Bette came home and the smell immediately attacked her senses. The smell instantaneously took her back to a time when she spent the summer in a student exchange program in México.

“Hey you’re here already?”

“Well I needed to give myself a break, I’d been working since you left this morning.”

“Really? Aww, poor baby, probably don’t have any brain cells left, huh?” Tina tilted her head as she joked with Bette.

“Ya know I was wondering when the smart ass would return?” Bette said walking over to the food and inhaling deeply. “Please tell me that’s sopa de tortilla?”

“Yes love, tortilla strips on the side. And Filete al Limón for two. You’ll just have to wait for desert.” Tina said in a husky tone laced with a hint of flirtation. Bette watched as Tina walked back towards the back still drying her hair, she could see where her skin was still moist and the sweats she had on were clinging to her and the tank top also followed suit. The small switch in her hips told Bette that Tina was obviously in a very good mood. This in turn put a little bounce in her step as well.

Tina came back out and used the opportunity to set up the dinner table for them. She put the soup into a pot and let it get heated again, she was at the stove stirring it slowly when she heard Bette enter the kitchen. She noticed that she had changed into some track pants and old college t-shirt. Tina poured the now heated soup into two bowls, while Bette took the rest of the dinner out of the oven. Bette placed the dinner at the center of the table and eagerly stared at Tina who had already started tucking into her soup.

“What?” Tina said looking up from her food suspiciously.

“You know damn well “what.”. Tell me what happened at the meeting, you made me wait until today and then you made me wait until I saw you, so tell me what’s going on.”

“Ok, ok, ok, I did promise. Well you our parent company Peabody Corporation has offices based out of New York and L.A.?”