“I agree with you Bette. It’s not good for us to keep things from each other. I’d rather you tell me. I want total honesty between us too.”

“Thank you.”

Bette and Tina kiss and makeup. Tina pulled away from the kiss and looks Bette in the eye.

“I have something to tell you.”

“What is it?”

“Kate called me this morning. She’s back from Vancouver.” Tina admitted sheepishly.

Bette felt a little miffed that Tina was giving her such a hard time about Leigh, yet she’d waited to tell Bette that she’d spoken to her ex-lover that morning. Bette decided not to make anything of it; after all she expected that Tina and Kate needed to have closure since they had talked about it over the weekend. She’d told Tina that she trusted her to handle the situation with Kate, especially where Angie was concerned.

“She wanted to know if I’d taken her advice about exploring my feelings for you. When I told her that we were back together and that Angie and I had moved in with you she wished us well. She told me to take care of your heart this time because what we have is very rare and she could only wish to find it for herself.”

”I hope she does. How did you leave things?”

”She’s moving to New York. She has a job with a new studio and will be traveling extensively overseas on her new projects. I probably won’t see her again.”

“Did she want to see Angie?”

“No. She thought it might confuse Angie since we’ve reconciled. I realize now how insensitive I was to her feelings and yours by even suggesting that. I guess I thought she would still be in my life in some capacity even if it was just through Angie.”

”You miss her?”
”I do Bette. She was more than just a lover to me. She was a really good friend.”

”I’m sorry Tee. Maybe someday she will be back in your life. If that happens I hope that I could accept your friendship with her in the same way that I’m asking you to accept mine with Leigh.”

”I suppose I was being unreasonable on both counts. Are we OK babe?”