“Okay Bette, keep me up to date will you please? And don’t hesitate to call me if you need anything. You hear darling, anything.”

“Thank you Peggy, I will.”

“Say hi for me to Tina.”

“I will Peggy, thanks for calling.”

Bette handed the phone back to Helena.

“I don’t know how to thank you and your mother, Helena. You are so sweet, kind and loving,” Bette said with tears in her eyes.

Helena walked up to Bette and hugged her.

“Bette, darling, we started off on the wrong foot and I still regret that. But knowing you now the way I know you, you’re like a sister to me. My mother always talked with pride about you and I can see why. I love you like a sister, Bette. If there’s anything, just anything don’t hesitate to call. Don’t let me catch you not calling me because you think you’ll bother me, because you don’t. You and Tina are never bothersome to me, remember that.”
With that Helena placed the softest kiss on Bette’s forehead.

At home:

Finally they where at home. Bette took Tina straight to the bedroom, helped her change into sweatpants and tanktop.

“You get some sleep, I’ll be back in a sec. I’ll go say thanks to Shane and Helena. Kit will come later with dinner.”

Bette left Tina behind in the bedroom and walked back to the living room where Helena, Shane and Kit were talking.

“Once again, thank you guys. I don’t know what I would’ve done without you.”

“It’s alright. If you need anything, just yell, I’m at home.” Shane said and she left after she hugged Bette.

“You know what I told you, Bette, don’t hesitate.” Helena left after she also hugged Bette.
Kit left at last.

“I’ll see you guys later with dinner, baby sis. You go to your woman and if she vomits or complains about being dizzy, don’t hesitate, call me at once.”

“Yes Kit, I will, thank you. See you later.”

Bette closed the frontdoor and went back to the bedroom. When she walked to the bed, she heard Tina crying. She rushed to the bed.

“Tee, hey babe, what’s up? You’re in pain? You’re dizzy? Talk to me honey………”

“I’m so sorry Bette, this was not what I had in mind. This was not the way we were suppose to spent this afternoon.”

“What do you mean, off course you didn’t want this to happen, but babe, you’re alive. Things could have been worse.”

The thought that Tina could’ve been dead teared Bette up. Now she started to cry. She grabbed Tina and hold her real tight.

“Baby you don’t know how much I love you. If………..if……if you would’ve been dead, I would die too. When I made you the promiss that I would stick to you like glue, I really meant that. Even in the after life you’ll be stuck with me.”

That last remark brought a smile on Tina’s face.

“You’re silly, come here. I didn’t plan to die. But seriously Bette, when I left home this morning all I could do was thinking about this afternoon and how I would make sweet love to you. I would make you scream my name so many times and so hard that in the end you wouldn’t have a voice to scream. And look at me now………bruised. Ohh, don’t get me wrong, I’m thankful I’m alive nothing broken but Bette, I don’t know what happened. That really scares me!”

Bette loosened her grip on Tina and looked her in the eyes.

“Babe, we’re here, that’s all that matters. You’re alive, I’m alive and we’re here. But what scares you? What did happen? Can you remember what happened?”

“No Bette, that’s the scary part. And believe me, I didn’t drink. First of all, it was too early and you know I never drink when I have to drive. But I do not know what happened. It’s just like I had a blackout.”

“Well honey, Monday doctor Harris will call you back with the results of the tests and we will know more. Now go to sleep, it’s been a hectic afternoon.”

“Will you hold me and stay with me Bette?”

“Sure babe, let me put on other clothes.”

Bette changed her clothes and snuggled behind Tina and within minutes they fell asleep.