Lost – part 5
When we last left our heroines, they were about to meet each other on an isolated beach…Bette was trying to meditate (Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, do not cry, breathe in, breathe out…) and Tina was swearing…

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Bette! Tinas voice snapped Bette out of her almost-meditative state. She whirled around and almost fainted at the sight that met her eyes. There stood the love of her life, as bedraggled as she felt, herself, in the last place she ever expected to see her. Bette could do nothing but stare, not even breathe, despite all the breathing exercises she had just completed. She fainted.

Tina stalked toward her wife (By contract, if not affection, at the moment, she admitted to herself), intent on discovering why Bette would follow her and violate her privacy in such a manner. She had just worked up a good head of steam when she saw Bettes eyes roll back in her head, and her body collapse onto the sand.

Oh, great! exclaimed Tina, throwing her hands in the air as she hurried to Bettes side. She knelt by Bettes prone body and began to gently slap her face. Wake up, damn it. Im mad at you! Just as Tina thought she would have to perform mouth-to-mouth, something she was so not in the mood for, Bette gasped and opened her eyes.

Only to shut them again. She still couldnt process the fact that Tina was there. On her beach, invading her privacy. With each realizaton, Bette became more and more annoyed. What in the ***** was Tina doing here? Her annoyance giving her body life, Bette suddenly sprang to her feet. What the ***** are you doing here, Tina?!

Tina was determined that her own anger not be derailed, and matched Bette decibel for decibel. What am I doing here? What are YOU doing here?! You ruin my life, and now you have to ruin my escape, too!? What the ***** are you doing here?! This last accusation emerged almost as a screech, as Tina allowed herself to express all her frustration and anger with the situation.

Bette was taken aback by Tinas intensity. Even through her own emotional turmoil, Bette realized that she had literally never seen Tina so upset and angry. Never. She almost didnt recognize the woman who she thought she knew better than herself. Faced with a wall of emotion, Bette took an involuntary step backwards and put her hands in front of her body, as if to ward off an attack. Her own anger dissipated as quickly as it had gathered, and adrenaline began to clear her brain.