January 11, 2013

"I can see why you never told me before," Bette said.

"Some things are better left unsaid Bette," Tina said. "I try to not remember that night that started off as a party and ended up in disaster."

"You can’t assume all your birthdays will end up that way," Bette said. "You have to see your birthday like you did at the beginning. It’s a day to celebrate the coming of another year of life."

Tina sighed deeply. "A month later Hany Craigstein’s body was found in some river in San Francisco. He was beaten literally to death."

"I know what happened to you was traumatizing," Bette said. "But you have to move on."

"You’ll help me with that?" Tina asked.

"Of course even if you don’t agree to be my girlfriend again," Bette said.

"Who said I’m not agreeing."

………..

Bette opened the door to her house and let Tina in. Tina gasped when she saw the newly remodeled house.

"Wow! Bette this looks amazing! You added a second story and expanded it," Tina said.

Bette shrugged and said, "I wanted Angie to have her own room here. I made the master bedroom even bigger, just in case you decided to return with me."

Tina blushed and touched Bette’s hand gently. "You’ve always been considerate."

"Besides this place has so many memories, good and bad," Bette said, "it’s different enough to act as a new place to erase to bad memories, but similar enough to still retain the good ones."

"You don’t need to do anything to keep the good memories Bette," Tina said taking Bette’s hand and placing it over her heart, "they all stay right here."

"Exactly," Bette said smiling, "that’s why I want you to remember all your good birthdays, not that one bad one. I want every year to be a celebration, whether it be with me or not."

"I have a feeling it will be you," Tina said caressing Bette’s cheek and stepping close to her.

Bette grabbed Tina’s face and pulled her in for a kiss. Tina immediately moaned and wrapped her arms around Bette’s neck. She had wanted to kiss Bette for the longest time. While she was dating Jodi, Tina imagined secret kisses at their parties at SheBar and later Hit. She imagined a sexy affair where they would meet in Tina’s apartment and make love behind Jodi’s back, starting with one afternoon where she interrupted Bette’s cooking.