Chapter Seventeen

Bette Porter POV

It was Sunday morning and Bette was holding Tina in her arms. The day before, they had gone home together. Bette had seen how bad Tina was coping and had invited her to stay over. She knew the blonde didn’t want to be alone.

They were in bed and Tina snuggled up closer. She was lying on her side, her right arm draped around Bette right under her breasts and her right leg over Bettes legs. Bette was stroking Tina’s hair absent-mindedly.

“I’m so sorry, Bette,” Tina whispered for the millionth time. “I don’t know what I was thinking. I should have let you explain. I should have let you talk.”
“It’s okay now, T. Don’t worry, it’s over now.”

Bette kissed Tina’s brow and cupped her face. “You really have no idea how much I love you. It sometimes scares me. You are the most wonderful woman in the world and you are so amazing for just loving me back. You don’t know what that means to me.”

“It’s hard not to love you, Bette. I tried to forget you, but you were in my mind all day long. I was so mad at you, and I missed you so much.” A tear was blinking in Tina’s eye and Bette rubbed it away with her thumb.

She kissed her girlfriend passionately and she opened her mouth slightly. Tina got the message and soon their tongues were dancing slowly. They both had to stop for some oxygen.

“I’m sorry, I understand if you’re not ready,” Bette whispered, staring into Tina’s eyes.

“I’m always ready for this.” She tightened her grip on Bette. “I know it sounds weird, that thing with Tiffani yesterday. But it was just special to me, you know, like she gave her approval.”

“It must have been so hard for you to lose her. I remember how I felt when Jessie move, you know, my first girlfriend that actually loved me. But at least I had the chance to say goodbye to her. At least I could hold her one last time.”

“On the other hand… just, I can’t imagine how it feels, holding someone you love so deeply and knowing it’s the last time.”

Bette closed her eyes. “I just… well… I moved on. I’m glad you finally managed to do that with Tiffani as well. Just imagine if it hadn’t happened to her and we had met, how would it have gone then?”