Previously:

They remained that way for a time until Bette pulled away and said, “I better go and freshen up…” Tina complied and released Bette from her grasp, watching as the lithe brunette made her way out of the room and close the door behind her. Meanwhile Tina tasked herself with preparing the food, noticing they had nothing to drink she exited her office to get some drinks from a near by vending machine. On her way back she was greeted with many pleasantries, and though she taking her time to be polite she made sure not to dwell to much in workplace banter as she trudged the short distance towards her office with two chilled sodas in hand. Just as she opened the door she heard Bette’s voice unyieldingly talking to someone over the phone.

“What do you mean you can’t find someone to take over?” Bette questioned while she paced around the room.

There was a short pause as she listened intently to the person on the other line “But I told you I was busy.”, she countered.

“Fine!” Bette sounded exasperated, “Tell them I’ll be there in 15 minutes…”, and with that she sighed and ended her call.

It was only then that Bette realized that Tina was in the room. “Hey.” she said glumly. “How long have you been standing there?”

“Long enough….” Tina replied as she set the cans of beverages down on her desk. “So I guess you’re not staying for take out…”

“No, my replacement bailed on me the last minute…” Bette had a pained expression on her face.” Anyway I have to go if I want to keep this show from crumbling.”

“Oh okay…” Tina said, barely having time to register what Bette was saying before she saw the other woman walk towards the door.

“Bette…?”

“Yes?”

“Thanks for lunch.”

“Anytime.” The doe-eyed beauty remarked, giving Tina a final wink as she left.
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It was late in the evening when Bette pulled up near Tina’s apartment complex, with the night air unusually chilly and the stars brightly twinkling in the sky above her. Tonight she would be having dinner at Tina’s. Given the abrupt state she left Tina in that afternoon, Bette called Tina’s office half an hour later leaving a frantic apology, and an offer to make up for it at dinner. Tina accepted but on the condition that Bette would try to relax from work a little and let her do the cooking at her place since she knew that they’d both be finishing work a little late… Without thinking twice Bette agreed and before she knew it, there she was standing in front of Tina’s door with a bottle of red wine in hand.

“Hi baby…” Tina greeted her.

Bette smiled at the easy way Tina spoke, silently thinking of how much she loved the way Tina called her “baby”, before she leaned in to give her a kiss.

“Hi.” Bette said as she pulled away from the kiss catching a whiff of Tina’s scent in the process. “Mmm… You smell so good.”

Tina chuckled at Bette’s insightfulness. “That’s from all the cinnamon I’ve been cooking with.”

“Oh… what have you been cooking?”

“Dessert…”

“But I thought that you were cooking dinner and that I was giving you dessert?”

“You sound pretty confident for someone who just finished work at 9 in the evening…”

“Well I try.” Bette playfully quipped, thinking at the back of her mind that there was actually a bit of fact in Tina’s statement.

The truth was the day did take its toll on her, in fact as she spoke she was feeling strain taking residence in her body, “Actually… my neck is killing me…” she admitted, placing a hand over the troubled area, trying to soothe every inch of its aching muscles.

“Here, let me take a look.” Tina offered, walking behind Bette and brushing away her dark brown hair before the other woman could give her consent. Slowly she ran her fingers across Bette’s nape, pressing her thumb gently against the brunette’s sensitive mocha skin.

“Better?”

“Ohhh… god Tina that feels so good….” Bette groaned in approval. Tina wrapped her arms across Bette’s waist, whispering the next words into her ear:

“Let’s get you into the bedroom… so I can give you a proper massage.”

“But what about dinner?” .

“I think I want to have dessert first.” Tina answered feeling Bette’s body tense up against the sweet kisses she was strategically placing along the side of her neck, tracing leisurely until it reached the edge of one of Bette’s shoulders. This did enough to sidetrack Bette’s thoughts… every kiss… every action… every beat… caused her breathing to turn uneven… Her eyes followed every step Tina took. Watching as golden haired beauty walked into the kitchen area, turned off the stove, put away the food and walked back to her before asking in a deep ***** voice, “Where were we?” Tina’s stare was unnerving. Her striking brown eyes offering a mixture of warmth and desire as she heard Bette eagerly say:

“The bedroom…”

Minutes later… Bette was inside Tina’s bedroom… The ambient setting of scented candles playing its light across the cream colored sheets, tickled her imagination… “Make yourself comfortable…” she heard Tina say, feeling a sense of anticipation swell along with every syllable Tina uttered. Carefully Tina helped take her blazer off, exposing the nice sleeveless shirt Bette was wearing underneath… letting the bare skin of Bette’s shoulders make contact with her hands… “Take your clothes off for me baby… I’ll be right back.” Bette let a sigh escape her lips as she complied with Tina’s request, peeling off the remaining articles of clothing off her body, and lying across the bed with only the fabric of Tina’s covers to conceal her exposed body. Slowly she heard soft notes of music filling the air, adding to the sensual atmosphere that was present in Tina’s room. In what seemed like a heartbeat Tina returned sitting by her side, clutching a bottle of lavender infused massage oil in her hands…

“Turn around…”

Yet again Bette obeyed, with her back now facing Tina she relaxed into the mattress. Inch by inch Tina ran her hands across Bette’s toned muscles… the oil letting her fingers glide easily across every firm junction from Bette’s shoulder blades all the way to the nodes of her spine… Masterfully she kneaded her palms just below the base of Bette’s neck before she smoothly transitioned onto Bette’s sides, running her fingers down Bette’s ribcage… then letting her hands drag across the smooth skin which led to Bette’s hip bone, she repeated this for a number of times varying the pressure with every glide of her touch… driving Bette insane with every contact she made. Unbeknownst to Tina, Bette was about to explode, for her this was nothing short of torture… she needed to feel Tina inside her… to make love to her… and in a matter of seconds it seemed like she was about to get her wish, for as she was thinking this she felt Tina fingers slowly tug away at the sheets, pulling them down her skin bit by bit… then suddenly she froze…

“Bette what’s that?”

Bette glanced up at Tina from behind her shoulder but didn’t dare answer… she was in the middle of pondering what Tina could’ve possibly meant by her query, then all of a sudden she heard it… a shrill sound coming from Tina’s living room.

“My cell phone…” Bette mumbled bitterly, the strident sound of her mobile phone quickly getting on her nerves. She stood up and tried to exit the room.

“Wait, where do you think you’re going?” Tina asked a little irritated at the thought that Bette would rather answer a call than stay with her.

“I’ll just turn it off.” Bette spoke hurriedly, wrapping the sheets over her sun-kissed skin and striding into the livingroom.

Tina smiled at Bette’s reply and stretched out across the bed while she waited for her lover’s return. Normally Bette would have found her phone in a matter of seconds, but tonight was different… because like it or not, she couldn’t quite seem to find it anywhere… ring after ring the contraption soldiered on, seemingly intent on trying her patience, first by disrupting her time with Tina, then finally after searching high and low she found it… only to encounter the irony of having the battery die on her… PERFECT! With this Bette walked back into the bedroom, silently cursing to herself for bringing along such a distraction…’Breathe damn it!’ she thought, as she walked in determined to make everything better for her and or Tina, but then as she entered the room she saw Tina sprawled on the bed sleeping soundly… Bette came over and touched Tina lightly on the cheek, quietly admiring her slumbering form.

“Bette, you’re back…” Tina said with enthusiasm though still obviously heavy-eyed, trying with all her might to get up for her.

“T go back to sleep…” Bette told her, her hand gently pushing Tina back onto the bed.

“But I””

“Shhh… We have all the time in the world…”



To be continued…