“B, ok, shit, breathe Kennard….Bette Porter…I love you so much, you make life so much easier and fun.  Well, I feel that we have made some major steps in a relationship together and I think we are ready to..uh…shit jesus, I am so retarded.”  Tina was starting to falter and wanted to cry or puke.

Bette picked up on her insecurity of fear of what reaction she may have.

“T, what is it?  It’s ok, just ask or tell me.  I love you, that simple and so much.”  Bette was rubbing Tina’s shoulders while Tina, began to shake and cry.

“Oh, god, this was supposed to be so romantic and fun.  Ugh, …(whimper)…Bette, will you move in with me?”  Tina looked up with tears and compassion, it broke Bette’s heart that it was so hard for her to ask her this amazing question.

“Baby, oh sweetie, you are so amazing.  Of course.  I love you so much.  I didn’t want you to think I was rushing, I was going to ask you the same thing this weekend.  Hmmm….so, whose house do we move to eh?..come here Tina.”  Tina had a huge smile on her face with relief and just pure happiness.

“Bette!  Really???!!!!”  Tina was squealing and jumping all about and around Bette.  Bette was laughing and trying to catch Tina with no success.

“Tina, you goof.  Come here…..mmph..ow”  Bette finally collided with Tina.  Tina grabbing Bette’s face and kissing her hard and passionately, they danced around in a circle.  Looking at each other and knowing that it was the beginning of more wonderful memories together.

“Tina, I want to wake up next to you every day and see your amazing face and feel your love for me.  I need that to feel whole and at peace.  You do that for me babe and so much more.” 

“Bette, wow, I just don’t know how you do it.  You make me speechless.  It’s so much love and need..I can’t wait for us to wake up every day together and do so much more together.  I love you.”

“Ok, now that we have that settled, let’s get going.  Grab some apples and juices for the trip up, sound good?”  Tina nodded and kissed Bette.

The drive was uneventful and there was traffic.  Tina noticed Bette didn’t really dig the traffic and well, it was pretty bad.  More like a parking lot.  They chatted and were excited about moving into together and it was exciting for them.  Bette could tell Tina was weary from her long week of work and Bette too was pooped from working way too much without seeing Tina.  They both agreed to cut back hours if able to spend more time on focusing on rest with each other at home.  Traffic started to subside once about 20 mins away from Tina’s parents house.