Tina: Hello earth to Bette did you hear what I said? Are you going to be
ok while I run inside to get my things?

Bette: (smiling and feeling no pain) Uh, sure. Besides, you have the key
(mumbling to herself as Tina walks back into the Planet) to my heart.

Tina was walking back into The Planet to get her things. Her mind was racing
a mile a minute. She knew that she still had feelings for Bette, but did she
still love Bette? Could she truly forgive and forget? There was only one way to be sure. Tina and Bette had to talk
about all of this. Tina knew she had to lay all of her cards out on the table
to see how Bette would react to all of it. She also knew that she could not go
on any longer with out being on equal footing as Bette. This was a partnership
– a marriage of sorts – and neither of them could hold any more, or less, power
or responsibility in the relationship than the other. The days of Bette Porter
calling all the shots would have to come to an end if they were going to
progress as a couple.

Besides all of that, there was still that incredible electricity between
them any time they were together. No one could deny it. Tina felt it again
tonight. She couldn’t help but let her thoughts wander to the evening’s events
and seeing Bette. God, how gorgeous Bette looked tonight – ever the statuesque
beauty. She never failed to turn heads when she entered a room. Then there was
that outfit. Just enough skin to attract attention but not so much that the
mind didn’t wonder about what treasures lie beneath the fabric.

Tina could not get her mind off of that kiss. It felt so right to share something
so simple, but incredibly intimate with Bette again. Tina had missed the little things these few months apart – the
warmth of Bette’s skin when they woke up together in their bed in the morning –
limbs entangled; those soft, luscious lips when she kissed Bette goodbye every
morning as she headed off to work at the CAC; those eyes – God those eyes –
dark pools that allowed Tina to see deep into Bette’s soul. They exuded the
lust and desire that Bette possessed for Tina during more intimate moments. They
were beautiful brown orbs, which allowed Tina to not just see but feel the love
they shared.

Alice: T, Hello.? Where did you go?

Tina was snapped back to reality by an all too familiar voice. She began to
blush when she realized it was Alice standing there, in front of her, hands on
hips, waiting for Tina’s response.

Tina: Uh Nowhere I was listening to what you were saying (trying to cover
her tracks)

Alice: Yeah, sure No, physically where did you go? Did you and Bette do the
backseat horizontal mambo?

Tina: Geesh, Alice, we weren’t out there long enough for that. Besides, I
don’t want the next time Bette and I are together to be in the backseat of her
car.

Alice: (excitedly) So, there’s going to be a “next time”???

Tina: Well maybe let’s just say that I’m not completely ruling out the
idea of Bette and I getting back together.
What about you?

Alice: What do you mean?

Tina: You know what I mean. I’ve seen the way you have been looking at Dana.
I’m not blind or deaf.

Alice: Huh???

Tina: Al, I’ve been sleeping on your couch now for a few months. I hear you
at night calling out her name when you. (Tina raises an eyebrow)

Now it is Alice’s turn to blush as she stammers to complete a coherent
sentence.

Alice: I I was Ok, Ok you caught me. What the *****, was I that loud?

Tina: Well it’s not like you have the thickest walls in your apartment.
Don’t worry about it. So what are you going to do? Does she know how you feel?

For once Alice doesn’t have an answer or witty reply. All she can muster is
a sheepish grin and tear filled eyes. Alice fights off the urge to let loose
the tears. She and Tina both decide to scan the room looking for Dana. She is
nowhere to be found but they do locate Tonya and Helena getting quite chummy at
the bar. Tina and Alice look at each other in utter disbelief.

Alice: Ok, we need to find Dana – like now.

TBC…