“What is it baby?,” Bette asked, even more curious now.  Everyone was wearing big grins as they looked at Tina.

The blonde shook her head, smiling ruefully at their friends.  She took a breath, then began to say
carefully, “Baby, they’re saying that they all know that you’re into me.”

Bette scoffed, “Of course they know that I’m into you.  They know us; and they were all at our wedding, for heaven’s sake!”

Shane couldn’t help herself, “Bette, even if we weren’t there, or didn’t know you.  Anyone with a pair of
eyes knows that you are into Tina.”

Bette was close to sitting up, but Tina kept her arms around Bette firmly, to keep her lying against the blonde’s chest.  Bette sighed, “Okay, I give up.  What is it?  What’s my tell that even a stranger would know about me and Tina?”

They all looked at Tina expectantly.

“Umm…it’s your nipples, baby,” Tina said softly, as she kissed Bette’s temple.

“They harden slightly when we’re next to each other, and when you’re bra-less, they show through what you’re wearing,” the blonde continued, smiling down at Bette with fondness.

Bette’s eyebrows shot up.

“And that doesn’t happen when you’re next to anyone else,” Logan continued, cutting in, with a teasing smile.

Bette crinkled her nose at him.

“Yeah…even in the Maldives, when I visited you there, remember?,” Shane added, wearing a broad grin. “All those beauty queens…no reaction from Bette.  Poor girls didn’t have a chance…oh, sorry Tina!,” she exclaimed, apologetically, partially covering her mouth.

Tina shook her head, smiling also, both at Shane’s look of dismay, and Bette’s bemusement.  “Don’t worry Shane, we cleared that up quite…um…satisfactorily, when we were out in the Maldives.”

She dipped her head to give Bette a hot kiss, thinking about their exquisite last morning in their villa.

Bette drew back from the kiss, deciding to tease Logan also.  “I’d like to know why you’re looking anywhere near my chest, dear brother-in-law, at least enough to notice my nipples!”

George laughed out.  “And you, too George!,” Bette added.

After a beat, both Logan and George half-sat up from their prone positions to stare at her, and then exclaimed simultaneously, “Are you serious??!”

Tina was shaking her head again.  She knew that both men were attracted to Bette, but were sincerely fond enough of both her and Bette, that they each struggled mightily to keep their attraction to her wife hidden.  It was a wonder that Bette had not picked up on this herself, of course.  In fact, Bette was nearly oblivious of who was attracted to her.

Lara joined in, “And I think that Kelly woman…”

“Yeah!,” everyone said all together.

“She was really trying to get a rise out of Bette,” Luke joined in, annoyed, glancing towards Tina.  “You
were really classy, Tina.  But I would have smacked her myself, if I’d been in your shoes.”

Bette drew a breath out, and glanced up at her wife, “I’ll take care of it, baby.  I’m sorry if…”

Tina kissed her softly, “I know…it’s Thanksgiving, and it wasn’t the right time or moment to put her down.   I saw you speak quite firmly to her though, at some point…”

Bette nodded, “I did. But… anyway, I’ll go have a word with Kara, and ask her what would be the most effective way with Kelly. Thanks, T.  I’m really sorry about this.”

Tina murmured huskily, “I know an interesting position you can use to make it up to me tonight after everyone leaves.”  She kissed the sensitive spot behind Bette’s ear, relishing the soft moan she’d elicited in response.   The couple heard Alice observe drily, “Bette, you’re beginning to show again.”

And Shane rejoined, as Bette waved her hand at Alice, as if to dismiss her comment, “Maybe it’s time we all finally let them go and sneak up to their bedroom. Like they’ve been trying to all day!”