“Now to put my big baby to bed.” She grinned, stopping to lean in the doorframe seductively before rushing off to the bedroom with Bette hot on her heels. Bette caught her as soon as they were at the bed. She tackled her, Tina landing on her stomach on the bed, and Bette straddling her back in an almost feral way. Bette leant down, her lips pressing hard against Tina’s skin, licking, sucking, and biting, trying to leave a mark, her mark, on the flawless skin.

“Mmm, yeah, baby.” Tina moaned, as she felt Bette waste no time in pulling off her pajama bottoms.

Bette quickly flipped Tina over and entered her with two fingers, unbelieving of how wet her girlfriend was after she had completely skipped foreplay. She began to thrust, drawing moans and groans, and her name chanted like a mantra over and over again by Tina, letting out all her frustration into the buildup to that one moment when everything exploded, overtaken by the white light behind her eyelids, all the stress flew out of her body, leaving her a heaping pile of panting limbs. Bette rolled off to the side, pulling Tina towards her, and whispering into her ear “I love you, Tee.”

Shane pulled the warm body next to her closer, snuggling into the soft skin and long hair. She heard Carmen let out a content murmur that seemed to come from… behind her? Shane quickly pulled away and looked at the woman she had just been spooning. “Carla?” She mouthed, glancing behind her to see Carmen asleep on the other side of her. “What the fuck?” She leaned down shaking Carmen slightly. “Carm. Baby. Wake up.”

”Wha…”

“Carmen, why is Carla in our bed?”

“Oh. Well, it was just she and I for a while since you were on the couch, but then you must have come back in the middle of the night. Now go back to sleep, baby, it’s like…” She glanced over at the clock, “Shit. It’s 10:00! I have to go.” She got up, quickly dressing.

The commotion was enough to wake up Carla, who watched the young woman dress quickly, then press her lips to Shane’s for a searing goodbye kiss.

“I’ll be back later, baby, I promise. Call me as soon as Al stops torturing you with shopping.”

“All right. Bye!” Shane called out. Unfortunately, her efforts were futile, as Carmen was already out the back door.

“Backdoor relationships really suck, don’t they?” Carla asked, still in last night’s clothes, Shay sleeping peacefully by her side.

“Yeah, but it’s better than having everybody prying. I mean, watching your every move, like… like…”

“Some exhibit at the zoo?”

“Yes! I mean, I think we’re fascinating to them for some reason, and I just… Never mind, you wouldn’t understand.”

“Oh, yes, I would. Your father and I were just like that. We were the talk of the town. Except your pop loved that. Loved to brag about all his conquests to his friends. Still does.”

“I’m sorry about him.”

“It’s all right, but I’m still worried about him. He is still in jail, and don’t you think someone should go bail him out?”

Shane sighed as she was suddenly overcome with the distinct feeling that she was the only one that was going to do any bailing this week.