"That’s for even entertaining the idea," the blonde whispered huskily.

Bette smirked as they each drew back, and cocked her head to one side, looking reflectively at Tina while she took drew a long drink from her glass.

They fell silent for a few minutes, during which Tina fixed her a plate of chunks of cheese from the cheese board. After Tina fed her one chunk, she asked, "You have something going on, T?"

Tina smiled, and paused to consider how to broach the favor Liz had asked of them.  "I went to see Liz today," she started.  Bette nodded, took another sip of her wine.  Mmmmm.., mixes so well with the cheese Tina brought home, she thought.

"And we fell to talking about this couple trying to get pregnant, but who Liz is worried about," Tina continued, nodding her head at Bette in agreement about the cheese.

"What’s Liz worried about?" Bette asked, reaching across to Tina, to flick a bread crumb from the side of the blonde’s lip.  Tina smiled, "Now, you see: I would have leaned over and kissed that crumb from your lip."

Bette chuckled, "Uh, huh, I am fully familiar with that technique," recalling how their first passionate kiss, in the Notre Dame’s garden, in Paris, started. Among other instances.  They shared a knowing smile.

"Anyway," Tina continued, "Liz says the partner who is planning to carry the baby is highly stressed by a number of things, which could jeopardize their efforts to get pregnant."

Bette frowned, feeling a sense of empathy towards the plight of the couple.  "And Bette," Tina said, in between crunching her "drink," "the couple seems to have been trying for some time, and this will hopefully be their first pregnancy.  Probably the only one, too, because they’re not, um, young. So, all in all, a risky pregnancy."

"Oh, no," Bette responded, taking a long drink from her glass. "That’s not a good spot to be in, then."

"All the stakes are raised for them," Bette mused aloud, "high stress, getting on in age, first-time pregnancy, etc."

Tina nodded, "Yeah… a lot of anxiety going on with them, I’m sure."

She mused about a related topic, and continued, "Remember how disappointed we were when we did our own pregnancy tests?"