Tina, Bette said softly to herself, shaking her head, as she watched Tina’s retreating, sexy form.  Tina, she repeated the name as she laid back down, staring at the ceiling.  I will, in fact, agree to anything, anytime, you ask me.

xxxxxxxxxxx

Bette had been slightly grumpy ever since she and Sarah sat down at the table, given that her playtime with Angelica had been cut into.  Sarah shook her head again, but smiled fondly at the brunette.

“Bette, you are not the standard issue hard-nosed finance type I thought you were when we’d met, huh?”

Before Bette could respond, Sarah continued,“in fact you definitely are not a standard issue anything, are you?”

“Sarah, I…”, Bette started to say.

Sarah cut in, on a roll now, “Admit it!  Something happened to you out there.  People say all the time that they’re different after something bad happens, or that they’re making changes in their lives, or that they’re …”

“Sarah,” Bette cut in this time, voice remaining a whisper, “Can you please, please try to keep your voice down?”

“Please?”  Bette had put her hands together, to beg Sarah.

Sarah shook her head.

“I rest my case,” she sat back, resigned, still smiling.

“Your case about what?” Tina asked, as she approached the table, glancing quickly at the message that had just rang into her handset.  She decided it could wait, and then slipped the handset back into her pocket, bent to kiss Bette.  She peeked into the stroller and kissed Angelica also, and then pulled a chair to sit closer to Bette.  They exchanged glances, shared a secret smile.  Tina leaned forward for another kiss, and Bette met her halfway.  Longer kiss this time.

Sarah cleared her throat, “That something happened to Bette,” answering Tina.  Not that the answer mattered to the blonde at this moment.

They drew away from the kiss, reluctantly.

“Uh huh, something did,” Tina smiled.  She took a sip from Bette’s tea cup.  “Mmmm… delicious,” she said, nodding at the brunette.

“I got you one, too, baby,” Bette smiled back at her.  She saw the waitress approaching with Tina’s cup.  “And here it comes.”

Sarah shook her head. Something happened to Tina, too.

“Whatever you ladies are smokin’, you’ve gotta share,” she joked.

“You helped, you know,” Bette said, smiling still.  Finally, no longer grumpy!   Sarah saw Bette was always in a better mood when Tina was around.  Even before, when they’d first started hanging out, she mused.