For Alice to convince Tina to come was more than a pain in her ass, and finally, she couldn’t convince her; but it was Maura who in the end persuade the blonde to celebrate the happy couple.

It is 8:30 pm, the party has started at 7:30, and Bette has arrived at 8, she is nervous, and she doesn’t know what is worse, to see Tina after one and a half years or to not see her at all.

Tina is driving along the Massachusetts Turnpike, she has finally decided to go to Alice’s, she is afraid to see Bette, she loves her with all her being and because of that she wants to protect her and to do so, she needs to keep her away from her life; when Tina arrives her watch marks 8:30, she enters the house to find a group of people close to the door, among them, is Dana who welcomes her and takes her to Alice who was in other group talking to Maura, Jane, Shane, and Lena; she was greeted by her friends, while Bette waited in a corner observing, then Tina also walked to an empty spot trying to stay unnoticed; on the other side of the room Maura and Jane were talking with Bette who was constantly looking toward Tina, then Jane took Bette aside.

Jane: “go talk to her”

Bette: “do you think she would talk to me?”

Jane: “you won’t know if you won’t try”

Bette didn’t walk toward Tina, but she used one of the waitresses to send a written messages, when Tina receive the message that she read, it was written ‘can we talk, please?’, then she thought for a couple of minutes while the server was moving around, and finally she sent a response ‘where?’, the answer was quick, indicating an address with an additional room number 207 and the time, in 15 minutes; Tina was familiar with the area and knew she has to leave almost immediately to arrive the place on time. When Tina arrived at the address, the place was the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel; she parked and entered the place, went to the room knocked on the door and Bette opened, inviting her to enter.

Bette: “I’m sorry to bring you here, but I didn’t know where to go”