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Angelica was up in her bedroom doing her homework and listening to her iPod. Tina knocked on her door and walked in.

“Hey Angie,” Angelica didn’t look up. “Angelica?” Tina walked over to her daughter and removed her headphones. Angelica jumped and saw her mother standing at the foot of her bed.

“Oh sorry,” she sat up and paused her iPod.

“I just wanted you to know that Trish brought over some Chinese take out, so if you’re—,” Angelica scrunched up her face.

“I’m not hungry.”

“Angel,” Tina sighed and sat down on the bed. “I know that you don’t get a long with Trish, and I don’t know why, but you have to get used to her. We’re together, and she’s going to be around for a while.

Angelica crossed her arms. “Not for long.” She muttered.

“What?” Angelica looked at her mom and shook her head.

“Nothing—fine I’ll come downstairs and eat something.”

“That’s my girl,” Tina smiled and got up from the bed. “Don’t be long,” she walked out of the bedroom. Angelica sighed and shook her head. Trish isn’t the one for her mother—she’s very…well boring to Angelica. She got up from her bed and walked out of her room. She walked down the hall and came down the steps. She saw her mother and Trish kissing each other and scrunched her face up in disgust.

“Uhmm—,” Tina and Trish pulled away from each other, and Angelica walked into the kitchen.

“Hi Angelica,” Trish smiled.

“Hi,” she said boringly. She grabbed herself a plate, and Trish looked at Tina. Tina gave her a sincere look and rubbed her back. Angelica put food on her plate and walked over to the table.

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Tina was cleaning the table, and Trish was throwing things away.

“I’m sorry for the way Angelica was acting earlier.”

“It’s okay. I’m use to it. I know she doesn’t like me.”

Tina sighed heavily as she walked towards the kitchen. “But that wasn’t any excuse of her to act that way.”

Trish walked over to Tina and grabbed her hand. “Tina it’s okay. She’s a teenager, and she doesn’t like to see her mother with another woman that isn’t her other mother. I’m fine with that.”

“But I just want her to like you.”

“But nothing—,” Trish pushed a strand of hair out of her way. “As long as you like me, I’m fine.” Tina smiled, and Trish pressed her lips against hers. Trish pulled Tina into a hug, and Tina stiffened against her. Trish pulled away and looked at her girlfriend.

“Are you okay?”

Tina nodded. “Yeah, I’m okay. I’m just tired that’s all.”

“Well I have to work in the morning—so I’ll just stop by after.”

“Okay,” Tina smiled. Trish pecked her on the lips and pulled away.

“Good night.”

“Night,” Trish walked out of the kitchen and walked towards the front door. Tina raked her fingers through her hair as she leaned against the counter in the kitchen. Trish was right, she’s not Angelica’s other mother. She’s not Bette—she could never fill Bette’s shoes. Tina rested her fingertips against her lips and shook her head. She continued to clean up the kitchen and headed off to bed.