most beautiful woman Tina had ever seen.  Justin Kennard was her cousin her father’s brother son, since they were both the only children to either of their parents they had grown close growing up, they were more like brother and sister than cousins, He was 6ft, brown hair and hazel eyes just like hers though some would say hers were greener and they both had the same chin dimples

Tina got up and waved as he made his way over to her table he smiled he took Tina into his arms and gave her a huge hug.

“Christina, you’re even more beautiful than I remember, how have you’ve been?”

“I’ve been really good Justin, man you look good… looks like you grew a foot or two, come meet my friends” Tina took him by the hand and introduced him.

“Guys this is my cousin Justin, J, this is Alice, Shane and Jenny”