The next morning I awoke to the sound of the rain dropping outside…my eyes opened instantly as I scanned the room…I turned towards Bette’s side and she wasn’t there…I sat up in bed and stretched…I removed the covers from around my nude body and grabbed a robe…I went in search of the brunette…

she wasn’t in the bathroom…so I went into the kitchen…. there she was standing against the back door watching the rain drops disappear into the pool…she was sipping on a cup of tea…I made my way over to her and wrapped my arms around her waist…I smiled when she said…

“goodmorning sweetie…”

I say kissing the nape of her neck….

“goodmorning babe…”

I walk around and stand in front of her…she wraps her arms around me securing me…she kisses me on the top of my head and says….

“how did you sleep?”

I smiled and said…

“good…how about yourself?”

I rubbed her arm waving my hand up and down…she smiled leaning in close to my ear…she said…

“I slept good also…you want some tea?”

I smiled and said…

“yeah…I’d love some…”

Bette backed away from me and walked over to the stove…I continued to lean against the door watching the drops this time…I think of the parties that we had in the back yard including our wedding before we got the swimming pool and turned it into a musuem…kind of..I smile anyway…this is ours…the place looks great…my thoughts are broken when Bette says…

“here you go”

I turn around and take the hot beverage…I smile saying…

“thank you”

“your welcome…”

she adds…I blow the hot beverage thinking of work and how did my proposal go…I wouldn’t find out unil tomorrow on whether or not we won…god I could really use the money…we can buy more supplies and upgrade the place…I could really use the money for our projects that we do with certain communities…it would help my image dramatically..who knows what this can do for me…maybe I might change my career…hmmm…Bette says…

“what are you thinking about?”

I smile and say…

“the grant proposal…”

she says after sipping her tea…

“so you applied?”

I turn around and say…

“yeah I did…we could really use the money…”