Albert shot her a look. ”Karen, sit straight, it’s disrespectful”

The teenager rolled her eyes. ”Oh please dad, Bette’s okay with the way I sit”

Bette supressed a laugh. She wanted to toss a jeer back at Karen’s retort, but thought better of it.

”So” Steven butted in casually. ”When did you and Tina meet each other?”

Bette sensed Tina’s presence suddenly and was relieved to the core, when the blonde settled on an armrest to her side. Bette gained back her confidence.

”Um, it was two weeks ago, I think”

”Yeah, something like that” Tina put in. ”It was Dana’s birthday, we went to a nightclub and that’s when I met this one” She finished light-heartedly, smiling down at Bette.

”Was she hard to approach, Bette? Because knowing my sister…” Karen wondered with a giggle.

Tina opened her mouth and was ready to answer angrily, but Bette outstripped her.

”It’s Tina who initiated actually” The brunette responded to Karen with a proud smile. ”There was no doubting her self-assurance at that moment” She added and looked up at the hazel eyes that were watching her with admiration. The brunette dared to peck the back of Tina’s creamy hand, fully conscious that she was running the venture.

Albert stood up in huff. ”I’ll go and check if we can start the meal” He muttered and went out of the room purposefully.

The living room was hushed and still for a moment before Karen covered her mouth with a hand. ”Oh my God, have you seen that?” She asked in a loud whisper and all of sudden fell flat on her face on the sofa, breaking into a fit of chortles.

”Wow, he is seriously steamed up” Steven added in confusion, ignoring his younger sister’s behavior.

Tina shrugged as she spoke to her brother quietly. ”He’s not very fond of me and Bette being together, should have been expected”

”My cousin, by the way, went though almost the same situation” Steven’s girlfriend chipped in. ”His father was very displeased and made everything so my cousin’s boyfriend would leave him”

”And he left?” Tina wondered.

Lindsey nodded sadly.

Bette scoffed, asking herself inwardly how it was the same situation. ”I guess it shows how strong their relationship were. That will never happen to us.” She asserted somehow offhandedly.