Bette snickered. “Yeah, you do.”

Tina couldn’t help but feel so relaxed being able to fall back into the familiar presence of her ex-lover. She only wished that she hadn’t been so quick to walk away from it so easily.

“Oh my god, did you see what Jenny was wearing?” The blonde asked, making a face that did nothing to hide her disgust.

“Jesus, I know. What was that dress? Please tell me that if you get the rights that you’ll make sure wardrobe isn’t influenced by Jenny’s real-life fashion sense.”

The two women laughed heartily, enjoying the comfort and ease with which they still shared opinions when it came to something as mundane as a friend’s wardrobe decision.

Sooner than Tina had wanted, they pulled up to her condo. Bette put her Lexus in park and looked at Tina expectantly.

The blonde was struggling with the fact that her night in the presence of her former life partner was ending much earlier than she had anticipated. Her thoughts were racing, trying to come up with any excuse to get Bette inside, forgetting that her boyfriend was still there with his son. Bette caught sight of Henry passing by the front window before her gaze settled on Tina.

Tina gave her a buzzed half-smile that Bette couldn’t help but smile back at, and remember those times when that half-smile led to sloppy seductions employed by the blonde.

“Well, here we are.” Bette said.

“Do you wanna come inside?” Tina motioned with her thumb. “Give Angie a kiss goodnight?” Tina prayed that the answer would be in the affirmative.

“Umm,” Bette hesitated. “No, T, I don’t want to impose. I know Henry is here, so…”

“He’s not staying the night.” Tina blurted out, rather quickly which was not lost on Bette. “He has Mikey, and it’s a school night. I’m sure Angie would love to see you before you left.”

“Do you think she’s still awake?”

“Probably,” Tina lied. “She has a hard time sleeping when Mikey’s here because she’s so excited that she has a playmate.”

Bette glanced at the digital clock on her dashboard. It was still early since Kit’s show was cancelled for the evening.

“Come on, it’s not that late.” Tina reasoned, with intentions that were, even to her, still unclear.