Bette: “hi Tina…, you light my night”

Tina: “hey Bette…, I’m glad I came…, my heart is pounding”

Bette: (whispering) “only your heart…?”

Tina: (smiling) “hmm…, I see you are in the mood…, I’ll show you later”

Carmen arrived to welcome her friend and ex-roommate, followed by Jenny, Marina, and Shane; then Tina went to greet Alice and Dana, finding Helena in her way; the host gave her some compliments trying to keep her distances under the sight of Bette who is holding hands with the blonde; minutes later, Tina went to meet and greet the future weds, they just talked for few minutes, because the strippers’s show was about to start, from a closed room, a couple of girls with transparent lace robes and almost nothing under it, came dancing around Dana and Alice who were sitting at the center of the living room; Tina moved away to her friends looking for Bette, but the brunette wasn’t with them; after a couple of minutes she saw her ex close to the front door looking at her, Tina walked closer.

Tina: “hey…”

Bette: “hi…, what a party eh…, (pointing with her fingers) the strippers”

As everybody, they look at the dancers.

Tina: “yes…, it looks like Alice’s idea”

Bette: “yup, as crazy as her”

Tina: “I haven’t seen your car…, do you have a new one?”

Bette: “no…, my car is in maintenance, I hired a service to drive me here”

Tina: “hmm…, sounds expensive”

Bette: (looking at the blonde) “Tina…, do you want to get out of here?”

Tina: “uh-huh…”

The music and the dancers were on the top of their performance and nobody noticed when both girls left the house; walking to the parking lot, the girls stopped at Tina’s car and Bette spoke.

Bette: “I’ll be right back, I have to get my clothes and dismiss the driver…, wait here”

Tina: “sure, babe…”

Bette walked toward the limousine, opened the door and took her bag and coat while telling Louise that she will take good care of Tina over the weekend, Louise assented, not without giving her a menacing look.

Louise: “don’t break her heart or I’ll kill you”

Bette: “you know I won’t”

Bette returned to Tina’s car and the blonde drove them north toward Framingham; it was around 9:30 pm, though the pick-hours are already passed, as it is Friday evening, the Massachusetts Turnpike is still crowded, the blonde was driving at moderate speed and Bette has her arm around her naked shoulder.