Bette: Well, there is more to the story about the earring, but we can tell that another time. Anyway, Tina comes by dressed in these smoking hot jeans and a white dress shirt. I get the envelope with the earring out of the desk and then walk around and place it in her hand. I was looking at her face and the next thing I know I lean in and gently kiss her on the lips. I think I held that kiss for maybe 4 or 5 seconds and then I backed off. I was petrified as to how she was going to respond. I don’t know exactly why I did that. But by the time I did, it was too late. I figured that she would make a new land speed record getting out of the gallery. But she didn’t. She simply smiled and said thank you and walk out the door.

Tina: I did not expect the kiss. But it was really rather pleasant. It was sweet, not forceful or aggressive. I actually enjoyed it. I was half way home before it occurred to me that I had just kissed a woman and a beautiful woman at that. I got home and Eric was waiting on me which was not who I wanted to see. We had a fight about me moving in again. So, I terminated the engagement and gave him back his ring that afternoon. He left in a huff. So, for the next few days I thought about what next. And the more I thought about Bette and that kiss. The more confused I got. I was a straight woman and I found that I was attracted to a woman. Surely it was just her personality, her uniqueness which had caught my attention. Besides, I probably would never see her again. About two weeks after I went to retrieve the earring, Bette called me and asked me out to dinner and I accepted. Then I spent the afternoon wondering why I did that. I knew Bette was a well-known out lesbian. At least that is what Eric had told me. But this woman fascinated me and I wanted to get to know her. So, we went out to dinner. She actually picked me up and was right on time. We went to a lovely restaurant in Santa Monica. After dinner we went for a walk on the beach and then she took me home.