High atop the mountaintop, the group waited patiently until the tell tale signs of the sky brightening at the horizon could be seen. The actual rising of the sun was still a few minutes off, but already the darkness of the night sky began to give way to the suns influence as it began to brighten as the stars began to fade.

Both Bette and Tina were looking longingly out their respective car windows, trying to steal a glance at each other, but the shroud of the night sky had not yet lifted enough to warrant a stolen glance. The excitement, the emotion and the love held the lovers together through thick and thin all these years was still quite evident in their need to be with each other on this special day.

Bette was sitting in the car, staring out into the darkness, when Alice interrupted her thoughts and instructed her to wait 5 minutes before exiting the car. At the same instant, Shane leaned back in the car and instructed Tina to do the same.

The remaining 4 women exited the cars, stepping out into the crisp morning mountain air to carry out their plan. Bette and Tina would vaguely see the outlines of there friends converge in the middle of the two cars and could hear the muffled sounds of their conversation. The seemed to be talking excitedly and laughing together as the hustled and bustled about, retrieving hidden treasures from the trunks of the car and then disappearing toward the brightening horizon.

Both Bette and Tina stared at their watches and cell phones, the 5 minutes that they were instructed to wait before emerging from the cars was agonizingly long. The minutes didnt seem to move quickly enough, and the seconds ticked by slower than molasses on a cold day. As the time ticked by, Bette thoughts drifted off to the long history that she shared with Tina. She remembered the ups and the downs of the relationship, but mist importantly she recollected the small things. They way Tina smiled in her sleep, the way that with just a touch her wife could melt away her worries and fears, and just about every little gesture and word that had Bette still melting and going weak at the knees. She smiled and looked out of the car window as loving emotions coursed throughout her body.