Bette smiles at her, and makes a request. “I want you to kneel, by the bed, facing it”. Bette has her hand in Tina’s hair, and helps guide her on to the floor.

“Stay” Bette orders, heading towards the wardrobe, patting Tina on the head as she passes. The blonde instinctively pulls her head away, still having issues with anything resembling her being Bette’s ‘Pet’.

Bette of course freezes in place.

‘Oh shit’ Tina instantly curses herself. There were definitely going to be repercussions for that. ‘But Bette can suck it’ she thinks, she was not going to back down. She was not some animal, some pet dog that Bette could pat on the head. Tina knelt there with a scrunched face, ready to stand her ground.

She could feel Bette’s presence behind her, moving closer. She felt two hands either side of her face, slowly pulling her head back, so she was looking up, her neck stretched out. Bette furiously looked down at her.

“Would you care to explain yourself?” the brunette asks, prepared to be patient. Tina had been so well behaved, and she was interested to know why the sudden change.

Tina just shakes her head, face still scrunched.

“I believe we’ve had this discussion before, you should know by now the petulant child act will not get you anywhere.”

“I’m not your pet” Tina says firmly.

Realization hits Bette, as she lets go of Tina’s head and begins to laugh loudly. “Oh babe”. She says, crouching down in front of the blonde. She puts her hand gently to the blondes face, caressing her cheek, and tucking her hair behind her ear on one side. She looks into the blonde’s eyes, smiling. Tina loosens up, and smiles back.

“Babe… Yes, yes you are my pet.” Bette exclaims calmly. Tina’s smile drops, as she swallows a gulp. “You see I ask you to sit, you sit, I ask you to stay, you stay. If I put a bowl of food on the floor, you would fucking well eat from it.” Bette threatens, knowing that she would not be that mean. “You know why? Because I set the rules, and you abide by the rules, this is how you and me work” Bette exhales harshly, realizing that Tina was going to need more training than she had first thought. She was smiling on the inside, what delightful fun that would be.