‘I will…see you tomorrow.’

Shane left through the fencedoor and Bette went into the house. Tina stood with her back to Bette.

‘Shane is in for tomorrow. First she was suspicious but I told her that a friend of ours will be there and she would do us a favor.’

‘Yeah…whatever!’ Tina said and walked to their bedroom. This time Bette was the one to stop Tina.

‘T…I am very sorry. I behaved badly.’

‘Bette…Your behavior was absolutly inappropriate. Will you always act like the boys I dated in highschool when you don’t get what you want whenever you want? It’s not like I rejected you for a few weeks or something. And besides…it is not your right to punish me when I don’t do what you want. I am your partner not your employee. I am very disappointed. Now get out of my way…maybe we’ll talk about it tomorrow.’ Tina looked sad and exhausted.

‘T…I don’t want to go to sleep when you are mad at me.’

‘Then stay awake!’ Tina snapped. She passed Bette and went into the bedroom. Bette took the winebottle from the counter and went out to the pool.

Meanwhile at Danas

Alice brought Dana back home and stood with her in her driveway.

‘That went well, don’t you think?’

‘Yeah…but Shane was annoying.’

‘Oh Al…now you saw how they feel all the time when you made your jokes about them.’

‘What is that supposed to mean? I’m not annoying!’

‘No you are not annoying…maybe a bit cheeky!’

’Cheeky? If I would be cheeky I would ask you to let me in and have sex with me…but my good manners forbid me to act on it!’ Alice said with a smile.

But Danas smile was gone all of a sudden.

‘Alice look…I know we were friends for a long time but I…this is all going a bit to fast for me.’

‘Dane…I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable. It was a joke.’

‘I know but Alice I wanted you to know that in case we do things that lead us to…you know…and then I stop it and you get frustrated…I don’t want you to think that it is your fault or that you did something wrong.’

‘Ok…I mean…it was not my intention to give you the feeling we need to have sex after 2 days. We take our time and go on our own pace. I don’t want to rush things either.’

‘Good…so thank you for taking me home. Want to meet for breakfast tomorrow?’

‘Sure. See you at the planet. Sweet dreams.’

They kissed and Dana went in. Alice got in her car and drove home. On her way she thought a lot about what Dana said. They knew each other for so long…why is Dana acting like it would be their first time? It would be the first time for them together but not the first time ever. Or would it? Well Dana never wanted to tell her about it. The only thing Alice knew was that Dana never had a real relationship. WOW…now that she thought about it. No, she had to ask her before she made the wrong conclusions. But when was the right time? She can’t ask her at breakfast. That would be insensitive. But we all know: Alice wouldn’t be Alice if she can’t find the right moment….right?….RIGHT???

TBC?