"It’s true. It’s Tina."

"Fuck. How did that happen?"

"It’s true that I was at the hospital. I thought I was having a heart attack and the ambulance brought me in and Tina, well…she was on duty and took care of me."

"What do you mean "on duty"? Is she a doctor now?"  

"No, she’s not a doctor. She’s a physician assistant. I’ll have her explain." Bette handed the phone back to Tina and leaned back on the pillows.

Tina took the cell phone being offered to her and put it to her ear. "Hi, Alice," she spoke in the phone; apprehensive about talking to her journalist friend. Tina spoke with Alice for almost an hour and relayed to her almost everything that’s happened from the moment she saw Bette in the ER; the missing years disappeared with each laugh exchange during the conversation.

All the while Bette listened to one side of the conversation and could only image with the blonde journalist was telling Tina. Bette tried distracting Tina by placing a series of soft kisses on the small of Tina’s back, but the blonde would have none of it. 

"Here, she wants to talk to you." Tina told Bette before handing the phone cell phone back to her.

"Hi, Alice," Bette laughed as she kissed Tina’s naked back. 

"Oh, my god, Bette. I can’t believe she’s back and with you…in bed."

"Believe it, Al. There’s no way I’m letting her go again." Bette mouthed "I love you" to Tina who returned the sentiment.

"Oh, I’m going to call Shane and so we can all plan a trip to New York." 

"Wait, what? A trip? Al, I’m on break before the new semester starts in three weeks and I was planning on spending time with Tina."

"Bette, don’t be greedy. We haven’t seen her, either. Besides it’ll be like old times."

"Okay. Okay. Fine. Goodbye." Bette blew out a frustrated breath and placed the cell phone back on the bedside table.

"What’s the matter?" Tina leaned in to give the brunette a kiss on the lips. 

"Alice is planning a trip with Dana and Shane."