Those eyes, they were playful, daring, looking for fun but deep down, and that’s what scared Bette the most, they were sweet, they were seeking for something familiar, for something that Bette found very attractive. They were looking for companionship, for tendernesseven for love.

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It was way past midnight and she was still staring at the ceiling. She was tired, almost dead as the match and then Shane’s party was all over her body but she could not sleep. She could feel Lara’s body at her side but not even that was comforting. She was scared, she didn’t want to face it, didn’t want to think about it but it was there. The possibility, the notion that her life could change, not even that, that she could die. Plain and simple.

She could die. Facing mortality was not something she ever thought about. She was not Alice who was always talking about that, or Shane who, long time ago, used to say that she was not going to live to be forty. This was not something she grew up thinking about, not just because of her up bringing but because she was an athlete, she was healthy, she live a very healthy lifeshe was young….she mumbled, rolling on the bed. There was no way this was going to happen to her. Hugging the pillow, she sighed, making Lara, in her sleep, rolled over to hug her. Feeling Lara’s long arms around her, her warm body all over hers, Dana closed her eyes trying to stop the tears that were threatening to come out. She could not cry, not yet, not if it was a possibility that the nightmare was just that, a bad dream. She could not let herself go. She wasn’t ready.

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Feeling her fingers numb, she giggled. It was silly, which made her giggle even more. Opening her eyes she saw Helena asleep. Staring at her, she noticed her beautiful features, her sparkling skin, the beautiful hair, her long thin arms…Realizing how thin her arms were, Alice felt a shiver. Long thin arms. Dana’s were like that too. But she didn’t want to think about Dana, or about the kiss, not even about the look she noticed in her eyes. She knew that look but it didn’t make sense now. Shaking the head she closed her eyes briefly and opening them again she noticed Helena smiling at her.