Tina cut her off, "Bette, I understand. You don’t have to explain . ."

Bette shook her head, "No I do. You deserve an explanation"

Tina nodded and waited patiently for Bette to continue. Bette sighed and cleared her throat.

"I wasn’t lying when I said you were special. I can’t shake this feeling of wanting to do right by you. I’ve had relationships before but I just . . . I don’t know . . . its hard for someone to hold my interest long enough to be monogamous. I guess I just need to grow up"

Tina listened intently. When Bette paused, she figured it was because the brunette was waiting for some kind of verification that Tina wasn’t going to run away.

Tina gave Bette’s hand a gentle squeeze, "I understand, to be honest I’ve noticed that within the first hour of meeting you. Cassanova . . . I’m not expecting anything. If you’ve been this way your whole life or whatever, I don’t expect you to change. I just-"

"But that’s just it. I don’t want to be ‘Cassanova’" Bette cut her off "I want to change Tina . . . you make me want to change"

Tina looked deep into Bette’s eyes and saw sincerity. Deep down, Tina knew that all the attention Bette got bothered her and she wasn’t sure if she could live up to the hype of all these other girls but something about the way Bette looked at her made Tina want to try just as much as the brunette wanted to change.

Bette grabbed Tina’s other hand and held them tight. In all the time they’ve spent together, Tina had never seen Bette more serious.

"Its just . . . you make me feel so . . . God Tina, I want to try. Please say you’ll let me try"

As Tina looked at Bette, she couldn’t help a smile from forming. She nodded.

"Let’s just . . . take it one day at a time and see where it goes from there"