She trailed off as she looked at Tina, trying to wrap her head around the situation at hand.

"Are you and Bette . .?"

Tina nodded.

"Together?"

Tina nodded again.

As if Alice couldn’t seem to understand what she was hearing, "Like . . together, together?"

Tina chuckled and nodded once more.

"Had sex?"

Tina half nodded before she realized what Alice had said, her eyes widening somewhat. "Wait, no. I . . w-we . ."

Alice smiled wide, her jaw dropping in both surprise and happiness for her two friends. "Oh my God, you had sex with Bette!"

Tina’s cheeks burned with her deep blush as she looked at Alice, not daring to look anywhere else. "No, wait. I didn’t say that I had sex with Bette"

"But you didn’t not say it. Same thing" Alice crossed her arms proudly, a smug smile spreading across her face.

Tina’s face was on fire, a bright crimson coloring her neck and cheeks. She covered her eyes in embarrassment but was unable to stop the smile that tugged her lips. She giggled, knowing she had been caught but not quite ready to talk about herself and Bette in that way especially because she hadn’t asked Bette about what was appropriate to share or not.

"Can we talk about something else please?"

She finally gained the courage to look around the table, peeking out from behind her hand and glanced at her friends. Her eyes locked on Shane the longest, her hazel orbs pleading for some kind of mercy.

"Can’t help ya, Tina" Shane chuckled, "I mean I’m sorry but I gotta say . . . that’s not what I was expecting. I’m intrigued"

"Oh God" Tina covered her face with both her hands and laughed into them, the faint click-clack of Bette’s heels filling her ears. She couldn’t help but feel relieved. Saved by the bell.

"I’m back" Bette exclaimed as she arrived back at the table with two coffees in hand, knowing full well that she had interrupted something. She took a seat beside Tina just as the blonde lowered her hands and Bette saw the deep blush out of the corner of her eyes.