Tina’s POV

It’s been almost two days since Bette and I fought and we still haven’t talked to each other. She came home quite late last night, I think they finally received the new art pieces yesterday and she had to work all day long. I was watching the 3rd season of Six Feet Under as she strolled in and walked past me to our bedroom. My first thought was to ask her how she’s doing and then offer her a relaxing massage with oils that we bought in Germany, but from what I could see, she wasn’t willing and apt to talk.

When I entered our bedroom two hours later, Bette was sleeping on her side of the bed in her underwear, she probably was dead tired if she couldn’t even put her pajamas on. I put on mine and lay near her.

I contemplated her as she slept, her breathing deep, slow and barely audible. She was facing me, with most of her black curls covering her face – I lightly touched her cheek and brushed them away. Even though there was no light in the room and I could barely see her features in the darkness, I was still able to see just how beautiful she is. Strikingly beautiful.

Now that I am sitting at work, waiting for another staff meeting to begin, I finally am able to rationally think about who’s right and who’s wrong in the fight we had. Bette and I don’t really fight a lot, we have our minor misunderstandings that can be more or less easily processed by talking and discussing, but sometimes we fail to understand each other – but thank God, it doesn’t happen often – and that leads to lashing out at each other.

I know I was wrong about telling the gang how enthusiastically splendid we’d spent our little vacation in Baden-Baden, but I have this tendency to be overwhelmed sometimes and I’m obviously much more of an extrovert than Bette is, so I find it hard to keep silent about things that give me so much pleasure and joy. I wouldn’t mind the whole world knowing how dearly I love Bette. But, of course, I doubt I would want them all to know the juicy details of our delicious intercourses. Though it’s an issue that needs thorough pondering.