INT.EXT. FRONT DOOR OF TINA’S APARTMENT.

                    TINA
              (excited)
          Oh baby, I missed you so much!!
          Did you have a good time with
          Momma?

Angelica is all smiles to see her Mom.  She
nods and babbles a bit.  Bette is right
behind the little girl setting down
Angelica’s weekend bag.

                    BETTE
          We did have a good time!  We had a
          sleep over and watched a movie and
          we saw Auntie Kit, right Angie?

Tina smiles and starts walking over to her
desk.

                    TINA
          Oh before you go I wanted to give
          you that book back.

Tina hands Bette the book.  Angie is on the
floor now playing with toys.

                    BETTE
          Did you like it?

                    TINA
          Yeah, I did! Do you find yourself
          to quick to do everything for her?
          I do, I am going to spend more
          time letting Angie try and figure
          it out instead of jumping right
          in.

                    BETTE
          Yeah, I do it too. That is what
          really opened my eyes was how he
          said to show her stuff once slowly
          and then give her time to figure
          it out the second time.

                    TINA
          Did you try any of it this
          weekend?

                    BETTE
              (laughing)
          Yes, I gave her time to try and
          put her own shoes on after I put
          her socks on for her.  But she got
          sidetracked and tried to put mine
          on instead.

                    TINA
              (laughing too)
          Okay, maybe she is still a little
          too young for some of his advice.

                    BETTE
          Okay, well you have everything,
          and here I want to give you these.

Bette reaches in her purse and pulls out a
small envelope.

                    BETTE
          They’re copies of some pictures we
          took this weekend.

                    TINA
          Oh, thank you!

Tina takes the pictures.

                    TINA
          I was wondering if you are free
          this Wednesday night?  I was
          thinking of having dinner.

                    BETTE
          Yeah, I don’t see why not.  Do you
          want to just bring Angie over
          after work? Or do you need me to
          pick her up?

                    TINA
          Oh, no. that’s not what I mean.  I
          want to know if you want to have
          dinner with me?

Bette just looks at Tina. 

                    TINA
          I guess I am not very good at
          this.  It’s just, we’ve been
          getting along so well lately and
          when you aren’t around I miss
          talking to you.  I just want to
          have dinner with you.

Bette still doesn’t say anything.

                    TINA
          Bette?

                    BETTE
          No.

                    TINA
          Okay…

                    BETTE
          I can’t, Tina.

                    TINA
          I know you don’t really believe
          that Bette.  But that’s fine.  I
          know we have done some really
          terrible things to each other and
          if you aren’t ready then that is
          fine.  But I am going to keep
          asking, every time I see you, and
          eventually you are going to say
          ‘yes’.

                    BETTE
          Why now? What changed?

                    TINA
          I told you why… I think about
          you a lot and I miss you.  I
          noticed it for the first time a
          few weeks ago.  When you came to
          pick Angie up, I looked at you and
          I didn’t feel anger, or hurt, or
          guilty or sad for the first time
          in a long time.  I just saw you
          and it was really nice.

Bette starts to tear up a bit.

                    BETTE
          I want to say yes,  I really want
          to say yes but I can’t.  You did
          this once before and didn’t mean
          it.

                    TINA
          I know, I’m sorry.  It was
          different then.  We shouldn’t have
          gotten back together.  I’m sorry.
          And I’m just asking for dinner,
          that’s all.  Just some time
          together without Angie being the
          reason.  Just think about it.

                    BETTE
          Okay.

Bette turns to leave.  Tina gives a soft
laugh at how taken aback Bette is.  Tina
stops Bette and gives her a hug.

                    TINA
          I’ll see you tomorrow night right?
           At Lara’s birthday dinner?

                    BETTE
          Yeah, I’ll see you then.

Bette is in a bit of a hurry to get out of
there.  She leaves.

INT. THE PLANET, THE NEXT NIGHT, LARA’S
BIRTHDAY DINNER.

Group consists of Shane, Helena, Jenny,
Alice, Bette and Tina.  They are all eating
and laughing and having a good time.

                    SHANE
              (to Alice)
          Which girl?  The red head?

                    ALICE
          Yeah, the one who bumped into me
          and spilled beer on my jeans.  Her
          name is Sara.

                    HELENA
          I thought you said that girl was
          straight?

                    ALICE
          She is… or she was… or is… I
          don’t know but we are going out
          Friday.  She has called me like 3
          times already.  Well see what
          happens.

                    JENNY
          I was straight once too.  You
          never know.

                    TINA
          So was I.

                    BETTE
          And then you weren’t.

                    ALICE
          And then you were again.

The girls kind of giggle awkwardly.

                    TINA
          Shut up, Alice.  I wasn’t straight
          again,  I was just confused and
          going through some stuff that no
          one wants to hear about right now.

                    HELENA
          I want to hear, not about that but
          about how you and Bette got
          together.  Bette did you know she
          was straight?

                    BETTE
              (laughing)
          Yeah, I kind of had an idea when
          she was standing next to her
          boyfriend.  Everyone’s heard this
          story already.

                    HELENA
          I haven’t.

                    LARA
          I haven’t either, and it’s my
          birthday so I want to hear it.

                    TINA
              (looking at Bette)
          I think we need to hear it again
          too.

                    BETTE
          Okay, I was hosting an artist’s
          dinner and Tina came with her
          boyfriend, Eric.  From the moment
          we first saw each other I knew she
          was interested in me.  I showed
          her around the gallery and we
          talked about some of our favorite
          pieces.  Then one of her earrings
          fell out and I caught it in her
          hair and gave it back to her.  She
          put the earring back in… but
          later that night when I was
          cleaning up I found it on the
          guest sign in book.

                    HELENA
          Tina!  You did it on purpose.

                    TINA
          I’ll never tell.

                    ALICE
          Whatever, you totally did.

                    BETTE
              (looking at Tina)
          Regardless, the next day she came
          to get it, and I kissed her.

                    LARA
          You just kissed her?

                    SHANE
          Bette Porter doesn’t play around,
          she sees something she wants and
          goes for it.

                    HELENA
          Yeah, but you had no idea what was
          going to happen!  She could have
          slapped you.

                    TINA
              (smiling at Bette)
          Yeah Bette, I could have slapped
          you.

                    BETTE
          But you didn’t though, did you?

                    TINA
          No, I didn’t.

                    BETTE
          I agree, I have been accused of
          being ‘over confident’ before, but
          I just knew something was going
          on.  (looking at Tina) You were
          totally flirting with me the night
          before and the minute I saw your
          earring…

Bette reaches up to touch one of her own
shiny, silver, dangling earrings.

                    BETTE
          I knew you wanted me.

The girls giggle and cheer.

                    TINA
              (looking at Bette)
          Okay, I did it on purpose.  I did.
           I knew that was the only way I
          was going to be able to figure out
          a reason to see you again.  It
          wasn’t like I saw you and thought,
          ‘Wow, I’m gay and I want her!’ But
          I saw you and knew something was
          there.  You took my breath away.

Bette just looks at Tina.

EXT. LATER THAT NIGHT, TINA’S HOUSE.

Tina pulls her car into the driveway.  She
gets out and hoists a sleeping Angelica out
of the car seat and into her arms.  She
walks up to the front door.  Something
catches her eye on her doormat.  The camera
pans down to show a napkin from The Planet
with a shiny, silver, dangling earring on
it.