Chapter 96

Bette spent the night with Tina at the hospital. The babies were up every two hours for a feeding – so were Bette and Tina. Bette made it a point to stay with Tina – so she wouldn’t feel like she had to do it alone – when in reality she was the only one who could do it. Still it was nice to spend the time with her new family…her beautiful new family. Morning came and the babies were sound asleep – Bette and Tina were tired and looked like they’d been through a war. They sat in bed together – Tina sitting between Bette’s legs. Bette rubbed Tina’s shoulders. “Any better T?”

“Any more of that and you’re going to make me go to sleep.” Tina yawned.

“Hey…just lean back and go to sleep…if you need to sleep…sleep.” Bette worked diligently to stifle her own yawning.

Tina leaned back into Bette – her body melted into her – it was a wonderful feeling. Bette wrapped her arms around Tina and Tina finally let go and closed her eyes. Within minutes Bette noticed the familiar sound of Tina’s rythmic breathing. She was asleep. Bette kissed the top of Tina’s head and smiled. “You sleep Baby…you deserve to sleep…” Bette looked over at Dylan and Taylor. She saw Dylan stir. “Please little man – not now – please go back to sleep – please…..” Dylan seemed to hear Bette’s plea for a little more time – quiet time – he stopped moving and went back to sleep. “Thank you God!” Bette closed her eyes and within minutes she too drifted off to sleep.

Nap time came to an end when Dylan let out a cry that made both Bette and Tina wake with a start. “Oh my God…what was that?” Tina climbed out of bed and walked over to Dylan and picked him up. She rocked him gently in her arms. He continued to cry softly. Bette appeared at her side.

“Maybe he needs to be changed….you think T?”

“Yeah – maybe…let’s take a look.” Tina opened Dylan’s diaper. Sure enough – he needed to be changed. Bette handed Tina a new diaper – and a wipe. Once he was changed – Bette picked him up and held him. He continued to cry.

“Hey T – maybe he’s hungry….” Bette looked at Tina.

“Ok – he probably is.” Tina sat in bed and Bette handed Dylan to her. Tina began feeding Dylan. Bette watched and as usual felt her knees buckle – tears filled her eyes.

“God Tina…am I going to cry every time I see you feeding one of the babies? We better buy some stock in Kleenex now – we’ll make a killing. It’s just the most beautiful sight I’ve ever seen – absolutely beautiful.” Bette walked over to the bed and caressed the top of Dylan’s head. “Our beautiful little boy T.”

“Yeah – he is gorgeous – isn’t he? He looks just like his mama!”

Bette spoke softly. “Yeah just like his mama…” She kissed Tina – she had to kiss her – she had an overwhelming urge to kiss her. “I love you T.”

Tina looked up at Bette and smiled. “I know you do…kiss me again Porter!”

“You’re sure …. you don’t want to get all worked up now do you – because you can’t do a damn thing about it!”

“Just kiss me!”

“Demanding aren’t we?????” Bette raised her eyebrow at Tina.

“KISS ME!”

“Ok…ok. I’ll kiss you!” Bette kissed Tina again. She caressed Tina’s face with her hands and then they trailed down to Tina’s *****. “God Tina – are you trying to kill me….I want you…but I can’t have you. This is so not fair!”

“Hey Baby – will you take Dylan and put him down so he can sleep? Then come back over here – I want to talk to you.”

Bette took Dylan from Tina. She kissed him on the forehead and then put him down. She turned and looked at Tina. “So – you want to talk huh? Do you mean talk or TALK? Because the last time we talked – well we didn’t really talk….”

“Bette…Baby…shut up and come here please!”

Bette went back over to the bed and sat in front of Tina. Tina took Bette’s hand and placed it on her breast. “Go ahead…I know you want to….”

“I want to what?”

“You know….they have always been your territory.”

“Well they belong to Dylan and Taylor now T…not me.”

“Oh – I think they’ll always belong to you Baby. Come on – go ahead!”

“Go ahead and what T – I think I’m missing something here.”

Tina looked at Bette and made a face – a goofy face. “Go ahead Babe. It’s ok!”

Bette looked at Tina still clueless…she looked at her again and then appeared to be deep in thought for a minute. “OH- GOD T – do you think I should – I mean – GOD T!’

“Go ahead – why not – there’s nothing wrong with it – I mean – you know….”

“You don’t think it’s wrong?”

“No – I think it’s kind of ***** actually.”

“Really?”

“Yeah Bette – really – *****!”

“So you want me to….”

“Yup – go ahead and do it!”

Bette lean forward and kissed Tina. Then she bent down and lifted Tina’s shirt and adjusted her bra – revealing her *****. Bette caressed them – teased Tina’s nipples with her fingertips. “God Tina – incredible!” She kissed Tina’s ***** in turn and then pulled her left nipple into her mouth. She ran her tongue and teeth over it and then sucked on it gently. “Oh my God Tina….” Bette did the same to Tina’s right breast. Tears filled her eyes. “Sweet…so sweet…” Bette raised her head and looked into Tina’s eyes. “No wonder the babies want to do this all the time…wow…incredible….I love you T….”

“I love you too Baby….Kiss me please…”

Bette kissed Tina.

At that moment Dr. Wilson appeareed in the room. “Hey you two – I hate to interrupt – but I was very patient yesterday while you two…anyway – I need to process you out of here Tina.”

Bette looked at Dr. Wilson. “You mean yesterday you….when we were…when she was…when I was…”

“Yes Bette – you two are beautiful together.”

“Oh MY GOD – you were watching us?”

“Well I didn’t stay – I left you alone….”

“Oh God….how embarassing…”

“Bette – please don’t be embarassed – you two are so wonderful together…just beautiful…”

Bette thought she’d die – Tina seemed unphased!

“Ok… anyway…Tina…you seem to be doing just fine…and Bette – other than your embarassment you seem fine too. See me in the office in two weeks.. I just want to check you out and make sure everything is going ok. Now I don’t need to remind you Tina that with the history of breast cancer in your family it’s very important that you do your self exams – OR – you can continue to have Bette do her daily exams on you.” Dr. Wilson smiled and winked at Bette. Bette was ready to crawl under the bed! “Are you ready to take your family home?”

Bette and Tina looked at each other – then at Dr. Wilson. They both nodded in the affirmative.

“Good luck to all of you. You have a beautiful family.”

Bette smiled. “Yes we do…..”

Tina smiled at Bette….”Let’s go home…”

Even though they were both smiling – they were both terrified!