"Man, you’re dangerous in the kitchen" chuckled Lara.

"I know" said Dana, "This chicken salad is really good. I see why you’re the head chef. What do you enjoy doing beside cooking?"

"I love gardening. I love plants, I have a green thumb, and I have a tea cup Yorkshire"

"Thank god you don’t have a cat" said Dana.

"Why?"

"When I was about ten my brother put cat nip on my sweater and our cat Mr. Piddles attacked me. Ever since I have had a fear of cats"

Lara was laughing.

"I would to if it had happened to me. What do you enjoy outside of basketball?"

"I love American Idol. So…You think you can dance even though I am five less coordinated than the people on that show?"

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Bette knocked on Tina’s door.

"Come in" Tina said without looking up. 

"Hey" Bette said as she sat down.

"Hey" replied Tina.

"I am sorry for the way I reacted about Alex. I understand why you kept her a secret. Jonathan is a very dangerous man. I would kill him if he ever touched Marinda. I know it was hard to tell and the way I reacted did nothing but undermine the trust you had in me. Tina…I would love to meet Alex. We could take her to Chuckie cheese. I want you to give me a chance to stop being a jackass and try to start over"

Bette let out a deep breath, praying she had not fucked up too bad for Tina to forgive her.

"Bette, I am glad that you came to see me to apologize. It means a lot. Because I will never be sorry about Alex and if you can’t deal with that we’re done. We both have a past and if we’re going to try to work this out, there are things that I AM going to find out that I might not like" said Tina.

Bette cringed at the thought she knew that this was the perfect time to tell her but she just could not.

"Bette, you need to work on your temper. I will not have Alex around people who act like Jonathan no matter how much I care about you"

"T, I would never hit you, or Alex or any child, never…" Bette said vehemently.

"I know that Bette or I would not give you the time of day but when I left I heard you breaking things. That means you out of control and that can be dangerous" said Tina.

"I will work on my temper T. Can I take you both out Chuckie cheese tonight?"

"Sure, let me grab my coat, we can go" said Tina.

As they walked to Bette’s car Tina asked "What about the masses of other people that will be there? We don’t know where Jonathan is. Alex can’t be out in the open like that" said Tina.

"Actually Shaq’s little girl is having a birthday party there. He asked me to come because I am his daughter’s favorite player so taking Alex would be ok. She would be completely safe. Tina I would never let anyone hurt your little girl just like I wont let him get to you. He will have to go through me first"