“Bette?” Tina asked.

“Yeah?” Her girlfriend answered.

“I don’t want to live like this anymore.” She told her.

“What? Do you want to break up with me?” Bette asked with panic in her voice.

“No, no, babe.” Tina said and kissed her girlfriend on the lips.

“What then?” Bette asked confused.

“I don’t want to date you in secret anymore.” Tina said and slipped her fingers through her hair.  I don’t want to hide the best part of my life from the world. I’m ready to come out and say who I truly am.”

“But, Tina, I thought you wanted to wait until you were 18?” Bette asked.

“Yes, I know but I just don’t want to sneak around anymore. I want to be able to hold your hand when we leave our houses, you know. I am so proud that I’m with you and that you’re with me. I want to show it to the world.” Tina told with passion.

She was very passionate about her relationship. Tina was 16 when she met Bette. Bette was the daughter of her manager, Melvin Porter. Her manager’s daughter was 19 and a self-confident, beautiful young woman. Bette was graceful, charming, funny and sexy. Everything about her was sexy… Also, she was an out lesbian and Melvin handled it quite well. He wasn’t happy about it but he accepted it. Maxine, Bette’s mother, was out of her life. Bette had a half-sister Kit who was very accepting of her. Bette had another half-sister called Courtney, the girl was only 6 so she didn’t really know what being gay meant. Tina had never questioned her sexuality, until she met the brown-haired woman. She had been so amazingly attracted to her. They became friends and after a few months, they kissed. Tina thought she had died and gone to heaven. Bette’s lips WERE heaven. Soft, sweet, gentle, sensual and so caring. After the kiss, Tina freaked out. She just had her second number one hit and things were crazy. She thought being gay would ruin her career. Bette told her she would be happy to wait as long as Tina needed to come out. They had been together for a year now and things were going great. Every free second they spend together, Bette went on tour with her because then she could learn about other arts in other countries. Today Tina was 17 and Bette 20. Melvin had said that Tina could come out whenever she wanted but she had to bear the consequences. It wouldn’t be easy but Tina could be a role model for other young lesbians and show them that they didn’t have to be afraid. How longer the couple was together, how harder it became to hide. They wanted to show affection in public but that was simply not possible. They didn’t want to French kiss on the street of course, but just holding hands or a casual kiss occasionally would be nice.