“What’s this?”  Bette asked and Quin began to walk away,
Bette looked at the paper, then back at Quin. 
Who kept right on walking.

            “Consider it a gift, for being a
good friend to Alice.”  With that, Quin
was gone.  The door swinging closed with
a faint click.

            “Bette, what is it?”  Candace asked, securing the last cable.  Bette felt hot tears in her eyes, she held
them back.

            “She paid the rest of the
building.”  Bette said softly, then she
turned and looked up at Candace.  “She
paid off our loan.  We own the building.” 

~*~*~*~*~*

            “I don’t believe we leave
tomorrow.”  Cassandra said, kissing Tina
as they packed the rest of their things. 
The house was packed, the movers had left with most of everything.  They’d flown to Seattle to buy new beds and
appliance.  Someone had already bought
this house, it had gone quickly.

            “I know, didn’t we just
unpack?”  Tina asked, laughing a
bit.  Her new job was looking to be
something wonderful, she was planning on getting Jenny into some of the writing
aspects of the projects that were in LA based. 
Developing shows and movies that people might care about instead of
***** Frankenstein’s.

            “We did.  Did Daisy go meet Alice?”  Tina asked, folding a sweater.  Daisy had been quiet and dark since learning
about the move, yet had seemed right at home during the interview she’d done
last week to get into a school for the gifted in Seattle.  Her one request, a car.  Tina had promised that if she got good grades
the first semester, she’d get her a car.

            “Yeah, Alice and Quin have been
acting funny don’t you think?  Something
just seems off for them.”  Cassandra
asked, slipping something from her pocket into her hand.  She’d been trying to get the nerve up for the
last week, and had failed 101 times.

            “No. 
Alice always acts like that.” 
Tina laughed, and Cassandra moved to her, taking her into her arms. 

            “Oh, so they are always whispering,
taking mysterious phone calls?   Flying
off for a day to god knows where?”  Cass
asked and Tina rolled her eyes,

            “Quin took Alice out on their first
date to New Orleans and New York.  Quin
is a pilot, now get packing.  Stop
worrying about Alice and Quin.”  Tina
ordered with a laugh, and Cass sat on the bed. 
She looked nervous and Tina cupped her face in her hands, kissing her
lips gently.  The blue green rimmed eyes
smiling at her, filled with love.

            “Tina will you marry me?”  Cassandra asked as she pulled away, Tina
stammered.

            “T..t…the who now?”

~*~*~*~*~*

            “I don’t wanna go alone…”  Sam said, pulling her scrubs off her and
tossing them at the lounging woman on her bed. 
Samantha Vance was scratching her head, making her spiked hair even
spikier.

            “Why not?  I’m sure there were be many hot women
there.  You wouldn’t like that?”  The dark blonde beauty asked, rubbing her
stomach, flat abs that Sam wanted to trace with her tongue.

            “Cuz it’s boring alone…?  I have my hot women right here.”  Sam answered, Alex shot back by sticking out
her tongue, and Sam launched herself onto the bed,

            “Promises, promises are made with
such a tongue.  I went with you to the
Nascar race….”  Sam reminded her with a
chuckled, her grey eyes meeting the hazel ones of Alex.  Alex groaned,

            “It…  But… 
Grrrr….”  Alex said in
frustration.

            “ARG!”  Sam shot back, tugging Alex into a kiss. 

            “It’s the opening of a gallery, my
mother’s company have always gone to these things, and I want to make an
appearance.  Pweeeeesee?  You can go shopping for something weearrrly
expensive?”  Sam begged in a playful
voice and Alex gave in.

            “Fine.”  Pez said and Sam slid on top of her, kissing
the cop again, this time with a bit more passion and Alex sighed into the
kiss.  Alex broke the kiss.

            “Now go shower, you stink.”  Alex stated, sniffing her lover and Sam
laughed, slapping her arm. 

            “Not as bad as you after you’ve been
under cover all night in a sleazy bar…” 
Sam shot back, stripping naked as she walked away.  She popped her head back into the room.  “You can come join me?”  Sam offered and Alex shot up off the bed.

            “Never thought you’d ask.”

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