“This is it?” I ask opening the car door before she could even make her way around to assist me. I liked the house and the neighborhood seemed warm and enriching. I could only imagine what the inside looked like being that she took care of the outside so well.

“Yup, you like?” She asked me smiling and grinning from ear to ear. I smiled and kissed her instantly and gazed back toward the house. I was so happy that we were alone and able to unwind and do whatever comes to mind. I just hope that she’s not the pressuring type to have sex because I’m not ready to go there just yet, besides this is the first time that I’ve seen her alone since we first met three months prior.

“I love it!” I reply waiting for her to lead the way. I could see her struggling to draw the handle from my bag so I leaned down and gently tugged at it and it popped out easily.

“Thanks.” She says rolling the bag toward the house.

You’re welcome.” I reply following her up the steps and into the house.

                                                  BETTE’S POV

I was glad that Alice did me the favor of straightening up while I ran down to the airport. I wish Tina could meet her but she was busy picking up Caitlin from school and dropping her off at her after school program. Caitlin is Alice’s daughter-she’s 6 and quite a handful too. Alice married this guy named Richard-her high school sweetheart. Over the years she’s battled herself mentally with trying to depict where she stood in her life-whether she was gay, straight, or bi. I guess after choosing all the wrong women and being stood up over a thousand times she decided to date men again and eventually married her high school sweetheart, Richard.

They’ve been married for three years and Alice seems happy. Before the baby got here Alice and Richard talked for three years and tied the night when the baby was three. The wedding was phenomenal and we all cried (Dana, Kit, and Shane). I don’t think that we ever saw that coming nor ever saw her even come close to having a kid but she did. And Caitlin is beautiful and she’s bright. She’s an A student and never misses school despite the fact that she is sick with a cold or even the flu.