The baby, that was when all of this had started really; the first nail in the coffin.  They’d been on rocky ground before that, sure.  But then when she’d lost the baby, Bette had looked elsewhere for comfort.  She’d found it in her polar opposite, in Candace.  Their ***** life had been fizzling; another truth.  They talked, but not about themselves, or their feeling, just talk about this one and that one.  Yet another truth; they’d grown apart in the last year and that was the absolute truth. 

            She’d talked to the woman Candace, stood next to her, offered her work!  She was charismatic she would give Bette that she had good choice in lovers, even if she’d been cheating.  Tina sighed walking over to the kitchen and quietly began making herself some coffee.  Her red rimmed eyes were still alive with something that no one could have pinpointed if they’d been standing across the room watching her.

            She thought back to the baby, rubbing her belly in a semi circle; wishing for that small light to still be inside of her.  A baby, she’d wanted a baby so badly that she could almost feel its tiny feet pressing against her insides.  She was suddenly struck with a thought; what if Bette had cheated when she’d been pregnant?  She’d now be delivering a baby with no partner, no wife and no future.  Things did happen for a reason and the reason that she’d lost the baby was because it was never meant to be her’s and Bette‘s.

            That was a lie she would have had a future, she would have had the baby.  Another human that needed her, Bette had never needed her.  Bette had always taken care of her; and now Tina needed someone to take care of.  Someone that would rely on her.

            She set the coffee cup aside, walking to the couch and pulling on her jeans.  A baby; not for her and Bette, but for her alone.  She pushed opened Alice‘s door and checked in on her blonde friend, seeing that she was sleeping soundly, she left.  She didn’t leave a note, she just had one thought in mind.  A baby.