“Hannah was probably right

– I had friends who didn’t always have my back and it was good that I had someone so totally in my corner that she could see what I couldn’t. Do you think that Alice fits into that category ?”

Bette stopped “I don’t know. Alice and I have a long history and she’s been there when no one else has but she either doesn’t want to grasp or doesn’t know how to

– that Tina is my future. Tina is my priority – not that I want to dump my friends but Shane and Dana and Helena have all seen that Tina and I changed when we got together and they accepted the other person into their lives. Helena who was very protective of Tina when she was thinking about coming out – she and I really butted horns. Helena had heard about me and when Tina told her that we were dating – well she went nuts. She thought I was bad for Tina “

“At least she has seen how good you are for Tina now”

Bette grinned “Helena and I get on well. Neither of us are as black as the other person thought “

“So is this Alice person coming back for the wedding ?”

“She says she is

– I will believe it when I see her”

“I don’t want to pressurise the two of you but are you aware of how many days it is before your wedding ?”

“Less than 3 weeks

– I know “

“You need to make some decisions

– do you have rings ? what about your outfits ?”

Bette sighed “ I know

– we intended to do something about both during the weekend but having a good time seemed so much more interesting “

“Is that a new ring ?”

Bette looked at the commitment ring she was now wearing on the ring finger of her right hand

“Yes “ Bette wondered how good she would be at lying

“We didn’t get around to buying one another engagement rings and that was one thing we did do – we couldn’t find wedding rings that we liked. We are going ring shopping tomorrow though”