"What are you doing here?" Bette asked clearly annoyed. She hated getting scared.

"I just came to get a beer"

Bette raised an eyebrow, clearly not convinced. She knew better than to not think Alice had an ulterior motive.

"I’m serious" The blonde opened the fridge and pulled out a cold beer, holding it up to Bette, "See?"

Still not convinced, the brunette merely sipped on her drink and waited for the moment she knew would soon come. She watched Alice uncap her beer and casually sipped from it, giving the impression that she was telling the truth.

They shared their drinks in silence and for a moment Bette let her guard down, her eyes latched onto the brown liquid of her drink as Alice’s eyes roamed the kitchen anxiously. The nosy blonde tried to remain composed about the whole thing, cool and in control but that didn’t last more than two minutes.

She took a swig from her beer and licked the flavor from her lips, ". . . So what’s up with you and Tina?"

Bette immediately looked at her with a wide-eyed expression that clearly screamed, "I knew it". She swallowed the bitter liquid that was burning her tongue and welcomed the heat as it traveled down her throat.

"What? I’m just asking. You two haven’t exactly been the best of friends lately"

Bette expelled a breath, "That’s ridiculous. There’s nothing going on with Tina and I. We’ve both just been busy"

"Oh come on don’t lie to me. You both hang out with everyone except for each other. Even Jan finds that a little weird"

"Jan finds everything weird" Bette said rolling her eyes before she took a sip of her drink, hoping that Alice would drop the subject.

"Please Bette, you think people don’t notice the change in you two? I practically had to beg Tina to come here today. She looked so uneasy about it, torn even. I had to ruin the surprise and tell her about the baby shower just so that she would come"

Bette nearly spit out her drink, "You what?"

"I’m sorry but it was the only way! Are you seriously going to just stand there and tell me there’s nothing going on?"