Logan had stepped closer to Martin and Sandrine, to make room for Tina. Bette sat down, and opened her arms.  Tina sat in front of her, and leaned back into Bette, who wrapped her in a loose embrace.

Martin and Sandrine looked at each other, and smiled again.

Tina asked again, "So Martin, what were those things you were asking Bette about?"

They all chuckled slightly, as Martin responded, blushing slightly, "Well we were firstly talking about crushes, then we got to cheating…"

"Wow!  From crushes to cheating, huh?," Tina asked.  "Like … don’t bother passing Go and collecting $200.  Just go directly to jail."

They all laughed lightly.

"No, baby," Bette said, then spoke carefully, knowing this was still a sore subject with Tina, "Sandrine mentioned that she’d grown to accept some of Martin’s idiosyncrasies, like having little crushes from time to time, and I thought that that was very evolved of her."

"I’ll say," Tina commented drily.

Bette kissed Tina’s temple reassuringly, then continued, "but then Logan asked Martin if he was the same…"

"And it opened a touchy subject," Martin interrupted,  "That involved some amount of cheating," he paused as Sandrine opened her mouth, then reconsidered.  He continued, "So I asked Bette whether she knew whether you had had little crushes … or whether you had cheated."

Tina rubbed Bette’s arms that held her in an embrace, which had tightened from a loose one as Martin spoke.  

"Well," Tina said slowly, "This is something I think I should answer, Martin."

She rubbed Bette’s arms again, affectionately, then continued, "I don’t think I’ve had any crushes since Bette … but I have cheated,"  she said quietly.

Martin and Sandrine looked at each other.  "What do you mean by cheating, Tina?," Sandrine asked.

"Ummm…what would you mean?," Tina answered.

Sandrine looked at Martin before answering, "Well … Martin kissed someone else, early into our marriage.  We were just talking earlier about how young we were when we got married.  And at some point, I suppose Martin went too far with his flirting, right?" she turned to look at him.  After he nodded, she continued, "We separated briefly, then got back together. He never went that far again, but he did continue with his flirting ways."

Tina smirked, and looked up at Bette.  Hmmm….another irrepressible good-looking flirt.