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Tina Kennard was sitting at her table drinking a cup of coffee and reading the morning
newspaper when she saw the gorgeous brunette enter. Having just moved to L.A. a few weeks
ago she had been coming to The Planet for the last few days. The coffee was excellent and
the atmosphere of the cafe was extremely pleasant. She had seen the brunette and her friends
ever morning and couldn’t help but silently laugh at some of the conversations she had
overheard. As she had no friends in this new city, and terribly missing the ones from her
old, she found the interaction between the group heartwarming.

As she heard the brunette greeting her friends she couldn’t believe how much she enjoyed
hearing her voice. Tina was no stranger to being attracted to women. It wasn’t something she
had ever acted on, but from time to time she would find herself admiring a beautiful woman.
As she was looking at the group of friends she glanced at the brunette and found herself
staring at the most beautiful, chocolate eyes she had ever seen. Embarassed by the fact that
she had been staring, she quickly averted her eyes back to her newspaper, but couldn’t focus
on the words as she kept picturing those beautiful eyes. Still listening to the conversation,
the name she had been dying to know for three days finally fell upon her ears.

Bette.

Tina couldn’t help but smile as she thought how fitting that name was for the beautiful
woman. Bette.

Tina was pulled out of her thoughts as she glanced at her watch. Realzing she needed to
leave if she didn’t want to be late for work, she quickly gathered her belongings and left
her table making her way to the trash can. As she walked past the table of friends, her eyes
once again caught Bette’s and she softly smiled.

God she smells good, thought Tina as she walked past the brunette. With that thought, Tina
left The Planet and headed towards her car.

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As Bette was conversing with her friends she saw the blonde gathering her stuff and stand up.
As she walked past their table her eyes found the blonde’s and she was happily surprised to
see the blonde smile at her. Returning the smile, Bette couldn’t help but notice how great
the woman smelled as she past behind her. Turning around she watched her exit the cafe and
thought to herself, I have to know her name.

Looking at her watch, she realized she too needed to be leaving. Her gallery was due to open
in thirty minutes and she had some things she needed to get done. Looking back at her
friends she bid them farewell.

“I’ve got to get going guys. See you all later tonight?” she asked.

“Yeah, Bette. 9:30 at Milk.” replied Alice.

“Bye, Bette.” Dana and Shane said.

As Bette exited The Planet, she let out a gasp as she ran into someone. Looking up, she saw
those same gorgeous eyes staring back at her. Neither woman said a word as they seemed to
lose themselves in each other’s eyes.

TBC..?