Bette made the call to the office..to let them know she wouldn’t be in today…and

she got ready then reported to the kitchen to wait for Tina…
Tina came into the kitchen..
“U ready?” asked Bette..
“Yea..No..well, I guess so…as ready as I ever will be…”
“Come on…” said Bette as she walked towards the front door and out to the

car…she plopped down in the drivers seat, as Tina slid in the other seat…they

drove away..
Half way there had been filled with silence…until Tina finally broke the ice…
“Bette, there is something I need you to know….”
“What?” asked Bette
“If it ends up that I am pregnant…I want you to know that I am soo sorry…I

know that we wanted a child to call our own.. I mean, before I messed everything

up…”
Bette didn’t let her finish….”Tina…don’t worry about anything right now,

except for yourself…just focus on you…”
“Okay..” said Tina as she turned her head to look out the window…
Tina was dying inside…she had fucked everything up and now she may be

pregnant…Bette would never want her again…no matter what she did to win back

her love…
A few more minutes passed and they pulled into the dr.’s office..as they were

sitting in the waiting room, the door to the back of the office opened…”Tina

Kennard..” said the nurse…Tina stood, but Bette did not…she walked to the door

and looked back at Bette….”Aren’t you coming with me?”
“Ummm…well, I didn’t know if you wanted….”
“Yes…please Bette..I do want you to come back with me…”
Bette obliged, and walked back with Tina to the room…the nurse asked Tina what the problem was or why she came to see the doctor…and after being told she pulled a cup out and gave it to Tina, requesting a urine sample …Tina looked over at Bette, then went

to the restroom across the hall..to leave her deposit…
Once back inside the room, and waiting for Dr. Wilson…
“I always hated these rooms….” said Bette…”They are so cold and lifeless..”
“Yea…I can agree with that…” said Tina as she looked around the room..”Do you

remember when we were here for the insemination? How Dr. Wilson asked you to

arouse me…then she left the room? You couldn’t believe that she had asked you to

do that?”
The tears formed in Bette’s eyes as she stood and walked to the window to look

out…”Yea…I remember..” Not wanting Tina to see her cry..
“dammit..I’m sorry Bette..I didn’t mean to….”
The door opened…and in walked Dr.Wilson..
“Tina..” she said as she extended her hand…”And Bette..” she shook both of their

hands…
“How have you two been..It’s been a while since I saw you last…That last

appointment, I have thought alot about…I really am sorry that things turned out

that way…….but, I see that things have gotten better and you have tried

again..It says here that you are here for a PG test, Tina…”
“Ummm..well yes…but this wasn’t planned…” said Tina…making sure not to look

at Bette…even though she could feel the side of her face burning from the

stares…
“Oh?” asked Dr.Wilson..
“It’s a long story…so when will you have the results of the Pg test?” asked

Bette
“Well, I have them right here..”
Bette and Tina sat and stared at Dr.wilson…
“Well..” she said..”The test is negative…although I am not sure why you have

been getting sick…”
Tina let out a sigh……and so did Bette…
“But….” said Dr. Wilson, “It may be too soon to tell if you are pregnant…I’m

going to schedule you for another apointment in about 3 weeks…we should know for

sure then…”
With that said she stood and went to the door…”I hope that you two are okay with

that answer right now…I am sorry that I don’t have any more info…”
Tina just sat there…”Well, that was good news huh? It’s not positive now…but

I have to wait for 3 more weeks, to find out just how much I fucked up my life..by

being with him…” Tina cried…
“Tina…come on…don’t freak out… let’s go..” said Bette as she stood up and

walked to the door..Tina didn’t follow….”Tina…dammit..come on….”
Tina finally got up and walked to the front window to pay her bill and get a card

with the date of her next appointment….
For the next 2 weeks, Bette poured herself into the CAC, and Tina spent some of

her time with Eric..and the rest was spent at the center…Bette knew that if she

didn’t stay at work while Tina was with Eric…her anger would get the best of

her…and she would show her *****….
She spent time getting things together for the upcoming show…and deciding which

clients she should rip from the CAC for her own gallery…One evening..she had a

dinner date with a client..and from that she left to go home afterwards..it wasn’t

too late..around 5:20 or so..as she was driving…she noticed Eric going into a

doctor’s office…’WTF?’ she thought..she went around the block and came

back…pulling into the parking lot…She was dumbstruck when she noticed the

doctor’s sign…’Dr. David Scott…Immunologist…’
She sat in her car….’*****’ she thought…either he has really bad allergies or

he’s…*****…Tina..’
Bette hurried over to Tina’s office….and ran inside…
“Bette..hey…”
“Oh god..Tina…I am so glad that you are here…I thought you may have gone

home…”
“No…not yet…what’s the urgency? Bette..what is wrong?”
“Tina, I need you to go somewhere with me…” said Bette…”and we have to

hurry..”
“What? Why?”
“Just don’t ask any ***** questions…come on…” said Bette as she grabbed

Tina’s purse and then her hand pulling her out of the office…
In minutes, they were sitting in the same parking lot that Bette had been in…
“Bette, what the ***** is going on? Why are we here?”
“Tina..just sit and wait for a minute….” Tina hadn’t noticed Eric’s car..since

the parking lot was so full…
After 15 minutes of sitting, Tina had gotten agitated..
“Goddamit Bette..you have 1 minute to tell me what the ***** is going on and why we

have been sitting here for 15 minutes…looking into thin air…saying nothing..”
Bette said nothing for a few seconds….”There..” and she pointed to Eric coming

out of the doctor’s office..
“Yea..so…he had a doctor’s appointment…he told me all about it..”
“Okay…don’t be so naive Tina…jesus…have you not noticed what kind of doctor

it is?”
“Immunologist…so what’s so ***** big about th…oh *****…he had an

appointment at an immunologist’s office….” said Tina as she looked at Bette. She tried to cover her worry…
“Bette, he probably has underlying problems…besides cancer…”
“Uh, yea…like maybe…HIV..?”
“Don’t say that…he would’ve told me…”
“Not if he didn’t know until now…” said Bette..

tbc