“What do you think about Angie having a baby brother or sister?”  Bette asked as she looked down at the top of.  Tina turned her head to look up at Bette and smiled.

“Yeah” Tina brought her hand up to intertwine with Bette’s.

“Yeah” Bette smiled down at her as Tina turned her head back to kiss her stomach and whispered against her abdomen.  Bette’s breath caught in her throat when she thought she heard Tina say, what she thought was a cruel joke if Tina was joking around.  “What did you say?”

“I said, would you do me the honor of carrying our second born?”  Tina asked after she turned her head to look up at her stunned lover.

“I love you” Bette said through tears.  Tina moved up the length of Bette’s body so she could look into her eyes.  She stroked Bette’s hair then kissed deeply.

“Do you know what sealed the deal for us?  Forever?” Tina asked when she ended the kiss to look into her eyes.

“When you left your earring behind?”  Bette licked her lips and grinned at her.  She laughed when Tina tickled her.

“That was an accident, I still don’t know how it came undone” Tina corrected.

“Sure” Bette feigned her agreement with a nod and serious look, “why don’t you just admit that you needed an excuse to see me again.”

“And why don’t you just admit that you didn’t place it back in properly so that it would fall out” Tina inhaled then added, “I mean I couldn’t even tell you where it might have dropped, but you, you miraculously found it.”

“I recognized them when one of the cleaning guys gave it to me after he found conveniently laying under the dinner table.  Must have slipped out when you went down to tie your shoe laces” she laughed even harder when Tina tickled her again.  “Stop it you’re going to wake Angie.   Besides you said they were your favorite pair, so I felt obligated to return them to their rightful owner.”  Bette grinned up at her.

“They still are my favorite pair of earrings” Tina agreed “but that was the beginning of our forever, what sealed us together was when I was pregnant with Angie.  The reconnection we made during that time bridged you to me.”