“Bettecome here!!!”

“What?!?!”

Bette came running into the living room holding a half dressed and half sleeping Sky who wasn’t making the getting-ready-in-the-morning routine any easier.

“What Tina?”

“Well what do you think?”

Bette looked around and her eyes almost bugged out of her head.  The living room, kitchen area and patio all looked like Christmas had come and barfed all over the place.  There were wreaths and holly hanging all over the place, there were Christmas cards from people Bette swore she had never seen before and there were little ornaments hung all around.  It was like some scary Christmas cult had come and decorated for them.  Bette had to sit down.

“It looks great T”

Tina beamed with pride.  Bette just shook her head.  She was having flashbacks to their first Christmas together when Tina went overboard and nearly lit the tree on fire with so many holiday candles burning.  See Christmas was Tina’s “thing” and she did her “thing” to the max every year.  However, the last few years had been tamer since the two of them were so busy with Liz and Sky but this year things seemed to be going back to normal.  Bette wasn’t exactly happy about this. 

For Bette, Christmas had always been a time to relax and spend some quiet time with your family.  For TinawellI think you get the picture.  Bette kinda liked the past few Christmases with the kidsjust the four of them, a tree, some stockings and some stories.  It was great.  Oh and the ‘family’ was always over of course.

“Babe do you think you can pick up the tree on the way home?”

Bette gave Tina a confused look.  See she expected this crazy holiday cheer from Tina and she expected that Tina always outdo herself from the year beforeand it really wouldn’t have been any problemexcept that it was only two days after Thanksgiving.

“Sure Tbut isn’t it kinda early?  I mean is the tree going to be good still?”

“Bette”

Uh oh.  Tina had her annoyed voice.  Bette didn’t like Tina’s annoyed voice, and neither did Sky apparently who started crying. 

“MOM!”

Liz was shrieking from her room upon discovering that she couldn’t find Bob.  She came running out with his cage and found her two mom’s staring at each other and her little brother crying.  That’s itshe needed to take control of the situation.