6:45, Bette moved from the couch went into the kitchen where the wine was sitting on the counter, poured a glass for herself and made her way out to the backyard patio to sit in one of the lounge chairs by the pool.  As she was sitting there she thought back to day they had returned home after their commitment ceremony and reception she still in her Stella McCartney suit and Tina in her gorgeous A-line Vera Wang gown.  They had come in through the back gate not wanting to have to wade through the living room where their friends had dropped off all the presents earlier.  As they had come to the door Bette remembered saying “Wait” and Tina turning around looking confused. 

“Bette?”

Then Bette remembered how she had walked up to Tina kissed her lightly on the lips and picked her up so to carry her over the threshold.

Once indoors Bette lovingly placed Tina down in their kitchen, Tina looked at Bette and gentle laughed.

“What’s so funny T?”

“You, I never thought that you would be so gallant, so traditional.”

“Well, you my dear deserve nothing better than the best and you deserve to be treated like a lady and ladies after their wedding day get carried over the threshold into their home.”

“Oh Bette”

So as she sat there looking at the slight breeze blowing gentle ripples on the surface of the pool she thought of just a few weeks ago when they had come back to the house after an interview at one of the preschools they were looking into for Angie.  Tina and Angie had swum in the pool for a while before it was time for Angie to get out.  Bette had just brought Angie in to the house to go potty, change Angie into her clothes and put her down for her nap.  She had returned back out to the patio through her bedroom and saw Tina lying there in the pool in the floating raft with her bikini top undone.  Bette remembered doing a double take and smiled slightly thinking of just how beautiful her ex-wife really was.  Unfortunately she also remembered the conversation that had ensued and the discussion of whether Tina was getting laid and Tina’s wonderful statement of “Well, it’s not like I didn’t go for months at a time without sex when we were together.”  Ooh that hurt.