Tina walked around Bette’s place looking…The art hanging on the wall was beautiful and the place was just as wonderous. She couldn’t believe that such a successful, beautiful woman would want anything to do with her plain ‘ol self.. What is attracting her to me? There are alot more women out there who look way much better than I do… As she was walking, she noticed Bette’s movie collection…’Hey, she also owns TombRaider’ and she looked further…’hum, Lost and Delirious…Claire of the moon, Gia, and then she noticed If These Walls Could Talk 2…”Wow, I have heard about this one” she said aloud to herself as she grabbed the dvd from the shelf….
She walked over to the t.v. and turned it on…”Damn, I’m glad she doesn’t have one of those fucked up controllers to battle…One controller for the dvd…Now where is that ‘Play” button?” she said as she put the dvd in and searched for it… “Ah, there it is.”
She sat on the sofa and began to watch the movie…She was all into it as the phone rang…’do I answer it?’ she asked herself…Just then the answering machine picked up…
“Hi, this is Bette Porter, I am away from the phone right now, but if you could leave
a message, I will get back to you as soon as I can”…Beep..
Tina was so into the voice on the answering machine, that she jumped when Bette began to leave a message…
“Tina, hey babe…if you are there, please pick up.” silence..”*****, she must’ve left.”
Tina picked up the phone, “Bette?”
“Tina..hi…I thought you had left…”
“No. I didn’t want to answer your phone..I didn’t know who would be calling, so I let the machine get it…”
“Noone would be calling me…I’m here at work, and nobody else has my number…everyone has my cell number…”
“Oh…okay..”
“So, what are you doing?” asked Bette.
“Watching a movie..”
“Oh, yea? Which one?”
“Um…” said Tina shyly…
“One of mine?”
“Yes….It’s…” Tina started to say before Bette interrupted…
“Let me guess…..ummmm, If these Walls Could Talk 2″ said Bette.
“How did you know?”
“I don’t know…I guess we think alike, you and I.” said Bette smiling…”and it happens to be one of my favorite..”
“Mine too, so far, and yea,I guess we do think alike..” said Tina grinning from ear to ear…
“Okay, well, I’m gonna let you get back to your movie… I’ll see you later, okay?”
“okay.”
They hung up….both all giddy from the call and everything that had happened lately….
Tina finished watching the movie and decided to go back to her place and make her and Bette a sub.. providing that Brad wasn’t there. He wasn’t and he didn’t leave a note, so she quickly made their lunch and left to go to the gallery.
Tina walked in and went straight to Bette’s office…Knock…knock…knock…
Bette looked up from her work, and jumped up to help Tina, who had her hands full..
“I hope you haven’t eaten yet….” said Tina…”And I hope you like subs..”
“No I haven’t and yes, I love subs..” said Bette as she walked them over to the break room across from her office with a big grin on her face.
They sat and ate quietly….until they were done…
“So, am I going to be able to see you tonight?”
“What did you have in mind?”
“Well, my friends and I were going to meet at this little coffee shop downtown called ‘The Planet’..Hang out for a while and then I don’t know what….”
“Um, Im not good with crowds.” blurted Tina shyly..
“They are not a crowd…you will love them…I promise…Please come…I promised them that I would bring you to meet them…”
“You told them about me?” asked Tina embarrassed.
“Yes, the first time I met you…I had to tell someone about you….I felt like I was going to bust if I didn’t…I hope that’s okay…”
“No, that’s fine…I just…I’m a little embarrassed, that’s all.”
“No need to be…they are my friends and none of us have any secrets…”
“Well, okay..But don’t leave me alone with them…I’m not good with questions…”
” I would never leave you alone with my friends…they are a bad influence…” laughed Bette.
Tina stood up, “Well, I’m gonna go back to my place…”
“Are you okay with that?”
“Yea, I’m fine..I’ve already been there today…I went to make our lunch…”
“You made my lunch?” asked Bette with a smile.
“Sure did, Miss Porter..”
Bette stood and walked over to Tina, “Why, Miss Kennard, you are going to spoil me…..”
“That’s the idea…’ said Tina as she was the one who leaned in for a kiss this time.
“Um, don’t spoil me too much…I might get used to it…and then you will have to stick around for a long, long time…”
“And the problem with that is what….” Tina asked. She no longer doubted herself when it came to Bette..She knew she had strong feelings for her and that it may even turn into love..she would do as Bette had said, just take it one day at a time…
Tina winked at Bette and left the break room…Out of the gallery she went…
Bette got everything cleaned up, ran back to her office….picking the phone up…
“Kenley’s Flower Shop..” the person on the other end of the line said..
“James..”
“Hey, Bette…How are you? I haven’t heard from you in a while…”
“You haven’t had a reason too, until now…”
“What can I get for you?”
She ordered a dozen roses to be sent to Tina’s apartement…
“Write on the card…. “Hope you have a good day until I can see you later… then it will get better…until then….Bette”
“Yes, ma’am…I’ll get them on the way in about 5.”
“Thanks, James…Just bill me…”
She hung the phone up…and back to work she went..
Tina arrived home, and cleaned up a bit. As she did, she realized that there were 5 or so messages on her phone…she listened to them and decided that
she had better go ahead and ask Bette again…’But I can’t stay with her forever’ she thought…..
The doorbell rang, ‘*****..What if it is Brad?’
She slowly walked to the door, and looked out the peephole..there was a man standing there with roses in his hand…
She opened the door, “Hi.”
“Hi.” said the man..”These are for you…” as he handed the flowers to her…
“Thank you.” she said as she took them from him and walked back inside….
She sat them on the table, opened the card and read it….
‘Hope you have a good day until I can see you later…then it will get better…until then…Bette.’
Tina smiled and leaned down to smell the roses…”Oh my god, I can’t believe that my life is going so well.
And this beautiful, romantic woman wants me…”
Tina sat on the couch clutching the card to her chest and looking at the flowers…’I have never been so happy in my life…’
Bette sat at her desk smiling, just knowing that Tina was smiling right at that moment made her day much happier…’I can just picture that beautiful face lit up like the moon.’

To Be Continued….