“Make yourself comfortable. If you want to freshen up, the bathroom is over there.”

“I would love too but I don’t have any clothes with me.”

Bette looked at Tina and said that she could borrow some clothes from her. She thought they had the same size. Tina accepted the offer.

“You just lay on the couch, I’ll always take a shower before I start with dinner. I’ll be back in a sec.”

Bette went to her bedroom, changed and took a quick shower. Before she walked back into the livingroom, she left some clothes on her bed for Tina. She even had some new underware just in case Tina would take a shower instead of freshen up. When she walked into the livingroom, she found Tina asleep on the couch. She took her time to take a closer look at the blond woman.

“God, you’re so beautiful and I wish you were my girlfriend. Then I could kiss you and maybe even……….”

Tina stirred and Bette sighed deep, thinking that Tina would wake up but she didn’t. She decided to let her sleep and wake her up when she was ready with dinner.
Bette walked into the kitchen and started with dinner. It was a simple pasta dish with fish. She hoped Tina would like it. She set the table and walked back to see if Tina was awake. She wasn’t. Now Bette got a little nervous. She had to wake Tina up………

“Hey Tee, wake up.” She softly shook Tina to wake her up. Bette had to withhold herself not to give in to the urge to kiss her.

“Baby, I’m sleepy, what time is it?”

Bette withdraw herself. Did Tina said “baby”? Who was she reffering too? Damn, she felt that same sting again as this morning when she thought back about the story Tina told her. That she’d been to the black area of the hood to a jazz session with Dana. Why on earth did she invited Tina today?

“No, she said to herself…….as a friend she did the right thing. She and Tina were going to be friends. And her friend said she had a rought night. Whatever that meant, she had to be there for her. She looked again at the sleeping beauty. Once again she shook Tina to wake her up.