”Nope, never” Tina agreed with a jubilant grin as she bended down, kissing Bette on the mouth unceremoniously.

Karen made a clicking sound with tongue. ”As Alice would say, get a room, munchers!” She blurted out in a comic voice.

Steven and Lindsey opened their mouths in shock, while Tina was trying to hide her reddened face behind Bette’s thick hair, and the brunette in her turn was palming her eyes, giggling slightly.

”My God, Karen, whom have your sassy self even taken after in this family?!” Steven asked rather rhetorically, shaking his head at his shameless teen sister.

Karen had time to only shrug unabashedly, when her mother came into the view in brisk casual pace.

”Now then, everyone! Dinner is ready, so let’s all settle down in the kitchen” Amy informed, clasping her hands together cheerfully. She sensed some kind of elevated mood in the living room, especially when noticing her daughters’ faces, but decided not to tamper.

The group stood up and willingly followed Amy to start the main part of the evening.

***

The meal was proceeding in its full swing. Everything Amy had cooked, from salads to main course, was delicious and had been receiving nods and signs of approval from one or another member throughout the dinner.

Tina’s father, Albert, sat at head of the table, of course, Amy at the other head. Steven, Lindsey and Karen were positioned at the parents’ sides, Bette together with Tina in front of them. The brunette was keeping silent in most of the conversations, being simply a listener. Albert at her side with his hostile aura didn’t give her a chance to relax and enjoy herself completely. Tina was aware of her lover’s discomfort and had been trying to sooth her difficulty, stroking and squeezing her thigh under the table from time to time. Though Bette told her that she was not intimidated by her parents, Tina knew otherwise and was sorry that she had put the brunette under such circumstances. She came to decision to go to Bette’s apartment after the dinner and make it up to her.

”We are talking a lot about wedding, Mrs. Kennard, we discuss how beautiful it will be and where it will take place…” Lindsey explained in an answer to Amy’s inquiry about when’s the big day.