“The maid changed the sheets.”  Quin corrected and Alice smiled, at the comment, she let the
laughter escape her and Quin had to laugh with her.

            “Your mom is the bomb and you know
it.”  Alice said and Quin turned to her, they lay
side by side, staring intently into each other’s eyes.  Fingertips finding each other pressing their
palms together and intertwining their fingers.

            “Tell me how your day went when you
went to see your daughter.”  Quin
whispered and Alice let out a sigh, not having been able to
really talk about it yet.  It had sent
her into overload, and Quin being Quin had let her just be quiet about it.

            Alice curled up into Quin’s strong welcoming
arms and settled in to tell her the story.

~*~*~*~*~*

The Story

            Alice, Cassandra, Tina and Daisy walked down to the field and Alice‘s eyes couldn’t stop darting around,
looking for the young girl that was her own. 
The game was just a regular season game, one of the last of the season.  People milling around everywhere, but not so
many that you couldn’t find someone if you wanted too.  Alice tugged the sunglasses off and Tina watched her nervousness.  She felt so badly for Alice, who was aching to just see a child
she’d never know.  Tina rubbed her stomach, thinking of that
ache she used to have.

            Now she had Cassandra and Daisy, and
how wonderfully things had turned out. 
If she and Bette hadn’t parted ways, she’d never have met either of
them.  She couldn’t think of her life
without them now.  Cassandra and her easy
ways, and Daisy who seemed to be more of an enigma on a daily basis.  Tina finally felt like an independent woman, with a
dependant life.

            Daisy pointed, seeing the name ‘Mitchell‘ on the back of the jersey and Alice caught her hand, pulling it down and
clasping it.  She didn’t want to draw
attention, but she did want human contact. 
She needed it now, more than ever. 
Daisy blinked, licking her lips but not pulling away.  Realizing that Alice needed that hand more than she did right
now.

            “Quin should be here with you Al.” 
Tina began and Alice shook her head back and forth, she
turned to Tina, but keeping an eye on the girl with the jersey.  She was beautiful, her daughter was down
right beautiful.