Tina took the bait, “ok….what? What do people say behind my back?”

“Nice ass!” Bette laughed.  Tina had to smile at that one.

French model, Bette mouthed the words, repeating the initial idea Bette had formed of Tina, and later told Tina about, following their initial encounter. For emphasis, she put a finger on her backside, and blew on it – hot, hot, hot, the gesture seemed to say.

Exotic bombshell, Tina mouthed back, winking. She put two fingers in her mouth, pretending to blow a  wolf-whistle.

With a sigh, Tina thought to herself, ”I guess we should just go,” seeing that Bette was probably not going to change her outfit.  ”Alright, then… why don’t we just catch a cab to our first destination?,” Tina asked cheerily, and offered her hand to Bette, who took it with a wide smile on her face. They turned simultaneously to walk in the direction Tina was pointing at.

”Ground rules,” Tina called out, as they began walking, hand-in-hand, into the beautiful Parisian morning.

Bette braced herself, waiting for the blonde to continue. This is Tina’s show, Bette reminded herself.

”Hah! There are no rules!  Let’s just take this day where it leads us, alright?,”  she glanced at Bette. Bette smiled back. ”Ok… we take it as it comes, go where it leads us.”

Tina continued, ”Now…as I wrote in the note, let me take you to MY Paris during the day, and you can take me to YOUR Paris tonight. Deal?”

”Deal!” Bette winked.

The blonde’s gaze moved from the sparkling brown eyes to Bette’s lips, now curved into an almost unreadable smile. She leaned closer for a quick kiss.  Just a light brushing of their lips to seal the deal, she thought, but gulping after she withdrew from the quick contact.

”Anywhere the day takes us, right? ” Bette asked huskily in a whisper, noticing Tina’s reaction to their lips brushing as they drew apart.

”Anywhere,” Tina whispered back, with a hopeful sigh.

A cab came by, and they got in it. Tina gave the cabbie an address, and took hold of the brunette’s hand again as they sat back and exchanged grins.

They were gonna have fun today, alright.

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Bette and Tina settled into the back of the cab, feeling it pick up speed as the quaint streets surrounding their hotel, the George V, flashed by.  Bette turned from looking out the window, towards Tina.  She gently shook her head, as if in disbelief.  Tina had been looking at Bette already, anticipating her thoughts, and nodded at her slowly, “I know, I know.  Seems hard to imagine that we’re here together, right?  About to share a perfect day in Paris?  When just a few days ago…”

“Yeah, I know…” Bette said quietly, smiling as they both looked warmly into each other’s eyes, each silently thinking back to events that took place a continent away, 5 short days earlier.