L Stands for Friends
Author's Note: Just a crossover I thought of that combines two of my favorite shows: The L Word and Friends. In the L Word world, it takes place after season six and Jenny's death, following Bette and Tina as they move to New York and into a very familiar apartment. In the Friends world, it takes place after season ten and after Chandler and Monica move out of their apartment, leaving it open for Bette and Tina. The rest of the L Word cast will be making an appearance and I'm going to just ignore the fact that Alice was accused of murdering Jenny because a story without her in it would be a very boring story.
Pairings: Bette and Tina, Alice and Tasha, and Chandler and Monica.
Disclaimer: I do not own The L Word or Friends nor do I own any of their memorable characters.
One week earlier…
"It's perfect, Bette."
Bette Porter poked her head out of the master bedroom and watched as her partner, Tina Kennard, emerged from the bathroom, a smile dancing on her coral mouth. They had been apartment hunting for about two weeks with no luck finding anything until an old friend of Bette's told her about a place that had just become available in the Village. So, the two of them had hopped into a cab and had decided to check it out. Tina was instantly in love with the child-friendly neighborhood and the closeness between its location and her work. It would be harder to convince Bette.
"I don't know, Tee," Bette murmured, her eyes trailing the walls of the apartment, "You don't think it's too… purple?"
"I happen to love purple," Tina smiled, making her way towards Bette and pressing her lips against her partner's before pulling back, murmuring softly, "Come on, babe. It's perfect. It's close to our work and Angie's school and its in one of the safest places in the city. And it's available now. It's great." Tina watched Bette glance away; trying to avoid looking into the blonde's wide, pleading hazel eyes. "Please." She pressed her lips against Bette's again. "Please."
Bette glanced down at Tina and whispered, "You think you can just kiss me and I'll cave?"
"Yes," Tina laughed, kissing Bette again, but the two separated as the door to the apartment opened and their realtor, Olivia, walked in; smiling a genuine smile and not the fake one most realtors gave their clients. Tina often playfully suggested that Olivia was attracted to Bette, but her partner would just laugh, denying the blonde's claims.
"So..?" Olivia asked, her blue eyes wandering the apartment before returning to Bette and Tina, "What do you two think?"
Bette glanced at Tina again who returned her stare with her persuasive hazel eyes, pouting slightly. Damn I hate that pout. The brunette sighed and then pressed her lips to Tina's forehead before turning to face Olivia, smiling softly, "We'll take it."
Present day…
"Damn it, Al, can you please stop eating and actually help us unpack?" Bette asked shooting Alice Pieszecki a small glare as the blonde munched on a bag of chips. Bette and Tina's daughter, Angelica, sat next to her earth-mother, watching the playful banter exchanged between her mother and the blonde.
"No need to swear Momma B," Alice rolled her eyes before placing another handful of chips into her mouth, chewing loudly which only further annoyed Bette who continued to glare at the blonde.
"One of these days, Pieszecki, one of these days." At that moment, Tina and Tasha Williams walked in, each carrying two boxes. Tina's boxes were labeled clothes; Tasha's simple said 'heavy.'
"Are you two fighting again?" Tina asked, watching the glares that were exchanged between Alice and Bette. The blonde rolled her eyes, "Honestly, with the two of you it's like having three children."
"Don't blame Bette, Tina," Tasha said, staring at Alice who was looking at the floor, unable to meet her partner's eyes as her cheeks flushed a pale pink, "Alice is probably the most annoying person in the world. I understand how difficult she can be."
Alice frowned, "But you love me, right?"
Tasha laughed, making her way over to Alice and pressing her lips on the blonde's head, "Of course."
Tina smiled as she watched the exchange between her closest friend and the love of her life before moving next to Bette, wrapping her arm around her own lover, pressing her lips against the brunette's neck as she murmured, "I love you."
Bette looked down at Tina, all annoyance for Alice gone as she kissed her partner's forehead, smiling against her skin, "I love you too." Bette then kissed Tina on her lips, her hand lightly brushing the blonde's cheek as the two deepened their kiss.
"EW!" Alice exclaimed and Bette and Tina broke apart, their eyes returning to the blonde, "Can you please not act all lovey-dovey when other people are around? It's like seeing my mom kiss…"
"Shane?" Tina offered and Alice shot the blonde an annoyed glare. Everyone knew how much she hated that her mom had kissed her best friend even if it had occurred almost six years earlier. Tina personally couldn't blame her. The image of her mother hooking up with Shane scared her slightly.
"So, let me understand this, Al," Bette's voice was slow as though she was talking to a child, a smile gracing her lips, "You and Tasha are allowed to be all… how did you put it?… lovey-dovey? And we aren't?" Bette gestured between her and Tina.
"Yup," Alice smirked before attempting to press her lips against Tasha's who backed up.
"Sorry babe," Tasha laughed at the look of disappointment that crossed Alice's face, "I'm not going to partake in this banter between you and Bette. You'll have to annoy her all on your own."
"Are you on her side?" Alice asked, annoyed and gasped when Tasha glanced away. "You are!"
Alice pouted and glanced away while Tasha laughed again, "I think somebody's getting tired. Six is way too early for you to be getting up." Tasha exchanged a glance with Bette and Tina, "I think we're going to leave. We still have to check into our hotel."
"Thank you so much for your help," Tina smiled and walked forward to embrace Tasha; Alice was still grumbling softly to herself.
"And thank you for bringing Angie to New York. I would have asked Kit, but she's so busy with the Planet and Hit…" Bette's voice trailed off as she thought of her sister. She wouldn't admit it, but she really did miss the motherly guidance Kit had given her over the years. Now, without Kit watching her back, it was like she really was an adult.
"You don't have to thank us," Alice spoke up, smiling down at Angelica who was watching the conversation between her mothers and their friends with interest even though she wasn't understanding everything they were talking about, "My little earth-daughter is the only one who loves me."
"Alice, we do love you," Bette laughed, "You're just annoying as hell."
"Hey!" Alice exclaimed again and Tasha laughed, placing her arm around her partner,
"Ready to leave, babe?"
"Don't 'babe' me," Alice snapped gently, moving towards the exit of the apartment, "I'm still annoyed with you." And with that Alice walked out, the door swinging close behind her.
Bette turned to face Tasha and apologized, "I hope I haven't got you into any trouble with her."
"It's no problem," Tasha paused and then laughed, "She'll forgive me before we even get a taxi."
Bette laughed and the three of them said their goodbyes before Tasha left, leaving the Porter-Kennard family alone in their new apartment for the first time. Tina smiled at Bette and walked over to Angelica who was rubbing her eyes with her hand, yawning softly, "Hey, baby, are you tired?"
Angelica stared up at her mother and nodded, yawning again. Tina stroked her daughter's hair and murmured gently, a small smile on her face as she stared at her daughter, "Do you want to go to bed? Aunt Tasha helped set up your bed. You don't have to sleep on Aunt Alice's couch anymore."
Angelica smiled tiredly and Tina took that as her cue to lift her up and carry her to the smaller of the two bedrooms, turning to smile at Bette, "Are you tired at all because I sort of wanted some alone time with you to uh… break in the new house."
Bette returned Tina's smile, "I'm never too tired for you."
Bette watched Tina take Angelica to her room before moving towards the fridge and pulling out a bottle of wine that Alice and Tasha had brought to welcome them into their home. She quickly found the box marked 'glass' and pulled out two wine glasses, filling them halfway with the red liquid. She was tempted to light candles, but she had no idea which box those were in. As she climbed out to the balcony, Bette watched the New York sky, her eyes glancing below as a taxi pulled up and two figures climbed into it. She couldn't see their faces, but she knew it was Alice and Tasha.
Suddenly two arms wrapped themselves around Bette's waist and a pair of lips were pressed onto her neck. "I love you."
Bette turned around and pressed her lips against Tina's, "I love you more."
Tina smiled and raised an eyebrow, "Prove it."
Bette smiled and pressed her lips against Tina's once more before attacking her partner's neck and collarbone. She heard Tina moan softly, smiling against her kisses as she realized she still had the ability to excite her partner. She returned her lips to Tina's and suddenly it was Bette's turn to moan as Tina's hand began inching its way up Bette's thigh, getting closer to her center. Bette pulled away slightly, pressing her lips against Tina's forehead as she murmured, "Do you really want to do this out here? Our bed isn't completely set up, but we still have the mattress…"
"It's sort of exciting out here, don't you think?" Tina asked before pulling Bette's face down and their lips met once more, their tongues wrestling for control. Tina's hand slowly moved up Bette's leg and began to unbutton her partner's pants just as a loud knock echoed around the house. Tina pulled away and murmured, "Fuck."
Bette was equally annoyed. "One guess as to who that is."
"Alice has the worst timing," Tina rolled her eyes and Bette began to unbutton her pants. "Let's get rid of her, shall we?"
Bette nodded and Tina could see the annoyance in her partner's amber eyes. Alice was definitely going to be in trouble.
The two of them climbed back into their apartment and Bette quickly made her way towards the door, flinging it open, "What the fuck do you… oh hello." Bette felt her face darken as she stared at the young man she had just yelled who was looking at her with slightly scared eyes. "I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else."
The man shrugged and smiled and Bette instantly knew that she liked him. For some strange reason, Bette's thoughts went to Shane and she wondered why this stranger reminded her of her friend so much. "It happens. I'm Joey Tribbiani, by the way. I live right across the hall." Joey gestured towards the door behind him.
"Bette Porter," Bette shook Joey's hand and watched as his dark eyes trailed up her body, "What?"
"Nothing, nothing," Joey then gave her a grin, "How you doin'?"
Bette glanced at him, confused. "I'm… fine. How are you?"
Joey looked taken back. Whatever he had been expecting was definitely not Bette's words. "But… what?"
"Babe, who is it?" Tina then came to the door, wrapping an arm around Bette's waist, smiling softly at Joey, "Hey. I'm Tina."
Joey stared between the two of them before his expression cleared and he laughed, "Oh you're a lesbian." He nodded at Bette and grinned, relieved for reasons unknown to Bette or Tina, "That explains why you were just 'fine.' I thought I was losing my touch."
Bette and Tina exchanged a glance, confused as to whether they should be offended by Joey's words. "Okay… I think we're just going to go to bed now."
Bette went to close the door, but Joey quickly said, "No. No. That didn't really sound right. I'm totally cool with the whole gay thing." Joey grinned, "One of my friends, Ross, was married to a lesbian."
"Is Ross a girl?" Tina asked slowly, unaware if she found Joey rude or slightly amusing at the way he reacted to them being lesbians.
"No, but he acts like one most of the time," Joey laughed and then sobered up, "Well… I'll let the two of you get back to whatever you're going to be doing tonight." Joey smirked at them, his eyes trailing over the two of them once more. "I just wanted to say welcome to the building."
"Bye Joey," Bette then closed the door, leaning against it as she laughed, "Oh my god that was so weird."
Tina glanced at Bette and the two of them began laughing again, "Tell me about it. What did he mean he was 'losing his touch?' Was he hitting on you?" Normally, Tina would be slightly jealous that someone had taken an interest in her partner, but at the moment, she could only continue to laugh at Joey's dumbstruck expression as he realized they were gay. He was like a child. Kind of like Alice.
"You know men aren't my type, babe, and even if they were I would only want you," Bette crossed over to Tina and embraced her softly, running her hands through her partner's blonde hair, "You know who he reminded me of?"
"Yeah," Tina smiled, loving how she and Bette were always thinking the same thing.
Tina said 'Alice' at the same moment Bette said 'Shane.'
The two of them paused before glancing at each other, nodding softly as they agreed with each other.
"He certainly did have a 'Shane' quality to him," Tina smiled.
"And his child-like stare when he realized we were gay?" Bette agreed, "Definitely Alice."
Tina smiled and kissed Bette, murmuring softly, "So you really didn't find him attractive at all?"
"No," Bette smiled and shook her head softly, "Seeing his failed attempts of hitting on me, only made me realize how much I love you." Bette pressed her lips against Tina's, "You're the only one I want. You're the only one I ever want. Now and forever."
Tina looked up at Bette and tucked a strand of curly hair behind her partner's ear as she murmured, a smile dancing on her lips, "So… are you still in the mood to break in our new home?"
"I'm always in the mood," Bette laughed and then kissed Tina, tangling her hands in her lover's hair as she deepened the kiss.
Meanwhile…
"Joey, it's one-thirty in the morning," Joey rolled his eyes as his best friend, Chandler Bing, answered the phone, yawning loudly, "Some of us actually have to get up in the morning."
"Dude, this is important," Joey grinned, "Guess who just moved into your old place?"
"Who, Joe?" Chandler yawned again.
"This really hot lesbian couple," Joey exclaimed excitedly.
"That's nice, Joe."
"That's nice? Are you…" Joey's voice trailed off as he heard a snore on the other end of the phone, "Chandler!" No response. Joey rolled his eyes and hung up the phone, throwing it on his couch as he walked to the fridge, pulling out a beer, his eyes staring at his door, wondering what Bette and Tina were up to.
Author's Note: Well… opinions? Please review and let me hear them.
