After their awkward and entangled night and emotional and confusing morning, Betty and Kate were not sure what to do when they got home. Betty pulled a book from the stack where they planned to put a bookcase and sat on the couch.

Kate sat at the kitchen table with a pad of paper and a pen. She started humming different songs Betty recognized from church. Then she started singing a couple quietly and writing something on the notepad.

"What ya doin'?" Betty asked with a quizzical look.

Kate raised an eyebrow at her but then realized in their whirlwind of emotions since her last show she forgot to tell her.

"Leon's producer friend, the one who owns the recording studio, was at my show," Kate explained. "He is looking to put out a record of gospel hymns."

"Really?" Betty asked excitedly, lowering her book.

"It isn't a big deal," Kate said, shaking her head and looking down at the notepad.

"Eh, ya know I know nothin' 'bout the music industry but that seems like a good next step to me," Betty said encouragingly.

Kate sheepishly smiled. "I guess it is."

"Stop bein' all humble, Kate Andrews," Betty shot back with a smile.

Kate sighed. "OK, it is a big deal."

Betty slapped the arm of the chair as she stood up. "We should go celebratin'."

"Out for dinner?" Kate offered.

Betty nodded.

"The Jewel Box?"

"Nah," Betty replied. "Somewhere fancy."

"Oh," Kate replied nervously. "How fancy?"

Betty shrugged. "Not Princess fancy, like I'll wear a dress fancy."

"That sounds like a good amount of fancy...for us," Kate answered. "But you don't have a wear a dress. I think you look better in pants."

Kate diverted her eyes as she face went about as red as her hair.

"Alright," Betty said with a wide smile. "I'll find some fancy pants."

***

Betty hopped off the street car near the restaurant. She quickly turned and held out her hand to help Kate down. Kate smirked at her. She didn't need her help, even Betty knew that. But, she felt like she was supposed to.

Betty nervously led them inside. It wasn't a Princess fancy restaurant but it was about as close to it that Betty thought was good for them. Vera had told her Marco took her there once when they decided to be fancy for a night. Betty liked the idea that she and Kate were doing the same as Vera and Marco.

Betty gave her name to the hostess and she seated them at the reserved table near the back. Betty ordered them a bottle of white wine and Kate barely suppressed a laugh as the waiter left.

"What?" Betty asked with a smile.

Kate just gazed back at her with a matching smile.

"'Cause I ordered wine?" Betty asked.

"I would have been fine with beer," Kate replied.

"And I'm fine with wine. 'Sides we're celebratin' you, ain't we?"

Kate blushed and peered down at the table, nervously smiling.

"You're becoming a star, Kate. And you're still taking compliments like the new girl in the showers. It's adorable."

Kate have a weak smile but still had the look she did when she told Betty she wasn't worth it a few days ago.

"It's ok, right? If I say stuff like that?" Betty asked awkwardly. "I-I've just-"

Kate looked up at Betty and took her ability to speak for a moment. Kate nodded in encouragement and it slowly returned.

"I've wanted to for so long, since the moment I saw you outside VicMu," Betty admitted.

"That early?" Kate questioned.

Betty flushed. She wasn't planning on admitting that she was attracted to Kate so much since the second time they saw each other.

Luckily, the waiter arrived with the wine bottle to distract them. He poured a bit into a glass for Betty to taste. She had watched Gladys do this a handful of times but she still had no idea what she was supposed to do. She sniffed it and took a sip. She peered at Kate over the glass who just shrugged. Betty was glad she wasn't the only clueless one.

"That is great. Thank you," Betty told the waiter. He poured a glass for each of them and placed the bottle in a classy bucket of ice, before taking their order and leaving again.

Kate laughed again.

"Like you know how to test wine," Betty shot back.

"I've never been in this nice of a restaurant before," Kate answered.

"Really? Gladys never took you out to a place like this," Betty answered.

Kate smiled, she realized it must have been a role reversal for her to realize Betty being so innocent about her own sexuality.

"Gladys would never have taken me to a place like this," Kate answered.

Betty honestly looked confused.

"This is a dating restaurant, Betty," Kate answered. "For you and Gladys, it would have just been friends but for me and Gladys..."

Betty continued to look confused, then it clicked for her. "I would have thought it was a date."

Kate nodded.

"Because, I'm an idiot."

"No, you aren't," Kate replied.

"Gladys ain't like..." Betty trailed off and made eye contact with Kate. She suddenly had Betty wishing they were back in her bedroom without even moving her face. She would have been more impressed by her allure if she hadn't always felt that way. "Us."

Kate shook her head. "What is the latest guy's name?"

Betty was about to comment but their food arrived and she just shrugged.

"Jakob, I think," she said as the waiter left.

"Hopefully, she finds the right person eventually," Kate commented.

Betty nodded. "Finding 'em is nice."

Betty anxiously looked across the table. Kate met her eyes and smiled.

"It is."

A few hours later, Kate was sitting on her bed in the darkness. She was intensely staring at her closed door pretending she could see the door she knew would be slightly opened across the hall. This unspoken guideline or precaution or whatever it was that said they couldn't kiss in the hallway and sleep in the same bed was stupid.

She had kissed Betty in the hallway after their date because she wanted to. She had been pretty sure it was a date all night but then Betty paid for everything and she knew it was certain.

She couldn't bring herself to lay down in her own bed. She didn't want to sleep there. It was missing one important thing, one important person.

Kate huffed, stood and went to her door. She was ending this. She opened it and was ready to stride across the hallway but stopped in her doorway.

Betty shook her head and smiled from her doorway in the same stance.

"You wanna sleep beside me, Kate?" she asked.

"Only if we can end the kiss rule," Kate suggested.

Betty nodded. "Seems about time for that."

Kate walked across the hall into Betty's room. Kate took Betty's hand as she walked past her and pulled her toward the bed. She laid down first and motioned for Betty to follow. She laid down too, facing Kate.

"You remember that night when I said I had a friend, in you, that loved me?" Kate quietly asked in the darkness.

Betty remembered. It was their last night together. Both were prepared to take full responsibility for Kate's father's death to keep the other out of jail, Betty just bet Kate to the police station. Betty nodded.

"I was too nervous to say it back then," Kate admitted.

"Yeah?"

"I'm not now."

Betty gazed intensely into the green eyes that looked ready to succumb to anything she proposed. Betty was tempted by the power for a moment, but she reminded herself of her other unspoken rule.

She let Kate make the choice to close the gap between them. Betty kissed back as Kate's soft lips hungrily yearned for hers. But, it was slow this time. It was unlike all the other times. It had registered with Betty that they didn't need to rush or have a sense of urgency anymore. She figured Kate felt the same. Their safe place would not be going away.