"I don’t know, Bette. I don’t have a leash on the girl."

"Well you never know it the way you two are attached at the hip."

"You should have been here earlier when Dani was sitting on her lap. It was gross." Tina added joyfully taking the attention away for herself.

"Like you two can ever talk about being gross. I’ve heard the stories and I‘ve seen it for myself."

"When?" Bette challenged.

"Thanksgiving 2000. I was but a young teenager, not wise to the ways a woman could love another woman until my dear cousin and her wife paid us a visit. Thanks cousin, I owe you a lot."

"You little shi…" Bette began before stopping herself.

"I bet Alice would just eat that story up, don’t you think?" I asked turning to Tina who had turned a very, very bright red.

"Thought so." I said a sing song voice. As I tried to walk away Bette grabbed on my shoulder with her free hand.

"Not so fast. What were you two talking about before I got here?

"Don’t know. Tina any ideas?"

"Your cousin over here thinks that I should try and talk to Dana today."

"More like right now. But I don’t see why it’s a bad idea."

"Besides Tina’s ability to cause a scene anytime she’s confronted in here I can’t think of a thing." Bette said.

"Thanks Bette. I think." Tina answered while rolling her eyes.

"But she’s right, T. That’s why I asked you to meet me here instead of the park. I did think that you two would be talking right now."

"Guess that proves you still don’t know me as well as you think you do, Bette." Ouch maybe I should leave. They’re about to start stepping on each other each other’s toes.

"Actually I know the real you quite well Tina. You’re just scared of her rejecting you. You think that she’ll have some anger towards you because as she lay in the hospital bed near death, you went on a date… with a guy. Am I right?"

"Maybe." She replied quietly. Again I tried to creep away from this obvious private moment, but this time I was stopped by my girlfriend coming up behind me.