Tina: It’s OK baby let it go. I’m here baby, I got you baby. Let it out, I’ll catch you my love. Bette, you can count on me baby, always. Give it to me baby let me feel your release baby. I’ve got you Bette. I’m here. I’m always here for you baby, let it out.

And with Tina’s urging, coaxing and touching Bette let it all out.

Bette: Catch me T. I need you T. I love you baby. Oooh  T, yes T. Oooooh Tinaaaa!

Tina slides around to the side of the sofa and kneels near Bette head. She smiles at her lover and goes in for a soft, wet kiss, stroking Bette’s stomach in the process.

Tina: Good morning baby. I dreamed of you all night and the reality was so much better than the dream.

Bette: I dreamed of you too and never thought this reality was possible. How did you? When did you? Why did you?

Tina silences Bette with a kiss.

Tina: Let’s go to bed and I’ll tell you all about it.

Tina, offers Bette a hand and assistance getting up off the sofa. Once in the bedroom she helps Bette back into bed then slowly undresses for her lover before sliding into bed next to her. There in bed Tina tells Bette how she’d booked the flight while they were still on the phone. How she knew that Bette needed her and how she wanted to be with Bette too. That the girls were happy to take charge of Angelica for the weekend and that she’d slept all night to have energy to take care of her baby when she arrived. Bette was overwhelmed by the gesture and the story. At that point she realized that they were home; both literally and figuratively she had her home back and her home was Tina.

Bette: Thank you baby. I did need you here. Last night I wanted you here. I realize I need you here with me at this very moment. Thank you for knowing me so well. Thank you for coming. Thank you for loving me like no other. I need you Tina, I am not complete without you. I cannot get through this adoption process without you. We are a family and I need my family. I want my family. I want you two so bad it hurts T. I ached for months when I thought you were gone and I couldn’t have you anymore. When you showed up here last summer I initially thought I had lost my mind and was seeing things. But you were really there and ultimately you wanted me and you wanted our family again. I believed that, but have been fighting the notion that something would upset this perfect world we seemed to be creating. I was having anxiety about the adoption. Tina I am still nervous about the process, but believe this time will be different. We are in a much better place. I am in a great place professionally and I believe it is our time. We are a family and we are home. Eventually the paperwork will follow, but we are already a family and that is my dream come true. Thank you for making my dreams come true. I love you Tina; always have always will.