She turned to Tina and said, “Ti I should’ve been there. I’m so sorry you had to face that alone.” Bette burst into tears; she put up her hands to her face and cried.

Tina went over to her instantly and wrapped her arms around her tightly. Bette fell into her embrace, the two women not saying a word. Dr. Clark watched the two, how they interacted, reacted towards one another and wrote down a note in her book.

“Go on. Please continue.”

“Tina and I have been having problems…May I?” She looked at Tina wanting to know if she could have permission to tell Dr. Clark about the recent things that had happened. Tina nodded her head. She didn’t want this to stop. Bette was talking, lettings her feelings known, they were finally communicating. It didn’t matter that it wasn’t in a private matter, as long as Bette was talking that’s all that mattered. She let out a breath of relief.

“Last night I told Tina that I didn’t want to see her, hear from her, be near her anymore… She cheated on me. She told me the sex was unintentional, it was drunken sex, a bad choice she had made… I really believe her. I don’t think she’d ever cheat on me intentionally.”

Bette turned once again to Tina and held onto her hands.  “I believe you. I know you didn’t do that to spite me.”

“I took a hike alone in the mountains and that’s when I really saw it. I came to realize why Tina had been distant to me lately. I know now that you were –are having a hard time dealing with your feelings about the miscarriage Tina. Last night I told you… I pushed you away because I think that’s, you know, I was thinking of your best interest.”

“Bette how is that you thinking of me? How is pushing me away, saying you don’t want to see me, or hear from me anymore the best interest of me?”

“I know, I know, it’s just that I feel like me being around you, it’s not going to help. You’re going to have to put some attention to me and I feel like right now, right now, it needs to be all about you.”