After that Bette went to get her bikini on and decided to lounge next to the pool first then she would refresh herself and go swim a couple of laps. She was already sleeping for a couple of hours, when Tina came into the backyard. Tina saw Bette sleeping on the lounger and thought it was so cute. She went to sit next to her and caressed her cheek, and then Tina gave her a peck on her lips. That’s when Bette stirred and woke up to see Tina sitting next to her.
“I didn’t know heroes took naps,” Tina said smiling.
“I’m not a hero. It’s just my job,” said Bette yawning.
“Oh are you tired? Sorry I woke you up,” said Tina caressing Bette’s cheek.
“No, it’s okay. I rather you, be with me,” Bette said taking Tina’s hand and kissing it, “Come here.” Tina went to sit with Bette on the lounger in Bette’s arms.
“I have a question,” said Tina interrupting their quite time.
“Okay, shoot.”
“Well, you always know when there is an attack right?”
“Yeah,” Bette said not knowing where Tina was going with this.
“How do you know? Do you have a phone they call you on?”
“No! I sense it or they give me a signal,” said Bette wrapping her arms tighter around Tina.
“How do you sense it?”Tina asked curious.
“I have amazing hearing and sense ability,” said Bette smiling.
“Waw, that’s amazing.”
“Not always. Sometimes you hear stuff you shouldn’t or things you would never want to hear. But I hear them, so I know where to help people.”
“Is it that horrible?”Tina asked looking at Bette.
“Sometimes, I hear screams. Horrible screams,” said Bette with a sad expression. Tina held her tighter. Tina couldn’t imagine what Bette saw and heard all day. This hero also had her demons. They sat there for a long moment just enjoying each other’s comfort.
“Bette?”
“Yes?” Bette said turning to Tina.
“Does Papi know about you?”
No,” Bette said letting out a big sigh.
“But, she’s your best friend.”
“I know, I’m afraid of what she’ll say.”
“You need to trust that she’ll understand,” said Tina serious.
“Yes, but even then I’m not sure. I was very afraid that you would find out. What you might think about me,” said Bette.
“Yeah, well look at how that turned out. We are even closer now.”
“Yeah, well not everyone is as understanding as you,” said Bette giving Tina a kiss on the head.
“Well I think if you can tell Alice then all our friends deserve to know,” said Tina.
“All our friends? Are you crazy? I’m having a hard time deciding if I should tell Papi as it is. And Alice found out because she was with me,” said Bette before looking ahead.
“I think you should definitely tell Papi, but I’m not pushing you. It should be your decision.”
“We’ll see,” said Bette looking at the pool.
“It looks tempting, why don’t we go in?”Tina said looking at the pool.
“Okay, why don’t we.”