Tina sobbed quietly, as she turned to look out the window also.  She knew that despite all that, Bette would never be able to forget who she was, not totally anyway.  She was too passionate of a person, and had been too committed to art for much of her life, to do so. 

“So .. what do you want to do?,” Tina asked wiping off her tears.  She leaned her head again, against Bette’s shoulder. 

Bette turned from looking out the window, to kiss the top of Tina’s head. 

“Stay away from her,” she whispered.  “As I promised you I would.” 

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Tina rolled off of Bette’s back, waking with a start, smiling when she realized she’d fallen asleep on top of Bette while she’d been kissing her softly, slowly all over the brunette’s back after they’d finished making love.  Bette had been dozing off already while Tina had been kissing her, she remembered now, undone by the series of orgasms Tina had induced. 

Tina shifted out of the way of the moonlight that shone through the glass of the floor to ceiling windows of their bedroom so that it would slant across Bette. 

She looked at the clock. 3:00 am. 

Gently tucking hair that had partially spilled over Bette’s cheek behind one ear, Tina drank in the beauty of her wife’s face, partially illuminated by the moonlight, the sexy curves of her body, toned back and shoulders, perfectly rounded cheeks, and lean, well-shaped legs.  She ran the back of her hand over the silky, taut skin of that sexy back, enjoying the feel of toned muscle underneath.  Tina leaned over to nuzzle her nose between Bette’s shoulder blades, breathing in the singular, familiar scent. 

Bette moaned, stirred a little, then resumed her gentle snoring.  When she’d stopped moving, Tina resumed touching her, caressing her shoulders, fingertips sliding gently over the toned muscles of her biceps and forearms. 

No wonder Kelly continued to hunt Bette, until she’d finally gotten the strictest ultimatum from her own step-sister. Cease and desist or you’re banned from here, Kara had told her, right in front of Bette and Tina. 

And now Marissa.  And those girls in the Maldives before her.   As well as Sonja, and who knows who else in the future?