“Want to talk about it ?”

“I accused her of being a gold digger “

“Ouch “

“And in turn he said I was arrogant and spiteful “

“You’re not arrogant or spiteful “

“That stung “ Tina said “Maybe because as everyone tells me I am a daddy’s girl. Maybe he didn’t give me enough home truths when I was growing up and full of myself “

“Were you full of yourself ?”

Tina stirred her coffee as the waitress brought their sandwiches across. When they were alone Finn looked at her

“Were you full of yourself ?”

“Looking back – yes. School was easy – I was popular – boys followed me around – good at sport “

“But you must have felt different because of your sexuality or don’t I understand anything about lesbians ?”

“You know a lot about lesbians -it must be an education living with Bette and I then sharing a house with Shane. There can be few things that shock you “

“You haven’t seen some of the women she brings home “ Finn commented “ You were saying about you being full of yourself “

“It was hard because everyone in school – or so it felt like – knew my parents fucked around. But as some of the adults they fucked around with had kids at school that made it less weird. Of course I felt different because of how I felt about women. If I had been less sure of myself I might have listened to that voice in my head that was telling me that sleeping with boys was going to get me exactly nowhere . Bette often talks about her seeming arrogance being because of her insecurities – about her family and her sexuality and her colour “

“I gather from Shane that Helena was horrified “

“She was – Bette was the baddie who was going to eat me up and throw me away when she had her way with me “

“When in truth she’s the devoted girlfriend “

Tina rubbed her eyes – yes Bette was devoted to her. She owed Bette a debt of gratitude for how she had been in the last week.

“Bette’s one in a billion “