Bette Porter

Tina is working on her laptop as I am searching a song for her project. We both leap up as we hear a honk outside, followed by the doorbell.

We both go downstairs. Tina opens the door and the blonde chaos that is Alice is standing there – or rather, bouncing.

“Porter! Kennard!” She shouts. Dana comes up behind her, putting her hands on Alice’s shoulders to keep her down.

“We have a surprise for you guys,” Alice beams, clearly very content. “We’re planning it for ages!”

Tina and I look at each other and shrug our shoulders simultaneously.

“What kind of surprise, Alice?” I ask.

“We’re – and by ‘we’ I mean the band and the gang – taking you to Lake Morn. And you have to come! You just have to, because it’s your surprise and you are home alone anyway and you really need to see some other faces or you’ll get like boring!”

I turn to Tina and smile. “We wouldn’t want that to happen, would we?” I ask Tina.

“Not at all. But we should pack.”

“Make it quick, Dane and I are gonna help you. Dane, you go with Tina, I go with Porter.”

“Yes, sir,” Dana smirks.

… At Lake Morn…

When we’ve finally unpacked and set up the tents, we gather in the circle that the set-up of our tents creates. Everyone has a beer. My arms are wrapped around Tina, who’s sitting between my legs.

“So, where did we deserve this?” Tina asks nobody in particular.

“Being the hottest couple in town, giving people hope that real love exists,” Shane says. “I mean, not that Carmen and I don’t know that already, but there are others around.”

Tuomas also answers the question. “Without Bette, Shades of Silence wouldn’t have those wonderful songs. And if it weren’t for the two of you, we certainly wouldn’t have the popularity which gave us the gigs at The Planet and The Cave, and the many more to come.”

“Cheers to that,” Helena says, living her beer bottle.

The sun is shining and it’s very warm. Tina’s wearing a short that accentuates her fine legs and firm ass – I love it. Her blouse is tied together above her navel and I’m stroking the stomach it exposes. The short sleeves are rolled up and the top buttons are open, which gives me a very nice view of her cleavage when I look down over her shoulder.