George walked into her room and closed the door behind her. She therw her keys on her bed and began to pick up some of the papers scatered across her room and stacked most of them then slid them under her bed. She walked over to the guitar her dad sent and looked at it. After a moment she picked it up and sat down, she ran her fingers down the spine and began to strum. “Nice” she thaught as she continued to pick at it. She reached over for a fresh sheet of paper and began to write again. After hours of playing and writing she finally stopped and began to sing her song in her head. Her concentration was broken by a loud growl coming from her stomach. She folded up the paper and put it in her guitar case along with her guitar and walked into the kitchen. She realized when she opened the fridge that she hadn’t gone shopping for weeks. George went back into her room and grabbed her keys and headed out the door.

Bette decided to skip work all together that day. She was still way too tired to think about the CAC, plus she wanted to spend as much time with Tina as she could. They spent the day lounging around, it was something they both needed. Tina sat on the couch with her legs on Bette’s lap as she read a book. Bette was doing a crossword puzzle without much effort. Once she finally finished it she threw it on the coffee table and leaned back in the coushin exhaling loudly. Tina peaked over the top of her book and looked at Bette. Bette smiled as she ran her hand up Tina’s leg and over her belly, she placed a soft kiss just beneath her belly button and got up. “What cha doin?” Tina said putting her book down. “I think im gonna run to the office real quick and pick up some stuff, i’ve been letting myself get behind lately.” she said putting on her jacket. “How long are you going to be?” Tina pouted. Bette couldn’t resist Tina when she made such a face. “I wont be long I swear” she said leaning down to give Tina a quick peck. Tina grabbed Bette as she leaned up to leave and braught her in for a deep passionate kiss. She leaned back pulling Bette on top of her. Before anything more had happened Tina’s cell phone began to ring. “Seriously” she said as she dropped her arms finally breaking away from Bette’s lips. Bette smiled and began to gather her things. “Yeah?” she said answering the phone “Well I was kind of in the middle of something……I think my mom likes hanging out with you more than she does me……yeah…..I can hear your head swelling…..yeah im hungry anyway….yeah I’ll be there soon…bye..” Tina hung up the phone. “That was Alice. She’s hanging out with my mom at The Planet, I think im gonna go meet up with them.” she said standing up. “You wanna stop down on your way home from work?” she said as she fixed Bette’s collar. “I think I can do that” she said seductivly as she rubbed her nose against Tina’s. “I’ve missed to so much” Tina wispered then gently kissed Bette. Tina slaped Bette playfully on her butt and said “Hurry up and go” as she pushed her out the door.

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Bette walked into the almost empty museam and made her way towards her office. James was still there sorting through some files. Bette walked into her office and sat down. She stared at her desk for a minute then called for James. Almost instatly he was at her door. “Could you get me Helena Peobody’s home number for me?” she said leaning back in her chair. “Yeah just give me a second” he said then vanished. Minutes later he returned with the number. Bette figured she wouldn’t be there but it wasn’t Helena she wanted to talk to. She picked up the phone and dialed.

“Peobody residnece” the other line answered.

Bette: “Hi, could I speak with Winnie Stweart please.”

Winnie: “This is she, who’s calling?”

Bette: “Hi Winnie, it’s Bette Porter.”

Winnie: “Hi Bette, I heard you and Tina are back together, that’s wonderful”

Bette: “Thank you. Im calling because Tina told me about your situation with Helena.”

Bette had thaught of the perfect way to ***** Helena. She refered Tina’s lawyer to Winnie, the one that was so harsh on Bette. She was good, she was really good. Bette knew that this woman could beat Helena at her own game. When she got off the phone she felt pretty good. “It’s so on” she said quietly and smiled. She looked at her messages and moments later she was gone.

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When George walked into The Planet she found her mom, Alice and Tina sitting at a table. She walked over to the counter and ordered a pastery as apposed to real food and coffee. She turned around and headed over to the table. “Is there a party I wasn’t invited to?” she said setting her stuff down. They sat around for a while talking, really about nothing and Kathy excused herself to the bathroom and Alice headed up to the counter to get more coffee.

George: “So how’s it going at home?”

Tina: “It’s going good, really good. It’s kinda weird.”

George: “Why? What’s weird about it?”

Tina: “Well I thaught it might take awhile for any affection to be really comfortable, ya know? But it’s not, not at all, all I want to do is be with her all the time. Like how it feels when your in a new relationship, when you never want to be apart.”

George: “Well that’s what true love does to you.” she said leaning back with a wide grin. “So uh, when are you going to tell everyone your pregnant, when are you going to tell mom?”

Tina: “I guess I have to real soon, huh”

George: “Yeah you do, I can’t keep this a secret anymore, it’s killing me. Plus your really starting to show now.” she said looking down at her stomach.

Kathy and Alice came back to the table and sat down. Bette had finished with things at work and made her way to The Planet. She walked and and ordered a large coffee and made her way over to Tina. Bette said hello and pulled a chair over right next to the glowing blond. As soon as she sat down Tina grabbed onto her hand and held on tightly. “Mom…Alice…I have something to tell you.” she said talking a deep breath. George looked at Alice and smiled.

Tina: “I am…um..Im pregnant. Bette and I are having a baby”