Bette: “Tina?”

Tina: “Oh my god. What are you doing here?”

Bette: “I was just having lunch with Alice….it was a public domain the last time I checked.”

Tina: “Yeah, of course….uh….how are you?”

Bette: “Good and how about yourself?” Bette gestures to Tina’s evergrowing belly.

Tina notices Bette’s implication and instinctively rubs her stomach, “Good…I’m good.” Tina’s date begins to feel a little left out so she decides to introduce herself, “Tina, who’s your friend?” Tina is speechless. The brunette looks at Bette and rubs Tina’s hand lovingly, “Sorry Tina has such bad manners sometimes. I’m Melanie Marcus, pleasure to meet you.”

Bette’s heart is pounding with anger at being witness to the close contact between Tina and another woman, “I’m Bette.” She let’s her name resonate for a moment before continuing, “Bette Porter.” She can tell by the look on the brunette’s face that she knows all about Bette and soon she isn’t so eager to get to know Bette.

Bette: “Ms. Marcus, is it? Could you please excuse us for minute?” Melanie feels extremely out of place and put in her place all at the same time. At this point, she would like nothing better than to leave the two alone as she can feel the tension in the air.

Melanie: “Uh sure, Babe I’ll just get us a table.” She leans in to kiss Tina on the cheek, but thinks better of it when she sees the look in Bette’s eyes, just daring her to take another step.

Bette takes Tina outside, “Who the hell is she?”

Tina is fuming at Bette’s inquisitveness, “I really don’t think it’s any of your business.”

Bette: “Maybe not, but I think I still deserve an answer.”

Tina: “She’s a pro-bono lawyer that is working for the social center.”

Bette: “So what are you fucking her?” Tina begins to walk off.

Bette: “Where are you going?”

Tina: “I refuse to stand here and let you talk to me like that.”

Bette: “Well, what the hell am I supposed to think? I was under the impression that we were possibly just maybe trying to work things out and here you come with some other woman.”

Tina: “I never said we were working on anything. You left remember?”