Bette started to stir, she kept her eyes closed as the throbbing in her head escalated… She groaned with pain. Squinting slightly she opened her eyes, then regretted it, as the sunlight shone through the blinds directly on to her face, pain searing across the top of her head, like she had been hit with something hard…

Moving her arms she tried to turn herself away from the dazzling light. Her fingers grazing skin of someone next to her… a smile graced her face, the throbbing intensified…

Turning her body as slowly as she could manage, she turned towards the body next to her.

Her senses coming alert and she ran her fingers down Tina’s back… Tina moaned in her sleep at Bette’s touch…. Bette ran her hand through her hair, trying desperately to clear the fog in her brain.

She opened her eyes wider, looking at the blonde hair on the pillow next to her… She pushed her face into it, and felt at home in the scent that assaulted her nostrils.

Tina could feel Bette stir beside, could feel the shift in the bed as Bette turned towards her. She felt Bette’s fingers graze her back and left a soft moan escape her throat….

She could feel Bette’s breath upon her neck .

Tina: “How are you feeling?” barely above a whisper..

Bette startled as she heard Tina’s voice: “Not so great, sorry about last night” she croaked, not sure how her voice had become so gravely.

Tina turned on the spot, lifting her arm above her head, and pulling Bette tenderly into an embrace.

Tina: “you have nothing to be sorry for Bette”

Bette tried to clear her throat, but felt bile rise as she turned into Tina’s embrace, she couldn’t speak for a moment.

Finally after Bette felt her stomach subside: “I do, I made a right fool of myself last night, I don’t even remember coming to bed” she groaned hoping that she wasn’t sick the previous evening.

Tina smiled, noting Bette’s anguish as her memory failed her. Tina: “You have nothing to feel embarrassed about, drink consumes most of us Bette, your not immune to it….. Anyway I think that you held yourself perfectly well last night, I had a blast and I know for certain the others did too”