“Hey guys” Tina greeted Alice and Shane who were sitting at the table and then crossed to Bette.

“Hi” she leaned in and gave Bette a kiss on the cheek.  “I brought dessert.”  It was Tina’s famous Pavlova.

“Yum.  Thanks” Bette responded and put it on the counter.

“Hey Max, Helena.  How’s it going?”

“Hey Bette,” She also gave Bette a kiss. “All good. But better when we open this.”  She passed Bette the bottle of Dom.

“Sheez Helena.  What’s up with that?” Alice asked

“Oh well Mommy gave it to the kids to bring out to me since she wasn’t going to get to LA for a bit. I believe she would want me to share it with one of her favorite people” Helena answered, trying to keep any sarcasm out of her voice.  She really did like Bette now but still found it hard that her mother had so much affection for Bette.

“Well let’s grab some glasses and adjourn to the pool.  Jodi and a couple of her friends should be here shortly.” Bette prompted.

They sat outside under the umbrella and laughed about what was going on in their lives.

After getting to Alice’s life, the subject of Phyllis came up.

“You’ll be happy to know, Alice, that she’s way over you.  She’s with Joyce now.” Bette informed.

“Remind me who Joyce is?”  Helena requested.

“You know, she’s that lawyer that hit on Tina” Alice supplied.

Bette’s head whipped around to Tina and back to Alice “What?

“I told you that, didn’t I?”  Tina responded hesitantly.

“No.” Bette answered emphatically. “When was this?” Bette demanded

“When you were on a trip to New York and I was living in her cottage.”  Tina answered.  “Actually I was just leaving it – luckily”

‘What did you do?’ Max asked

“I pushed her off me for a start…”

“Hang on,” Bette interrupted. “She was on you??”

“Pretty much.” Tina shrugged indifferently.

“And you were pregnant?”

“Well Bette,” Helena interjected “Truth be told, I was on her when she was pregnant, too” she laughed out loud at her joke while the others cautiously chuckled.