“With me “

Finn stepped forward and grinned

“You ? she’s staying with you and Shane ?”
“The place is very clean and I like Shane a lot “

Tina shook her head and looked back at Bette who was grinning as she deserved to have because she had pulled off the party she wanted for her beloved partner.

“Okay “ Bette said clapping her hands “have a great party and enjoy yourself everyone “

Bette looked at Tina and released her hand.

“You go and say hello to people – I want to check on a couple of things “

Tina’s heart threatened to burst out of her chest she was so proud of Bette and her amazing humility – she was just fading into the background so all the attention was on Tina. There would be time for Tina to show her appreciation to Bette later. She nodded at Bette and looked back at her mother and brother. She saw Peggy and Helena coming across to greet her – wow – what a night this was going to be.

**

“When are you going to give her the present ?” Helena asked finding Bette after she had finished talking to the duty manager.

“Its arrived “

“Now ?”

Bette looked across “ She’s in the middle of about 20 people – she can stay there for now”

“This is a really nice place Bette “
“It is – thank you Helena for all your help – I couldn’t have done it without you “

“My pleasure – she is very pleased”

“She was so speechless when she saw her mom “
“That was a nice touch Bette – real classy “

“I like her mom – she’s behaved with a lot of dignity over this whole mess with Niall who frankly is acting like a jackass “

“Not tempted to fly him out ?”

“No – it will be a nice break for her mom – she’s barely had a day off in years. “
“How long is she staying ?”

“She is going back on Wednesday – unbeknown to Tina I spoke to Aaron her boss and he’s giving her a couple of days off from her leave entitlement – I will tell her later”
“Well don’t leave it too long – she is getting stuck into the champagne – she might not remember you after a few more litres of that “

“I will go over in a few minutes”
“So when are you giving her the present ?”

“Okay – I will go and get her “

“I want to round up Finn, Shane and her mom so we can see it for ourselves “

“You know what it looks like “

“Yeah but this will be special “

Bette waited ten minutes before stepping in and putting her arm around Tina and leading her away

“This is fantastic babe – thank you “

“Pleasure “

“I mean it – this is special “
“Come with me for a few minutes “
“Are you going to seduce me ?”
“That’s later if you are sober enough “Bette said grinning

“I am always sober enough for that “ Tina replied

Bette winked at Helena who they passed as they left the room by a side door

“Where are we going ?”

“You will see “

Bette lead Tina outside and to a private area of the car park

“Bette ?”

“Trust me “

“I do “

Bette reached her destination and faced Tina
“You know that you have changed my life and I love you more than there are words good enough to describe how sexy your laugh is or how great you look right now. Whatever I do from now on is only going to go a fraction of a way to showing you what you mean to me”

Bette stepped aside to reveal a gleaning new, bright red Aston Martin DB9. What made it look unlike any car Tina had ever seen before was it was neatly wrapped up with pink ribbon and a huge bow resting on the roof of the car.

“Happy birthday Tina “ Bette said