”Bette!” Tina cried out at the brunette’s shameless comment and covered her face.

Bette flashed a puckish smile at her. ”You wanna shotgun, babe?”

Tina looked dubious. ”I don’t really like it” She uttered timidly.

”What? Shotgun?”

”No…marijuana”

The group ’awwed’ mockingly as Bette passed the joint to Alice and shushed everyone.

”You should have told me earlier, Tee” The brunette said quietly, disentangling herself from Tina and rising up from the loveseat. She then rushed to the kitchen to wash the smell of smoke down with juice.

”You’re no fun, TK” Alice mumbled drowsily.

Tina scoffed. ”Yeah, and you’re getting a taxi”

Helena chuckled in a wicked way. ”As long as we share it, that’s totally fine by me”

Alice choked on smoke when Helena winked at her seductively.

”Okay, folks, time to go home” Bette pulled her hands together as she reemerged on the balcony.

”I’ll call a cab” Tina declared.

With unceasing giggles, some shooing and more squabbling between Bette and Helena the young women finally saw themselves out the door of the apartment. Tina told Helena to please make sure that Alice would come home without incidents, accentuating home, so the full of mischief brunette would get the point. Though Tina had a high doubt about that, but she felt hopeful.

After Bette locked the door, she began to practically run off at the mouth. ”Tina, you really should have told me that you don’t like pot, ’cause, you know… I thought, I thought you were having a good time and everything was okay, I thought you didn’t mind and…and I wouldn’t have smoked too, ’cause you were kissing me and you were probably thinking how gross it was and I feel, I thought…”

”Bette, baby, stop, stop” Tina entreated almost in a whisper, holding up her hands. She had been observing Bette’s mannerisms and habitudes throughout their still young romance, and she found brunette’s little tendency to explain herself and get all agitated truly endearing. Tina smiled. ”Forget it, okay? And don’t you ever think that it’s gross to kiss you. The right word would be..sweet…”

The twinkle in Tina’s eyes and her smile turned into seductive as she closed the distance between herself and the brunette. ”…or maybe uh…vertiginous and…erotic?” She raised an eyebrow provocatively. ”And above all…concupiscent…”