She tried to move, but couldn’t. All she could do was lay there and hope someone would come back and find her as she called Bette’s name over and over again

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Hearing Tina yell out her own name, Bette abandoned her coffee and paper and sat down next to Tina curious about what kind of dream she was having. A smile crept across her face as she recognized the familiar moans that indicated Tina’s level of arousal.

“Yes, baby. Right there; that’s where I want you. Don’t stop, I’m so close.”

Bette wanted to stop listening, but couldn’t force herself to remove herself from a situation she hadn’t been privy to in over three years.

Tina wanted her. She had just answered the question that had been forming in her head since last night when had told her that the kiss had been a mistake. She let out a sigh as she realized that Tina felt what she had been feeling for her since before she left for New York; probably even before that.

 “The kiss hadn’t been a mistake, and I’m not in love with Jodi,” Bette said softly unable to resist tucking a stray hair behind Tina’s ear as she ran her fingers through her hair.

 “What?” Tina yelled, tumbling off the couch and landing hard on the floor taking Bette with her. As Bette started to get up, she stopped suddenly.

“Bette, wait.” Tina sobbed. “Don’t go. Please.”

Bette debated whether or not she should try to wake her, or if it would do any good since the fall did nothing to rouse her from her slumber.

“I’m sorry. I never should have let you go,” Tina as she began to cry.

She tried to shake Tina awake, but couldn’t; she knew that when Tina was in this deep of a sleep, the best thing to do was to play along, so she tried to become part of her dream.

“Please. Help me. Don’t leave me.”

“Shhh,” Bette whispered as she rubbed her thumb over Tina’s forehead. “Shh… Shhh… I’m here T.”

 “Don’t leave me Bette,” Tina mumbled through sobs. “Don’t leave Angelica. We need you.”

‘Did she really think I left them?’ Bette wondered. ‘Why did I say that I was in love with Jodi? I guess I do have some answers for the whys.’

 “I never left,” Bette said as she felt herself getting choked up. “I would never leave you.”

At this, Tina started to cry.                                  

She couldn’t take it anymore.

“T, I’m right here,” Bette said as she scooped Tina into her arms and laid kisses on her forehead and in her hair.

“Promise me you’ll never leave me again,” Tina said as she held Bette tightly. Though disoriented, she knew she was on the floor.

“What happ…Ouch,” she said touching the back of her head.

“You fell off of the couch,” Bette said as she tried to stop Tina from trying to get up. As she did, she lost her balance, ending up on top of Tina. Bette’s breath became ragged as she looked from Tina’s eyes to her lips.

Those lips.

So soft; so close.

Waiting to be claimed.

Wanting to be found.

“Just take it easy, ok,” Bette said eyes focused on Tina’s lips.

Tina smiled.

“Are you trying to help me or kill…”she started, but didn’t get a chance to finish as Bette’s lips brushed against hers lightly, eliciting a moan from both. Soon they were lost in each other.

As Tina reveled in the feelings of home that she found in Bette, her mind slowly returned to reality. She was on the floor in her living room. Bette’s living room. Everything was a dream. She pulled away.

 “Was it really all a dream,” Tina asked Bette, unable to hide her disappointment. “Me, you, Angelica? Happy? Together? A family?”

“I think so, but…” Bette answered.

“But what?”

 “It doesn’t have to be.”

What do you think? Should I continue?