Ohh, she knows what she´s got…

And asked me to return her hand back… I smiled at the comment noticing that we were actually still shaking hands… I didn´t know why I had lost track of this specific and important detail… well I did know why… I was once again lost in the moment… was the entire weekend gonna be like this?

And yet I wanted more… I wanted to keep on talking to her, to keep on staring at her eyes…

Intoxicating moments…

Peggy broke the silence again…

“Well… now that the introductions are over, could we eat now? I´ve hired this young and yet amazing cheff for the weekend… and I´m telling you she is so good…”

Everyone looked at her.

“What? You didn´t think I was going to let you starve to death, did you?”

The dinner was at first a bit uncomfortable… well a lot actually, but as wine was served everyone started feeling more at ease. Conversation flew easily, specially between Bette and Peggy, it was amazing how much they knew about art and how intensely they both felt about it.

But also Helena and Tina talked a lot and laughed a lot… well they all did. Specially Tina, who found her friend´s own amazement of being able to talk to both her mother and her so called rival and not actually die, very amusing.

And yet she could see in Helena´s face that there was still something there… something she probably never told her about her´s and Bette´s past… maybe they were involved? She thought to herself.

Tina found herself mentally asking a million question to Bette… she found herself needing to talk to her, at least more than a couple comments or shared or points of view that she was able to direct to Bette now and then. She reached to the conclusion that this weekend had just started and yet she couldn´t wait…. not for it to end… but for tomorrow to come, and maybe the possibility of spending more time with Bette… of maybe getting to know her a little bit more… and then jumping to conclusions…

She mentally arched an eyebrow once again, thinking why would she need to jump into any conclusions about a person she would probably not see again, and monst important a person that probably wasn´t even noticing her.

After dessert and a couple of glasses of cognac…

Peggy: well my dears… I´m drunk enough and tired enough to call it a night… I hope to see you all tomorrow for breakfast. Thank you for a wonderful evening and sleep well.

Helena: thank you mother, you too rest well. I´m going to do the same. Good night Bette. Tina? Are you coming to bed too?

Bette´s world crumbled on her… what was that all about? I think I clearly heard Peggy saying the word friends… she thought to herself.

Tina: (suddenly noticing Helena´s strange change on behaviour) oh don´t worry about me, I think I´m gonna stay here for a little longer. Good night you two, sleep well.

Bette was breathing again.

Tina: (looking at Bette now, who looked a bit pale all of the sudden) are you feeling ok?

Bette: (composing herself) yeah, yeah I´m fine. Just a little bit… drunk? (arching an eyebrow)

Tina: (smiling) ohhh you too ah?

Bette: (returning the smile) well… it´s hard not to, given the amount we drunk… it was the only way we could survive this set up that Peggy pulled on both Helena and me…

Tina: (lifting her eyebrows) well it was quite a set up… I´ll give you that… but it wasn´t so bad, was it?

Bette was brushing her hand through her hair with her elbow resting on the table, her eyes lost contemplating one of the walls… searching for words that would not expose anything from what had happened with Helena a long time ago, after all she didn´t exactly know what pieces of information about her Tina had…

Bette: actually it wasn´t… but I think that the fact that it wasn´t weird is not due to me or Helena… I think it has more to do with yours and Peggy´s presence…(now smiling again) I think I need fresh air… I´m gonna go for a walk….

Tina´s face suddenly lost all the enthusiasm and excitment it had gained when she and Bette were left alone.

Bette: (standing up from the table and looking at Tina with a big bright smile) wanna join me?