Bette tried to stand up again but with the lack of space between herself and Monica, she couldn’t get good enough footing to stand. Monica leaned down and Bette immediately grabbed her wrists.

"Are you insane? Why the don’t you get the hint? I’m not interested"

Monica swallowed hard and tried to play her part. All she wanted was to be loved. Eric treated her like shit and it really bothered her that her body responded to a woman that wasn’t interested in her either. Was there something wrong with her?

When Bette noticed the emotion in Monica’s eyes, she looked at the redhead confused, "Why are you doing this?"

Monica straddled Bette and spoke softly, "What would you do for the one you love?"

Bette squeezed her grip on Monica’s wrists, "Anything"

Monica leaned forward to kiss Bette, "Exactly"

Bette shook the redhead on her lap and using her unusual strength, she pushed forward and sent Monica to the floor. She hit the ground hard just as Bette went into a rage.

"You are fucking deranged, you know that?! Get the hell out of my office and if I fucking see your face again, I’m going to press charges"

Monica looked up at her with glassy eyes, "You really do love her don’t you?"

Bette took a deep breath, looking down at Monica and trying to calm her anger. She had never truly loved anyone and when the question was asked, everything inside her warmed. She never cared for anyone this much before, she never desired anyone more, no one had ever made her this happy. Until Tina.

Yeah. She loved her.

Monica saw it in Bette’s eyes just as she was about to give up on her plan, she heard a faint female voice coming from the hallway. Bette seemed too distracted to notice but an image of Eric flashed in Monica’s mind, she knew what she went there to do. Tears fell down her cheeks as she softly whispered, "I’m sorry"

Bette looked down at her confused as Monica slowly got to her knees and grabbed onto the brunette’s hips. Bette clenched her jaw and spoke in a low tone that couldn’t be confused for anything other than a warning.

"Monica . . "

"Bette?"

Bette quickly turned her head to the door, her eyes widened at the sight of the one standing there. Everything inside her froze, she felt like her world just came crashing down.

"Tina . . ."

*****

Monica leaned against a cold white wall as tears freely fell from her eyes. She pressed her body hard against it, trying to hide as she took out her phone and tried to drown out Bette’s harsh cries coming from down the hall. She held the phone to her ear and tried to hide the fact that she had been crying from her tone.

"Hello?"

Monica swallowed hard as another round of tears cascaded down her cheeks, ". . . its done"