The Truth – Part One

"Honey?" Bette asked the motionless lightly snoring body of the blonde that lay beside her, one arm flung out and hanging off the side of the bed.

Bette rolled on her side and looked at the sight before her. She smiled.

Tina stirred slowly. Her eyes squinted. Carefully one eye opened slightly, before she smiled and sweetly snapped, "What?". Bette slid her hand up across the blonde’s stomach, resting in between her breasts comfortably. Tina groaned a sleepy comfortable groan.

Smiling still, Bette spoke, "Morning baby," she stopped breifly to kiss Tina, "I just need to talk to you about something, and I thought it might be best before Angie wakes up, and then we’ll be swamped with the party preperations."

Tina streched her arms above her head, her cotton t-shirt rising up and the bottoms sliding slightly down. Bette’s hand moved to sweetly stray across the top of Tina’s trimmed hair, before resting her palm on the blonde’s hip bone.

"Sure, babe," Tina said with a huge yawn, "What’s up?"

"Okay, Tee?" Bette stopped, "Will you just let me speak and not freak out, because there is nothing to freak out about, I just feel the need to tell you this now, and nip it in the bud, Okay?"

Tina smiled, "Honey, just tell me. It can’t be that bad. Go on."

Bette took a deep breathe, now sitting opposite Tina on their bed. She picked up Tina’s hand and held it in hers and began fiddeling her fingers, studying the pale skin intently.

She spoke at their hands.

"The other day, at the dance-athon Jenny came to talk to me about the night of the gallery opening. I told you Kelly came over that night right. Well she came over, and basically cracked open a bottle of champagne, and then, she broke the glass. One of the ritzenhoff’s, I could have killed her. Anyway, she said she wanted to cash in on what she never got in college. I promptly told her no. And then I cleaned up the glass, and sent her home in a taxi." Bette stopped and looked up from the hands, and into Tina’s eyes.

"Somewhere in all of this, Jenny seems to think that she looked through the back door or window and saw us having sex. She also has decided not to tell me, but instead she first told Kit, and now Kit’s gone nuts about it." Tina sighed, which caused Bette to reasses her lovers mood.

"Tee, basically, it’s what I told you happened the first time, except Jenny thinks she saw something, which I promise you she didn’t. And I – I just – I don’t know, I’m so afraid that you might leave me again over something which I can only disprove with my word."

Tina lifted her hand to Bette’s cheek. Bette closed her eyes and turned her head to the side.

"Bette," Tina finally spoke, "It’s okay, I’m somewhat wary of Jenny at the moment anyway, after that stunt she pulled with Helena and Dylan. But honey, you should know that I trust you, and your word is all I need."

Bette looked up at her, tears in her eyes.

"Tee, there’s more." Bette hesitated. This was going to be the deciding one.