Bette sat there taking it all in, really admiring the way that Tina was able to tell her all that happened to her at what must have been a dark era in her life.

Bette: ‘’ Tina I’m so sorry’’

Tina: ‘’Babe, why are you sorry?’’

Bette: ‘’ I’m sorry that it happened to you. I’m sorry that you never had anyone to lean on. I’m sorry that had I known, I would have tracked her down and kicked her sorry ass for her’’.

Tina smiled and put her hand on the side of Bette’s face.

Tina:’’ Babe I’m not sorry, it should never of happened, but it did and we can not keep dwelling on it. Until tonight I had laid it to rest and I suggest that in order for us to move forward, that is what we have to do. I just don’t want anyone else to know ok?

Bette:’’ Ok. Thank you for sharing this T. I know that it was difficult for you and I’m glad that you have shared it with me.’’

They move forward and share a slow and gentle kiss and lean back on the couch, Bette holding Tina as Tina has her head on Bette’s chest. They sit in silence for a few minutes just stroking each other.

Tina:’’ Bette?’’

Bette:’’ Mmm’’

Tina: ‘’ So why did you never suggest that you’d carry our second child?’’

Bette:’’ I ..erm, I don’t know why I didn’t. I think it was because you had carried Angie and it was a natural assumption that you would be the birth mother for all our children and you had such a rough time carrying Angie that because we didn’t want to risk your health in carrying another child, we just settled for adoption. We just didn’t really talk about me being the birth mother. I know I should have spoke up, the plans for adoption just went ahead and we got lost in all the process’’.

Tina sat up and faced Bette and held her hand.

Tina:’’ You know Babe, we are one funny couple, why is it that we communicate so well on all sorts of levels, but when it comes to our thoughts, we just kinda lose it. We have to learn to discuss things more, even if we don’t agree with each other, that is one of the reasons that we fell apart in the past. I don’t want that to happen to us again.

Your right, we did assume that I would be the birth mother for our children, but babe I would have been open to the suggestion to you carrying our next child, but are you sure?  But I do think it is a great idea.

Bette:’’ Yeah?’’

Tina:’’ Yeah why not, it would make us the perfect family’’

Bette sat up and planted a very passionate kiss on Tina’s lip and they both fell back into the couch.

Bette:’’ I love you T’’

Tina:’’ I love you too Babe’’

Bette:’’ T, do you really think Alice killed Jenny’’

Tina:’’ I don’t know babe, That’s another story all together’’