Dropping her head in her hands, Bette let out a growl. She had been suffering more than usual from her unusual desire. She felt like weights sat on her shoulders, and if she tilted or even breathed the wrong way, they would cause a total collapse. Letting out another sigh in a long line of heavy sighs, she picked up her coffee mug. It tasted horrible. Not even warm.

With another growl, she placed it back onto the desk and looked straight at the door. Tina. She knew the blond was just outside her office, and she was constantly on Bette’s mind, but wanting her wasn’t an option. She couldn’t allow herself to bring Tina into the dark world she had placed herself in so long ago. She couldn’t do it. Not sweet, innocent Tina. Not the woman she had developed a real liking for.

Another sigh, and she drank the horrible coffee.

Tina tried to keep a smile on her face too, but after the last week with a strange distance between Bette and herself, she was upset. From the very start, she sensed something forbidden in the air, and now that she had caught Bette’s stare on a few occasions, she knew it was two-sided. She wasn’t sure at first what to make of the touches and odd statements, but now that she was getting to know Bette, she realized just how much she loved all of her quirks.

As much as she tried to push those thoughts from her mind (especially because Bette seemed to want so much distance), it still remained a difficult task. With a deep sigh, she calmed herself before picking up the phone.

Even just talking on the phone gave her a rush of energy, imagining Bette around her, behind her, anywhere near her. She found herself becoming aroused with the way Bette spoke to her, and found a turn on she never knew about herself until Bette. She loved the power that woman held over her.

After realizing her mind had wandered, she shook her head and tried to listen intently to the person on the other end of the call. And although she had dreamed of Bette reprimanding her for a mistake many times in her mind, she really didn’t want to lose this job. At least not until she knew if Bette felt the same way for her.