A cool breeze hit Tina’s somewhat defenseless body and she shivered, snuggling closer into Bette’s warm frame. The brunette smiled and tightened her grip on the blonde’s waist, her smile widening further when Tina somehow managed to get even closer. Bette shook her head at her beautiful girlfriend, still in somewhat disbelief that Tina was finally hers. She rested her head against Tina’s and stared back out at the black sea, letting out a deep sigh of content.

Everything was perfect.

*****

"So how are you and Bette?"

Tina froze for a moment as she reached for a jar of spaghetti sauce on a shelf in front of her, a breath of laughter escaping her a second later.

"Well that was random"

"What? I’m serious!" Alice shrugged her shoulders as she watched Tina place the jar in her shopping car and reached for a jar to place in her own cart.

"I’m sure you are" Tina chuckled as she pushed her cart further down the aisle. In the last 15 minutes of grocery shopping they had jumped to at least 6 different conversations, not that it surprised Tina in the slightest. She was talking to Alice after all.

"I am" Alice said as she grabbed a several boxes of uncooked pasta and threw them in her cart. "Look, I’m just curious. You and Bette have been dating for a few months now . ."

"Right" Tina agreed when Alice trailed off and rounded her cart onto another aisle with a smile on her face.

"And everything has been going good, great in fact. Perfect!" Alice continued, her cart right behind Tina’s.

"Yeeessss . . ." Now the blonde was the one to trail off, wanting her friend to get to the point.

"And I just want to know how things really are" Alice replied simply, "I mean, you think you know a couple but you never really do. Things go on behind closed doors"

Tina had been reaching up for a box of oatmeal when Alice’s words made her freeze once more. She lowered her arm and placed it on her hip, raising an eyebrow at her curious friend.