Chapter 1

To set the backdrop of the story, Bette and Tina have been apart for almost 8 years but they are good friends and not just because they’re raising Angie (10 years old) together.  Angie lives with Tina and spends weekends with Bette. While Bette is happily single, Tina has been in a loving relationship with Allie (Alisha) for the past 5 years. They have learned to come together as a family, along with the gang. All the usual suspects, meaning Kit, Alice, Shane, Helena, Dana, and a few others will make appearances in the story. And now let’s get on with it.

It was 2:00 am and everything was quiet in the house when the piercing ring of a phone woke the two sleeping women in the master bedroom, the one closest to the phone pick it up and answered it:

-Hello?

-Allie? I’m sorry to call so late can you please put my mom on the phone?

Allie: Angie, honey what’s wrong? Are you ok?

Angie: I’m fine but…can you please put Momma T on the phone please!

Allie: sure honey…wait one second…Tina, baby wake up…Tina!

Tina: what? (Confused)

Allie: baby it’s Angie on the phone and she sounds frighten, scared and I think she’s crying.

Tina: (now super alert after hearing Angie’s name reaching for the phone) Angie baby what’s wrong? why are you crying? Why are you up so late? Where are you? ANGIE!

Allie: baby let her respond to a question first

Tina: I’m sorry, Angie, baby calm down, where are you?

Angie: I’m at Momma B’s

Tina: ok baby, you’re supposed to be there so what’s wrong? Why are you crying?

Angie: (silently crying) Momma B when out this afternoon and when she came back she brought food but she didn’t eat and she locked herself in her room and didn’t come out all afternoon and for the past three hours she was crying and throwing things but I haven’t heard her move or cry for the last 20 minutes and I knocked but she didn’t answered. I’m scared Momma. Can you please come here I’m really scared.

Tina: (getting up from the bed) ok baby calm down I’m leaving right now and ill be there in ten minutes just wait for my in the leaving room ok? I’ll be right there.

Angie: Ok Momma, hurry.

Tina and Angie hung up and Tina was scrambling in the dark room looking for a jacket to throw over her tank top and flip flops so she could get to Angie and Bette, but she couldn’t find either item. Allie got up from the bed and stopped Tina in her tracks

Allie: Baby calm down. What’s wrong with Angie?

Tina: she’s scared for Bette.

Allie: what do you mean? What’s wrong with Bette, Is she ok?

Tina: (still looking for the items) that’s the thing Angie doesn’t know what’s wrong. Bette came home this afternoon and locked herself in her room and was crying and throwing things an all of a sudden she just stopped and that’s when Angie called. I need to get to them.

Allie: ok baby calm down. Here take my jacket and your flip flops are by the door of the backyard. Keys are in the bowl by the front door, ‘cause my car is blocking yours and your cell phone is in the kitchen counter.

Tina: (stopping and looking lovingly at Allie) what would I do without you?

Allie: you don’t have to worry about that baby. Now go and call me as soon as you can or if you need me to go there. I love you!

Tina: I love you too. I’ll call you baby. Bye!

With that Tina when out the room and soon out the door to find what was wrong with her ex-wife and one of her best friends and to calm down her daughter.