Previously-

Tina gets up from the couch putting her almost empty glass of wine down on the coffee table, grabs her purse and walks toward the door.  “I guess I’d better be going.”

Tina’s standing at the door opening it and turning around “Thank you again for the flowers and card Bette they were really great.  I’ll call you in the morning some time to make plans for our date, or maybe you, Angie and I could have dinner tomorrow.  Goodnight Bette.”

“Stay.”

“What?”

“Stay T”

“I don’t think we’re quite to that place yet Bette.”

“No T, I don’t mean sex I mean sleep, just sleep.  Us together in what was our bed just being together.”

Tina closes the door and walks towards Bette.

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Bette stood there watching Tina and was amazed that the beautiful blonde that held her heart had closed the front door and was now walking towards her.  It was a surreal moment that she never expected, yes she had asked Tina to stay but never had it crossed her mind that Tina would actually want to.  She was in her own little world watching the scene like an anonymous bystander watching from the sidelines.

“Bette, Bette” Tina walked up to Bette and was trying to get her attention but Bette was obviously in a different place.

Bette was still focusing on what was going on from outside of herself; she heard her name being called like hearing through water.

“Bette, are you okay.”  Still getting no response Tina moved closer to Bette and reached out her hand to touch Bette’s face.  “Baby, are you okay.”

Bette snapped out of her trance and felt the softest hand caressing the side of her face and the sweetest words coming out of her blonde angel’s mouth.  She moved her face into Tina’s hand and looked into the hazel eyes that held her in their gaze, she smiled.

“Tina,” she whispered “did you call me baby?”

Tina whispered back “Yes, baby I did” and smiled back.

Bette stepped closer to Tina so there was almost no space between them.  “Can I kiss you?”

Tina just smiled “Let’s just put this out there.  You do not need to ask that, and if you feel you do need to ask just always assume the answer is yes.”