Bette had her arms wrapped around Tina’s waist as they stood watching the view through the ceiling-to-floor windows. Before them lay New Haven Green. Bette could imagine them walking in there already. 

“So, babe, what do you think?” Tina asked, slightly turning her head to be able to look her lover in the eye.

Bette once again took in the fairly large apartment. “I think it’s great. It’s not far from school at all, I mean, I can go there by foot on Mondays! This is so close to the Art History Department it’s almost silly to go on campus. Are you sure you can afford this? You’re not just doing this for me?”

Tina smiled. “I already told you about my grandmother. I am so thankful that my Mom told me to save the money for something like this instead of spending it on something else. She really left me a lot. She saved all the time and I get the benefits from it.”

Tina nipped Bette’s lower lip and kissed her. “You” kiss “and I” kiss “will be so” kiss “happy in here.” kiss “And later” kiss “we’ll move to a house” kiss “with a nice yard” kiss “and a swimming pool”.

Bette grinned. “I am sure I would love the sight of you in a bikini.”

She sighed in happiness. They would live here, in this apartment in Chapel Street. And Tina had got herself a job at Hill Regional Career, which was very close as well. She looked her lover in the eyes and brought her lips to her ears to whisper her love. She decided now was the right time to hand Tina a paper.

The blonde smiled in surprise and opened it.

My dearest Tina,

You have the most beautiful eyes in the world. When you smile or laugh, your eyes express your happiness, shining so bright that they can put the city lights to shame. 

When you get teary, they express enough sadness to shatter countless hearts into the smallest possible pieces. And when I look into your eyes, it fills me with a tranquility and harmony that I can get nowhere else in this world.

When I look into your eyes, I see a new found land. I see a new world, a world where emotions are so pure it touches me to the deepest of my soul. They express your every feeling. When happiness fills your heart, your eyes are the messenger, they tell me by how they shine so bright that the sun becomes pale and meaningless. When sadness fell on you, they have this shattered look that makes me want to change the world and make it a better place for you to live in, it makes me want to take all your pain away, absorb it myself so you could smile again.