“I know I’ve read the book” Monique smiled and replied.

“The book is fiction you know” Jenny reminded her.

“Yes of course” Monique quickly put on her serious face and nodded.

“Anyway, I think Tina going back to Bette so soon was a sign of weakness to me, at least Tim walked away and started over with someone else.”  Jenny seemed lost in a memory “she is so in love with Bette that she could easily forgive what she did.”

“So shouldn’t resent Bette?” Monique was confused.

“No” Jenny shook her head “then I’d have to resent myself.”

“No offense, but there’s nothing similar about your situations, I hope you know that” Monique wanted to point out.

“What would you know about either one?”  Jenny felt like she was being interrogated.

“I know that what you did” Monique thought again before she proceeded “Jesse was coming to terms with she who is, while the Nina and Bev were having relationship problems based on lack of communication” she didn’t want to give too much away about her history with Tina.

“I see” Jenny looked at the ground “and you, have you come to terms with who you are?”

“I know who I am, and I know what I want out of this life” Monique stated confidently “at first I was idling by waiting for things to happen to me, but something or someone made realize that when it comes to who I am, well it can only be defined by me and me alone.  And if I want something bad enough then I have to get myself.”

“Wow” Jenny laughed “sounds familiar.  This other person wouldn’t happen to be Tina would it?”

“We’ve been there for each other, she was going through a bad period in her relationship and I was going through a quarter-life crisis.”  Monique wanted to point out the blessing that Jenny already had in her life “Tina is a good person and she knows that Bette is her soul mate and that is something she couldn’t let go of.  She could’ve gone down an entirely different path, like Nina from your book, but she decided to accept the challenge” she was interrupted by Jenny.