“He had a man willing to be Bette’s husband waiting in the wings for her when she got home” I couldn’t help but laugh, it was the funniest thing I had ever heard come from his mouth

“Oh lord will he ever accept Bette is gay?” I take a sip of my water and shake my head

“He’s too ignorant” Kit chuckles. What will her father think of next? Hopefully nothing, hopefully Kit’s final words had taught him that I was the one Bette had always loved and that she would never love a man especially the way she loved me

“I’m sorry” I shake my head and chuckle

“It’s ok I find whenever I have an argument with Melvin it’s the best part of my day” we both laugh. Kit and I share an afternoon talking about the good old times. It brought some of my most treasured memories to the surface.

London, Present day Normal POV

Bette is sitting in her penthouse apartment thinking about what would happen when she got back to LA. She had made enough money to quit the public eye and live the quiet life somewhere with that someone she loves. Tina. She hears the door to her apartment open. She looks towards it to see Franklin closing it

“Hey Franklin, sorry I was in a far off place” Franklins walks towards the loveseat, where Bette was sitting, and sits next to her

“You ok?” Bette shakes her head. After hearing Shane’s voice everything she felt in the past had come back to her. Yale, her friends, her relationship with Tina “Wanna talk about it” Bette could feel the tears gathering in her eyes. No one but Peggy knew about what happened after Bette left Yale and Tina behind

“I was twenty one, top of my classes I had very few friends but plenty of ex lovers” Franklin gulps as he begins to listen to Bette’s story “I was thrown out of my home by my father when I was fifteen because I told him I was gay” Franklin lowers his gaze. How could her own father do that to her? “I went to live with my older sister who funded my place at Yale” Franklin was pleased Bette had someone turn to “When I first started at Yale I became a bit of a womanizer, one nights stands etc and I gained a reputation” Franklin wasn’t surprised. He noticed Bette’s beauty. “I began to realise that I was turning into something I didn’t wanna be that’s when I first met Alice Pieszecki” Franklin shakes his head. He knew that name