“Accident?  Poached egg?”  Alice smiled.

“Oh you are too kind” Duffy accepted.

“Made them myself” Alice added.

“Yes, well just because a situation looks like it could be a crime doesn’t always mean it was.  People can struggle and with enough force a person can stagger and fall back on any object.”  Duffy ate her breakfast.

“Like knives” Jodi supplied and earned a nod from the detective who was too busy consuming her breakfast to verbalize.

“Wow” Monique said in amazement “Adele’s death was an accident.”

“What?”  Duffy feigned confusion “I was talking about the joys of forensic science” she concluded with her mouth full.

Bette and Tina waited for the doctor to return with more files of possible donors.  They held hands as they sat next to each other.

“I can’t believe we’re doing this” Bette said as her thumb caressed Tina’s hand.

“Me too babe” Tina brought her other hand over to rest on top of Bette’s.

“T?” Bette looked nervously at their joined hands.

“Yes babe” Tina brought their joined hands to kiss Bette’s hand.

“I’m nervous” Bette smiled at her.

“I know you are babe, you’ve been so pensive the last few weeks.  At first I thought it was about the opening, but after the amazing show it dawned on me that it may have been this.”  Tina looked at her with love in her eyes, she caressed Bette’s face.  “You’re going to be fine honey.”

“I don’t think I can do this” Bette admitted as she held Tina’s hand to her face.

“I’ll be with you every step of the way” Tina reassured.

“No” Bette took Tina’s hand in hers and held it “when you asked me to carry our second born,” she looked into Tina’s hazel eyes and felt her own eyes welling up “I was so honored that you thought of me first.”

“Oh baby, you and Angie are always first to me” Tina moved her seat closer to Bette’s and brought their foreheads together.

“I know accepted but the more I think about being pregnant the more I don’t like the idea of being pregnant” Bette felt like a sissy for admitting.  “I never thought of myself bearing children.  I’m so sorry baby.”

“Sssh” Tina silenced her with a kiss.  “I kind of figured as much.  You never shared such feelings with me but I thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask anyway.”  She chuckled then added “I guess we’re still getting to know each huh?”  Bette also chuckled at the comment.

“Yeah, I guess we are” Bette felt her swell with so much love for this woman.

“What do you say we blow this popsicle-stand, go home and have sex?”  Tina offered then kissed Bette deeply.  After they broke the kiss, Bette looked at her watch then smiled.

“We’ve got two hours before we pick up Angie” Bette said as she picked up her purse then grabbed her partner’s hand.  Tina laughed as she followed Bette and they quickly exited the office.