“Why did you want a commitment if it wasn’t something you could give?” Jodi asked as she sat down on the bed and patted the bed urging Bette to sit. Bette complied.

“For the same reason you agreed to it.”

Jodi nodded as a smile crept onto her face.

“We had a connection, but I am just as responsible for this as you are.”

“Jodi, it wasn’t your fault, you had nothing…”

“Bette,” Jodi said as she put her hand up to stop Bette from continuing. “I tried the monogamy thing Bette, I did. It didn’t work for me before, and this time was no different.”

Bette stared at her blankly, and then it all became clear. All those nights when Jodi was “working” in her studio.

“Amy?”

“Amy.”

“Are you in love with her,” Bette asked, already knowing the answer.

Jodi didn’t answer, choosing to answer her with a sly smile.

“So, when you left the club the other night?”

Again, Jodi just smiled.

“I kissed Tina that night. I don’t know what happened. It came out of nowhere,” Bette admitted.

“No it didn’t. I maybe deaf, but I’m not blind Bette,” Jodi said as she playfully nudged Bette in the side. “You should have seen how you lit up and got nervous the minute Tina came into the room, or how you searched for her even if you knew she wasn’t there.”

It was Bette’s turn to smile.

They talked for a while. Mostly about how Jodi planned to get Amy back. Bette told her to just steal a sign and give it to her which caused both of them to break into a hysterical laughter.

“Friends,” Bette asked tentatively.

“Always,” Jodi replied.

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“And that’s when I left,” Tina said. “I’m such an idiot. I don’t know why I ran. I guess I was scared that you were going to change your mind. Or that I was going to wake up and it would have all been a dream. A wonderful dream, but a dream nonetheless.”

 “I’ll admit, all of this blind-sided me, but I’m not going to change my mind. I’ve wanted this for so long T. I’ve been so lost.”

“I’m sorry about Henry, about using Angelica against you,” Tina said apologetically.

“It’s in the past.”

“That doesn’t make it right.”

Bette thought for a moment, choosing her words carefully.

“No, but it is still part of our past; it’s what led you back to me, and if that’s what it took, I’m glad it happened,” Bette said as she stood extending her hand to Tina and pulling her up. “What do you say we go pick up our daughter and start putting our family back together again?”

“I’ve never heard a better plan,” Tina said truthfully.

“I’ll call Kit.”