Tina asked, "So that wasn’t cheating for you?"

Sandrine shook her head, "No, it wasn’t.  It’s in his nature, and he has better control of it now."

Bette gave Martin an empathetic half-smile while Tina shook her head.  Two of them now.

Martin picked up the story, "But when Sandrine kissed another man, a man she herself said she had a crush on…."

"Just a tiny one," she interrupted him.

He shook his head, "Anyway, when she did it, it caused a bigger issue between us … because, given her nature, it seemed to be a worse thing.  Firstly, she doesn’t tend to have crushes … like you, Tina … then secondly, she had gone so far as kissed him.  So that indicated there were much more serious emotions at play."

Tina was intrigued, "So, you also kissed someone else, but may have felt something more than he felt when he kissed another girl. And it caused a bigger problem?"

She nodded.  "Yes … we separated for about six months."

"Wow!," Bette, Tina, and Logan said together.

They all fell silent.  Martin and Sandrine looked at each other deeply, then kissed.

After a few minutes, Sandrine asked Tina, "So was that cheating, in your definition?"

Tina nodded slowly.  She leaned to her side to look up at Bette, before looking back at Sandrine, "Now this is somewhat of a puzzle," she started to say.  She looked again at Bette, who mouthed, "It’s up to you, T." Tina nodded, and continued,  "In my case … there were no emotions at play … so perhaps something like Martin … but pretty serious acts were involved."

Sandrine asked, "Did you…"

Tina nodded, "Yeah .."  She rubbed Bette’s arms again.

"So even if I ended up being in that situation … and not feeling anything romantic or emotional about him … I would consider that cheating," she said quietly.  She looked up at Bette again, who pursed her lips, then bent to kiss Tina. 

The group fell silent again.

"Ahh…love," Logan sighed.  They all laughed lightly.  He continued, "So complicated …."

"I don’t know Logan," Bette answered.  They all looked at her.  She smiled at them, then looked down at Tina, "Tina … or loving Tina… is pretty straightforward for me.  I love her.  And I’ll always love her.  Okay, yes, there are distractions…"

Tina smiled back, "There are??"

They all laughed as Bette kissed her, "Not enough to make me cheat on you, baby."

"Never say never, Bette," Martin teased, knowing how improbable it would be.  He and Sandrine had learned to work through the complicated issues Logan had sighed about, though.  He hoped Bette and Tina had, as well.  If not….

"Better be never, baby," Tina whispered, as Bette leaned to give her another kiss.

"Never, T," Bette smiled before giving her a kiss. Tina, so beautiful.  Why would she think I could ever cheat on her? 

After Bette drew her head back Tina nuzzled against Bette’s neck, whispering, "I want to make a baby with you."

Bette smiled, giving her small kisses, as she whispered back, "Yes…another baby …. let’s make one, here… in our home … on our bed…"