“Here we go” Papi rolled her eyes

“I know” Alice agreed “They carry a photo album everywhere they go” but looked away as Bette glared at her

“Jasmine is eighteen months and Trevin is six years old” Paula handed a couple of pictures of their kids to Bette who passed them on to Tina

“Beautiful” Tina gave the pictures back to Paula

“Thank you.  We adopted Trevin and I gave birth to Chelsea” Paula slid the pictures back into the wallet.

“You look great” Helena admired

“Oh thank you” Paula smiled “It’s all thanks to roller derby” she laughed

“And chasing those two around” Sandra smiled proudly at her partner “I couldn’t ask for a better mother or partner”

“Wow” Jenny said “I never thought that butch lesbians would be the mothering types”

“Jenny!” Kit scolded.  The statement only made the guests laugh

“It’s okay” Sandra chuckled “Yes we actually use our reproductive organs, and we can read too.”  Alice cast her red face downward as she remembered the stupid thing she said during her ‘shit-talking’ bout with Papi during that first meeting.

“Hey aren’t you Jennifer Schecter author of that book?” Wilma recognized the writer from the picture in her book

“That would be me” Jenny said proudly “You’ve read my book?”

“Every lesbian in WeHo has read your book” Tracy corrected “Interesting characters” she looked around the table “So” she added carefully “fact or fiction?”

“Oh” Tina chuckled then added “fiction” Jenny nodded in agreement

“Definitely fiction” Bette said

“Yeah, fiction” everyone the rest of the gang agreed

“Oh, okay” Tracy nodded seeing through the murky river of denial

“Names are pretty close” Sandra pointed out

“Yes” Dana nodded “they are”

“But that’s about it” Alice shook her head

“Mm-hmm” Sandra nodded as if in deep thought “well it’s definitely an interesting story”

“Jesse is very intense” Paula added

“Yes, well she comes to terms with her issues in the end” Jenny defended

“No, I didn’t mean it in a negative way” Paula quickly stressed “I didn’t mean to offend you”

“You didn’t” Jenny assured her “So, who’s your favorite character?” she asked them