Bette~

Bette was a bit startled when she felt someone tighten their hold on her. For a minute she thought that it was some random person. When she realized who it was she calmed down. She never thought that she would be so happy to share her bed. Something she rarely did. Bette pulled Tina closer to her, inhaling the scent of her shampoo. “What a fantastic scent” She thought, “ She smells like fresh apples in the summer” She never thought that she could feel like this. Like she had found the one person who actually got her, who made her feel complete.

Every one she knew got a different part of her but never the whole thing. No one truly understood who she was and what she felt. Bette felt at ease with Tina. She could be herself. No façades. Most of the people she dealt with thought she was a cold-hearted bitch who always wanted her way. Her friends knew her, but they didn’t really under stand how lonely she really was.  They thought that it was so cool that she could get any woman that she wanted whenever she wanted. Those women, who lined up to go home with the goddess that was Bette Porter. And the women, oh god, them. Most of them didn’t even mind what she did. They were proud to be another notch on her belt and others wanted to mother her. Their incessant phone calls to her gallery and brazen walks over to her table on Friday nights to ask why she never go back to them. She was tired. Tired of the lying, the late nights, the anonymous faces, and the emptiness. She enjoyed the thought of having Tina in her bed. Going to bed and waking up to her day in and day out. She liked the idea of building a life with her. She gently stroked Tina’s cheek with her thumb.

“This is nice” Tina whispered in a sleepy voice

“It is, isn’t it?” Bette replied drifting back off to sleep

Tina~

Tina gently stirred in her sleep, aware that Bette had tightened her hold on her. She also knew that she felt better being in her arms. She had never felt so safe and secure before. Eric had never held her in his arms like that. He always complained that he “needed his space”. In fact Eric complained about a lot of things. He was never happy with anything she did. She couldn’t count the number of times that he cancelled on her or just plain stood her up. She knew that it would never happen with Bette. She sensed a loyalty in her. Tina knew that she shouldn’t jump into a new relationship so soon after breaking up with Eric, but she also knew it was inevitable between her and Bette. She felt it from that first kiss. Bette was the one that she was born to love and nothing could change it. It was a fact. Tina could see herself building a life with Bette. Waking up and kissing those luscious lips in the morning and holding her tight at night. It was carved in stone and written in their hearts. She thought she knew what it was like to be in love but this overwhelmed her. She never knew felt anything so intense. She didn’t want it any other way.