Friday evening came way too quickly and both Bette and Tina were extremely nervous when they pulled up outside the Planet. Having cautioned Angelica, to be on her best behavior and use her manners they slowly exited the car and walked hand in hand.

Entering the establishment brought back a lot of memories some good and some bad for both the ladies although, Kit had long ago redesigned the place, they noticed it still had that comfortable atmosphere. The gang was seated at the back of the café where two large tables had been set up to accommodate everyone comfortably. Kit was the first one to notice them arrive because she had been expecting them. She immediately got up from her chair and met them at the front entrance for a group hug.

The faces of their long ago family were that of shock. Although their minds rapidly, processed the reason for Kit’s many vacations she had suddenly taken in the last year. Bette was certain it was the first time she had ever seen all of them speechless at the same time.

Alice recovered the most quickly and said, “well I’ll be damned if it isn’t Porter, TK, and a… Porter Jr.” Jumping into their arms so fast she knocked over her drink.  Shane and Dana followed Alice’s lead and soon after the introductions of the partners were made the questions began…where have you been…why didn’t you call one of us to let us know you were ok?

Bette and Tina had anticipated their reaction after they got over the initial shock of seeing them again in the Planet after all these years. They had decided before they arrived in LA to not disclose too much information about Bette’s past because she was so ashamed of the things she had done.

After Tina, explained that she found out she was pregnant after leaving LA through using the sperm from the cryo bank which, Marcus had deposited she shared with them about going back to school and her career change. She described her and Angelica’s life in North Carolina and explained her lack of contact with them because of the huge secret she was keeping for so many years. She described her and Bette meeting up again through where she had previously worked.

Bette picked up the story from there and shared with them their reconnection, marriage, and relocation to Denver because of Bette’s job opportunities. Both of the ladies and Kit knew they had skipped over some of the more gruesome details of their lives but that was ok because it was their story to tell only when they felt comfortable with sharing.

Later that evening it was firmly established that Angelica had gained six new family members. All of them were clamoring for her attention. Each of the gang had moved on to establish long term partnerships with significant others and seemed very happy at this point in their lives. Bette and Tina along with the addition of Angelica, had been accepted back into the fold or so it seemed by the end of the celebration dinner.

When Alice asks them how long they were in LA for they passed off their extended stay explaining that they had promised Angelica she could spend the summer with Aunt Kit. But when summer arrived they knew they could not be separated from her that long so had decided to come with her to visit Kit.

Still the reporter with sharp instincts she knew when she was hearing a lie but decided to let it go for now. Calling it a night they all exchanged numbers and headed home.

Lying in bed that night in their post orgasmic bliss, wrapped in each others arms, they discussed how in some ways each family member had changed greatly, yet in other ways they had changed so little in all the years that had pasted. Although they knew that nothing ever stayed the same it was a good feeling to know some things never changed.