When I look into your eyes, I know everything is right, the universe is at ease, everything is in place. Harmony fills my heart and I know I can do anything. When I look into your eyes and they are still teary, it dawns on me how much you actually mean to me and how you feeling bad is so totally, utterly unfair. When I look into your eyes, I know that as long as I am able to do that very thing, there’s no place I’d rather be. I feel that I am home.

I love you so much,

Bette.

A tear escaped Tina’s eye upon reading this. She brought Bette in for a searing, scorching kiss. Bette was so happy she couldn’t help herself. She lifted Tina up and swirled them around.

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Later that day, when they had returned to their hotel room, Tina motioned for Bette to sit down next to her. She took Bette’s hand and smiled at her, still finding it hard to believe that this woman was actually hers now. After reading the note that morning, she prepared a little something herself. She knew it by heart.

“Bette, you have this amazing ability of making a woman feel so… loved. So desirable and wanted and needed and of such importance to your very being. You stir feelings within me that I never in my life hoped or dared to dream to have, you move my soul in your very special way, the way only you can. I love you so much, I almost want to be one with you, I want to in you…”

“That can be arranged,” Bette interrupted coyly with a wink.

Tina’s eyes expressed her utter happiness. “I also love how you changed. Don’t get me wrong, I adored you before, but this relationship had certainly changed you for the better. You never used to be so quirky, at least not in the sexual area. You’ve grown this confidence that just… sexifies you.”

Bette laughed. “Is that even a word?”

Tina put out her tongue. “It is now. I’m an English teacher and if I want it to be a word, it is a word.”

“So you’re going to teach your new students this word? I bet they’re gonna like me.”

Tina rolled her eyes. When she spoke again, her tone was softer, though. She played with Bette’s fingers when she said: “I really do hope they like me a bit. And the colleagues.”

“I’m sure everyone will just adore you. I better be careful, I can’t have someone taking you away from me.”

Tina was looking down at their hands. “You know that nobody could do that?”

“It took me a while to realise, but yeah, I know.”

Bette let herself fall on the bed entirely. “You know, it’s just so great that we have this entire life together ahead of us. You’ve got a job so closeby and I will get my degree and then we’re probably going to move to New York and get a house with a backyard and a swimming pool and we’ll get married and have a bunch of beautiful kids and grown old together and still hold hands even when we really need to hold our walking sticks.

Tina looked at the brunette in surprise. “You really want all that?” She sounded delighted.

“Of course I do. I mean, if you want it.”

“I would love all that. Especially the kids. And we’ll probably have these long talks about who’s going to carry the baby, or babies.”

“I don’t exactly see myself carrying a child, but it would probably be safer since I’m younger.”

“I have always dreamt of being pregnant. Wouldn’t it be nice to have one of each?”

“A mini-Bette and a mini-Tina?”

“Yeah, they’d be so darn cute.”

“I’d be such a sucker for them. They know that if they’d go to Momma B they’ll get it done.”

“Momma B?”

“Momma B and Momma T. I mean, I kinda made it up back when mr Barney was still my history teacher, so if you don’t like it.”

“I don’t.”

“Oh.” Bette couldn’t hide her disappointment.

“I love it,” Tina laughed at Bette’s sudden change of demeanor. She lunged herself at the brunette again.