“I don’t know why she hates to kiss and tell, she loves sex,” I said wiggling my eyebrows.

“Everybody knows that,” Tina said sarcastically.

I laughed and said, “so what, did you two get a little violent? Look at all those bruises!”

“You should see the ones on my back,” Tina said, putting her finger to lips as if saying, ‘shh, it’s a secret.’

“Dayum,” I said, “I wonder how Bette ended up.”

“She passed out,” Tina said laughing, “I left her by the pool with Angie. She was too sore to do much else but lay there.”

“Wow, Tina,” I said, “you never cease to amaze me! You took down the almighty Bette Porter! You never did that before.”

“I didn’t do a lot of things before I had Angie,” Tina said.

“So I guess the experiences you had with Helena and that crazy lady I set you up with-I forgot her damn name-made you more…alpha?”

“And Henry too.”

“No way!”

“Yeah, but don’t tell Bette,” Tina said, “Henry was always trying to control me. That’s just the way men are.”

“Well, and Bette,” I added.

“No, not anymore,” Tina said, “I think her relationship with Jodi fixed that problem, but anyways it doesn’t matter because Henry was a thousand times worse!”

“Worse than Bette?”

“Way worse! He tried to control me in the bedroom, and in the household decisions, and even in my work schedule! But when he tried to make a decision about Angelica, I started to become more aggressive and gain control.”

“Ugh, God, I can’t believe I ever liked men,” I muttered.

“So, wait, you’re not bisexual anymore?”

“Just like you’re not straight anymore,” I said sarcastically.

“I was never straight, Al.”

“I know,” I said smiling, “we all knew. We all saw the way you looked at Bette.”

Tina smiled at me and said, “so did anyone tell you the news?”

“Shane said there was good news, but that you should be the one to tell me,” I responded, “what’s going on?”

“Bette and I, are engaged,” Tina said happily.

“Ahhhh! Oh my God! Oh my God! OH MY GOD!!!!!!” I screamed grabbing Tina and pulling her into a hug even though it hurt like hell to do so.