"I don’t know about this though." She said emphatically pointing over to the table. Which by now was filled with some eerie silence. I wonder what happened.

"Dani. They’re my family. Bette and Tina both showed me what love could be if done right. I’ve never seen so much admiration for two women anytime they walked into a room together. Everybody wanted to have a Bette and Tina relationship. And they" I said pointing to my favorite couple "whether they knew it or not, are the closest thing I had to parents."

"Really?"

"I would not bullshit you about that." I said in all seriousness.

"Ok." She said finally, before grabbing my hand and walking quietly over to the table.

"Ah there you are." Alice said when she spotted the two us walking up the table.

"Alice we never left." Dani responded squeezing in the middle of Tina and Shane to take a seat.

"Newbie," Alice said turning her attention to me. "You me Milk tonight?"

"Alice, are you forgetting that I have a girlfriend?"

"So." She said oblivious to the looks she was getting around the table.

"So, I don’t need or want to spend a Friday night with you." I answered running my fingers through Dani’s hair as I stood by her.

"Um…. no I didn’t mean it like that." Alice answered back, ignoring that there were other people at the table. "Besides partying with me would involve drinking. And I already know you can’t hold your liquor, kid."

"And how would know that exactly?" Dana asked.

"Simple. Jr. here snores. Loudly."

"What? How do you know all this Al? Did Dani tell you?" Dana asked before I could interrupt her. God please don’t let her say something stupid.

"Easy sweetie. A couple of months ago, Jr and I slept together." Shit. She had this satisfied smirk on her face as if she dropped a bomb on everyone.

"We were drunk!!!" I cried.

"So you had sex?" Dana asked horrified. Certain that I had just died, I took this very moment to leave my own body and float around the table to look at the faces that continued to stare at me staring at Alice. All shock, even my own girlfriend looked more confused than upset. Bette looked concerned as did Tina. Maybe I should clear this hold thing up. You know before it gets worst. If only my mind could connect to my mouth.

"No sex." I choked out nervously.

"Yeah she’s right no sex. Just some friendly dry humping."

"Alice STOP!!" I cried out again. Great now I upset the baby. But even she quieted down after she looked my way and saw the distress on my face.

"I’m confused." Tina started cautiously. "When did all this happen?"

"On it was a crisp day two months ago, there at the Porter…."

"You had sex with Alice in my house?" Bette asked a little too calmly.

"Why do you care? I had sex with you in your house. So did TK." Alice replied simply.

"Not the same and it’s not the point. It’s gross and weird." Bette continued.

"Your face is weird." Alice mumbled.

"What?"

"Alice stop fucking around." I said seriously. I couldn’t stop the blush creeping up from my neck to my face. Still Dani said nothing.

"That’s not what you said that night."

"First off you liar it was day time and Bette and Tina were there the whole time. Nothing happened. Ever. I could never be that drunk."

"Amen." Shane said.

"Alice tell them." I said again, putting my best Porter resolve face on. She stared. I stared. No one said a thing.

"Yeah ok, nothing happened." She admitted still smiling at me.

"What the hell, man?" Was all I could say to her still unable to move.

"I just wanted to break the tension at the table." She said simply taking a good look at the rest of the women that surrounded the big table in a quiet café. That’s when I noticed it too. They were all giggling or out right laughing and had been for the most part of Alice’s teasing.

"Did it work?" She asked.