Tina stood in the living room of ‘their’ house. She was checking it out, just like she did the first time. It hadn’t changed that much. It had a new painting hanging on its wall and there were a few pictures that were missing, but beside that it stayed pretty much the same. Bette walked up behind her and put her arms around her waist. She kissed Tina on the cheek and whispered: “Welcome home baby.” Tina turned around in Bette’s arms and kissed her. “It feels so good to be back!” “Well let’s get you settled and then we can go and have some lunch. Maybe we can go to the planet, if that’s what you want of course?” “I’d love that baby!”

At the planet:

The gang was sitting at their usual table. Kit walked up with their lunch. “Here you go girls, enjoy!” Kit said. “Thanks.” Shane said as she started eating her lunch. “So you heard anything from Bette yet?” Alice asked. “No,” Kit replied and then went back to work. She hated lying, but Bette had asked her not to tell her friends where she was going. It was difficult enough as it was.

Bette and Tina were about to walk in when Bette suddenly stopped. Tina turned to her. “What’s wrong babe?” “Nothing” Bette said. Tina glared at her knowing something was wrong. “Ok, I’m just nervous! I didn’t tell them that I was going away and I have this feeling that Alice is going to be pissed.” Tina kissed her. “It’ll be fine!” she reassured Bette. She kissed her again and pushed the door open. They both walked in, Tina went to the table and her friends and Bette went and ordered lunch.

Shane was the first to notice Tina. She got up and walked over to her. “Tina, you’re back. Here have a seat.” Shane pulled up a chair. Tina smiled at Shane. “Thank you Shane.” “Hi Tina, how was New York?” Dana asked. “Oh it was really nice, I’m really glad I went!” “Did you by any chance hear something from Bette?” Alice asked. She was worried about Bette. A lot had happened over the past 6 months but Bette would never just disappear like that. “Yeah, actually I have.” Tina replied as she spotted Bette walking towards them with lunch. The rest didn’t notice her until she showed up next to Tina. “Here’s your lunch baby.” Bette said as she grabbed a chair. Everybody was staring at them. As Bette sat down, Tina leaned in and kissed her on the lips. “Thank you so much babe, I’m starving!” Nobody said a word; they just kept staring at them with their mouths wide open.