Unable to stand being left out much longer, Alice cleared her throat much to Dana’s disdain. The sporty brunette elbowed her wife in the ribs.

Bette blinked back to reality and looked over at her two friends apologetically, "Oh I’m sorry, you remember Alice and Dana right? And guys, you remember Melissa"

Alice pointed a finger at Melissa, her eyes slightly narrowed in thought. "Are you the Melissa-"

"Yes" Bette quickly cut in before Alice could say anything remotely embarrassing, "She’s that Melissa"

Alice nodded with a grin on her face as she brought her drink to her lips, her mumbled words lost on everyone around her. "Interesting"

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"Tina? Tina . . Tina!"

"What?" The blonde quickly whipped her head to face the man that had been staring at her for the last ten minutes. Her eyes were wide with surprise and she quickly shook her head as she tried to process what he had been saying to her. "I’m sorry. What were you saying?"

Tina nodded her head as Josh rambled on about God knows what, her mind and eventually her eyes drifting back to the very place they were before. She had spotted Bette a few minutes earlier and had been unable to tear her eyes away from the beautiful brunette, or rather the beautiful woman beside her, ever since.

Tina had never seen her before but was certain that Bette was well acquainted with her, the way the woman so unabashedly hung on Bette like there was no one else in the room proved that well enough. The blonde sipped from from her drink as she watched the way the mystery woman kept in constant contact with Bette, touching her every fucking chance she got. Bette even laughed at the woman’s jokes, throwing her head back like they were the funniest in the world. What the hell was that about?

The woman leaned close to whisper something in Bette’s ear, her hand casually moving to the small of the brunette’s back. Tina’s insides surged with jealousy as Bette pulled back with a breathtaking smile on her face, her eyes locking with the mystery woman’s.