"Are you two . . ?" He trailed off, unable to voice what he already knew to be true. All the evidence was there, it was insanely obvious.

Both women looked to him but it was Bette who answered first, "Yes. We’re together. Is there a problem?"

Kevin slapped his hands to his forehead and threw his head back in exaggerated frustration, "Jesus Christ, Tina. You’ve got to be kidding me!"

Tina finally managed to find her voice, Kevin’s reaction to her being with Bette upsetting her to no end, "What?! What’s wrong?"

"What’s wrong?!" Kevin laughed incredulously, shrugging his shoulders as his hands were outstretched and pointed at Bette and Tina. "You’re a lesbian now?!"

Tina held a hand up to silence her ex, her face completely flushed with anger.

"Lets get something straight, you left Kevin. You left me pregnant and alone to go shack up on some beach with your fucking secretary. You missed 10 months of Angelica’s life. 10 fucking months and you want to be upset because I’m a fucking lesbian?!"

The outburst surprised all three of them but luckily for Tina, Bette was the first to recover. She placed her hands on each of her girlfriend’s arms, tenderly rubbing them in an effort to calm the emotional blonde. Bette could feel Tina trembling lightly under her touch, the knowledge alone was enough to make her want to punch Kevin in his face. He was lucky that comforting Tina was more important to Bette at that moment.

Silence filled the room for several minutes with Kevin’s eyes on Tina, his expression unreadable. One thing was certain to him, the last year without him had really stirred something inside Tina. She was different, more independent and confident. A simple apology wasn’t going to work for him that time around and he knew that. Tina was far from the pushover that had once fell in love with. For that, he blamed Bette.

"Look" He sighed deeply, finally deciding on a different tactic. "I know you won’t believe me when I say sorry but I am. Tina, I am deeply sorry and ashamed for what I’ve done. I abandoned you and Angelica and I know that apologizing won’t make it right but its a start. I’ve been in town for a few weeks now and the entire time I’ve done nothing but think. I talked to my mom and she set me straight, said that if I wanted to make things right I had to try so that’s what I’m doing. I’m trying but I need you to give me a chance. Please Tina"