for a couple of days.”
“I was but I had some minor car trouble……” said Tina.
“I’m sorry…did you get it fixed?”
“Yea…” said Tina as she leaned to the side of the door so that Bette could see her car….”That’s how I got here.”
“*****..that was a stupid question, wasn’t it?” asked Bette.
“Yea, pretty stupid!” said Tina as she pushed past Bette and went into the living room.
“Why didn’t you use your key?” asked Bette.
“I…………….I………….don’t have a clue…” she answered smiling…
Bette felt all warm inside seeing Tina smile….She loved that smile and always loved being the one to put it on her….God, how beautiful she is….
“Bette, I think we need to talk…” started Tina…
Bette walked over and sat on the sofa next to Tina……
“Ok..” said Bette deathly afraid of what she was about to hear…
” We have been together seven years, and over those years, our lives have changed greatly….we have grown to love eachother like noone could….I always wanted to be close to you…..if I was close enough, I could breath the same air into me, that you breathed out….I felt like that was the closest that we could ever come to being one…besides our souls becoming one……and over the years they have….I love you with all my heart Bette……but I just can’t see this working between us…..” cried Tina…
“No, Tina….You don’t mean that….” said Bette as she sobbed loudly…”I know what I did was soooo wrong but you can’t just give up on seven years of you and I together because of one mistake……I will make it up to you, I promise….atleast give me that chance…”
“I can’t……..” said Tina as she stood up….
“Don’t you love me? You just said that you do, but how can you love me and walk away?” said Bette as she walked up to Tina….She put her hands on Tina’s arms…………”Please, baby…..I can’t live without you….my whole world will crumble…it’s already started to….please………..”
“Bette, I’m sorry….” said Tina as she walked towards the door……
“T?” called out Bette.
Tina stopped dead in her tracks…………and stood for a moment……a few seconds later, she turned around…….”Yes?” with tears in her eyes….
“Please, I will do anything………please don’t leave me…”
Tina felt her heart being ripped out and stomped on………..but she couldn’t let Bette get away with what she did…..she couldn’t live not knowing whether Bette was doing it again or not……
“I’m……………..sorry……..B…” said Tina as she turned and walked out the door……
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“Hello?” answered Tina on her cell…
“Tina? Where are you hun?”
“On my way to your apartment….” said Tina recognizing the voice to be that of Alice….
“Good, we need to talk….”
“Did Bette call you already? I just left there.”
“You just left there?” asked Alice worried….she knew that when Tina got back into town, she was supposed to let Bette know whether she wanted ‘THE BIG D’…or not……….
‘*****’ thought Alice…’She must’ve wanted it….because now she is on her way over here…..*****…..I hope the whole vacation thing works………
“Yea….”
“*****…When will you be here?”
“Pulling in now…” said Tina…
“Bye..” said Alice as she slammed the phone down and ran out of her apartment and down to Tina’s car….
Tina got out crying…….
“What’s the matter?” Alice lied….
“I can’t do it…..Al….I would never be able to trust her again…..”
“dammit Tina, Come on…” said Alice as she helped her out of the car and into her apartment…..
“Tina…sit…” said Alice as she motioned her onto the sofa…..
“Alice, please don’t give me the 3rd degree about this…….I have made up my mind….” said Tina.
“T, please….you are making a mistake….she fucked up…yes, but you can’t just throw it all away….”
“Al, of all people, I thought you would understand………..I cannot trust her anymore….”
“Trust can be rebuilt…seven years Tina……seven years is a long time. Just to walk away…”
“Alice, if you keep on, I’m going to leave…” said Tina..starting to get angry through the tears..
“I’m sorry….I’m sorry….I’ll quit….I just have one last question though?”
Tina let out a sigh, “What?”
“Do you love her?”
“Alice, what kind of question is that? You don’t fall out of love over night…..of course I love her…”
“One last thing…..if you love someone, you don’t just run out on them…”
Tina held her hand up, “Alright, Al….that’s enough….”
“Ok….” said Alice as she got up to get her a drink…..
“So, what are you gonna do now?”
“Well, I was hoping that I could stay with you for a few weeks until I decide where I want to go….”
“You are welcome here anytime, babe….” said Alice as she handed Tina a drink…
“We are going to ‘The Planet’ tonight, there are having a giveaway for an all expense paid vacation for 2 to Hawaii. Can you come with me?”
“I don’t know…….I don’t think I could be around a lot of people……”
“Come on, it’s just what the doctor ordered…you need your friends right now, and we all want to be here for you, babe….please…just tonight….”
“What ***** doctor ordered that? Remind me not to pay ‘em….for the ***** ***** service…”
“Tina,please…then I won’t bother you anymore…you can spend the rest of your life sitting here in darkness thinking about how ***** everything is for you..”
“*****….okay…what time?” asked Tina..
“Ummm, tonight…around 7 or so…”
“alright…I’ll be ready…”
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Bette just laid back on the couch….’*****…I have to do something….I can’t let her just walk out of my life…dammit, I feel like the air I am breathing is contaminated….like every breath I take, could….or should be my last….I love her so much…i can’t stand the thought of being with out her….
Bette finally relaxed enough to fall asleep…..
The front door opened and in walked Tina over to the sofa an knelt beside Bette………..”Baby, I love you so much…I don’t care what you did…I cannot live without you…you are my everything….I need you here in my arms….” she said as she leaned down and pulled Bette into her arms…..
As Bette was holding on to her love……….Tina begin to vanish into thin air…..”Tina” she screamed aloud……She sat straight up on the sofa………looking around for Tina….but she wasn’t there…..’*****…snap out of it, Bette….she doesn’t want you…it was only a dream”….. Bette got up to go shower…. she knew that she had to go to ‘The Planet’ tonight…..although she didn’t want to have to face everyone since she was sure that they all knew what she had done to Tina..