“Baby, please. Baby ……..I      ”

Before Tina could utter the rest of her plea, she was entered. She screamed the scream of release. The orgasm that makes her head explode. The orgasm that shook her body to its core. The orgasm that only Bette could bring her to.

Tina collapsed on the bed and Bette fell beside her. They were both so physically exhausted and emotionally spent that they could barely utter a sound. Bette’s hand reached for Tina’s as it lay limp next to her. She stroked the back of her hand and Tina’s body shook. Every nerve in her body was fragile and sensitive. They lay together, naked, feeling consumed by the sensations their bodies had just experienced.

After several minutes of silence, Tina turned toward Bette and touched her fingers to Bette’s cheek. Bette looked at her with more love than Tina had seen in a long time.

“WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?  Bette asked with a whisper.

Tina’s eyes begin to well up as she tries to contemplate her response.

“T       …….   what does this mean?” Bette’s eyes were pleading as much as her words were.

“What do you want it to mean?” Tina was almost afraid of what the answer might be.

“Tina, we both agreed on honesty. What does this mean?

“I’m sure of what it means to me. Can you honestly say what it means to you, Bette?

“TINA, tell me how you really fucking feel!   I’m    … I’m   afraid.”  Bette’s voice falls to a whisper as she waits to hear Tina’s response.

“It means I am home if you want me to be. It means that we have forgiven each other and want to leave it all in the past never to be spoken of again. It means that together we will raise our daughter. It means I love you more that I can find words to express. What about you?

With the gentle rain of tears, Bette can barely speak.  “It means I am whole again.”

Bette’s sobs interrupt her ability to speak.  “ I  …  I  …  love you T.   I  …  I’m so happy. I will never  …  take our love  …   for granted. I will never   …  take you for granted. I am so, so grateful for a second chance.

They lay together in an embrace that tells them that they are finally together and that they will spend their lives together.

Bette and Tina lay in each other’s arms. Without speaking, their eyes conveyed more than their words could express. They gently touched each other’s faces. Palm to palm they laced their fingers together. There sense of oneness was stronger than it had ever been. They were together. But what did the future really hold for them.

There was a knock at the front door and then a voice.