“What?!  You know about Beth and Megan?  But-”

“Yup.”

“Who-”

“Doesn’t matter.”

“When-”

“Bette!  I know everything!  Besides the fact that you should of told me, I’m your best friend!  Do you really think you can hide anything from me?” said Tina.

“You know I can’t,” admitted Bette looking directly in Tina’s eyes.

Tina had caught a glimpse of something in Bette’s eyes, something that she had started to see more and more often whenever she was around Bette.  Tina tore her eyes from Bette’s back to the star-lit sky.

“Besides,” Tina added smiling, “The whole school knew.”

“What?!  How?!” responded Bette.

“Alice found out.”

Bette lied back down next to Tina letting out a sigh of defeat.  This time it was Tina who raised herself up on her elbow to look down at her best friend.

“Awwbooare you mad?” Tina played in a child’s voice, but she got no response.  “Come one Bette, that was high school!  We’ve graduated from college already!  We are twenty-six year old adults now.  I think you can figure out a way to get past this.”

Bette just looked up at and arched an eyebrow, not buying a word she was saying.

“Why do you have to be so difficult” said Tina.

“Because you wouldn’t have it any other way.”  With that said, Bette smiled a smile that only one Ms. Tina Kennard could bring out in her.

It had only been lately that this smile started to have a real affect on Tina.  It had only been lately that Tina’s skin would tingle anytime Bette touched her, or feel jealousy when she would talk about her latest one night stand.  It had only lately that she realized she was falling in love with Bette.

Tina stared down at Bette, leaning down to place a kiss that was meant for her cheek, but stopped just centimeters from Bette’s lips.  Tina glanced into Bette’s eyes before closing the space between them by parting Bette’s lips with her bottom lip.  Bette could hear Tina let out slight moan as she sucked Tina’s lip in a little further and brush it with her tongue.  Bette’s hand slip up Tina’s leg to find the bare skin that sat at her waist between her jeans and t-shirt.  Tina’s body shivered at Bette’s touch.  Bette’s whole body began to go numb, concentrating all feeling to Tina’s lips on hers.

Tina broke away first.  Bette stared deep into Tina’s eyes trying to read her every thought.  But Tina looked away to grab her ringing cell phone.  She looked at the number on the caller ID, sighed, and silenced the ring. 

“Hey Bette, I have to go, it’s getting late.  I know Eric’s waiting up for me.”

“Uh, yeah, of course.  I’ll just wrap everything up here and take it home.”

“Yeah?  Ok, well I’ll see you tomorrow morning with the rest of the girls at The Planet?”

“Let me walk you to your car,” said Bette wanting to be with Tina as long as she could.

They walked in silence to Tina’s pearl colored 4Runner.  Bette walked in front of Tina to open the door for her to get in.  Tina turned around to look at Bette as she stood between the open door and car.

“Wellsee you,” said Tina getting into her car.

“Tina” Bette said softy, but still getting Tina’s attention.  ‘What just happened back there?  We’ve always kissed, but never like that.  What are you thinking?  Most of allwhat are you feeling?’ thought Better as she looked into Tina’s eyes for answers.  But the only thing that she could get out of her mouth was, “See you tomorrow morning.”

Tina smiled, got into her SUV, and drove away.  She looked at her flashing cell phone with one missed call.  She flipped it open and read the name ‘Eric’.  Hesitating for a second, she pressed the ‘Talk’ button.

“Hey babe”

TBC