Chapter 7
Bette
As I was heading into the only path I could walk right now…. the one leading to this remarkable woman… I knew that this was it for me….. no more escapes…. no more sneaking out of bed the morning after…. I didn’t know where this powerful conection was coming from but I felt the need to explore it…. to surrender to this outstanding creature who had bewitched me in so many ways….
Although all this feelings and needs were also scaring the shit out of me…. all I managed to say to myself was "It’s inevitable, Porter…. either way you can’t help this"

 

Tina
My eyes couldn’t leave hers…. I was compelled to stay right here on this spot…. watching this beautiful woman make her way towards me…. I couldn’t understand what was happening here…. I had never felt this way about anyone…. no just a woman and I was praying so hard to have the strength to carry on with this….

 

Bette and Tina
Bette: I was standing before her finally…. not sure what to say next….. so we took a hard long stare into each others eyes…. finding difficult to breath after a moment…. and I’ll never know from where I got the strength to speak…. Where do we go from here?
Tina: I didn’t know where this was coming from… but I couldn’t take my eyes off of hers…. and those words just made my whole world crumble…. I don’t know…. but we can try to find out….
Bette: I melted…. I know I did…. well…..  then….. let’s start properly….
Tina: (giggling) and what would be the proper way to start?
Bette: How many times am I going to melt tonight?…. well let’s work backwards here…. (walking away but without breaking eye contact…. and now returning to her trying to smile in the most charming way I could ever do) Hi! What a magnificent view…. don’t you think? (looking straight at her) the pick up line was shit but the intention was what mattered to me…..
Tina: I couldn’t believe she made me shiver just by smiling…. and I was beggining to like this game so I followed her lead….. (trying to look surprised) Yes, it is a magnificent view indeed.
Bette: So beautiful…. (still looking straight at her and after a moment) so… are you waiting for somone?
Tina: Oh fuck! Shane is going to be here any minute now…. what do I tell her? Shit I can’t think straight…. ahhhaaa that’s funny Tina…. Well now that you mention it….
Bette: My world has just been torn into a thousand pieces….  I hope my face isn’t showing this…. how could I be so naive to even think that this woman would be all on her own on gay cruise?! DAH…. how much more stupid can I be?…. Well…. I’m so sorry….
Tina: Ou… no no no no . Wait. Great now I’m sounding desperate…. Let me finish….. I’m expecting a friend….. (smiling) I came here wit a couple of friends….
Bette: Could I behave any worse than this…. I’m sorry I got…. just…. I….. I…. thought…..you….  fuck just breath Porter….. I’m stammering now, am I? Oh yes… this can get worse….
Tina: (laughing) Yes… you are…. how could she be so cuet?
Bette: Trying to compose myself after that laugh of hers…. I’m sorry…. I guess I’ve never been so nervous in my life….. please somebody tell me I just didn’t say what I think I’ve just said….
Tina: It’s ok…. it looks good on you…. exactly how old am I? Fifteen?….
Bette: Again with the melting thing…. Well then…. can I keep you company until your friend shows up? How did I turn into this bubbling idiot? Please somebody hit me with a stick….
Tina: I guess you can keep me company…. mmmm…. define company…. what was that about?!
Bette: (sounding exited) Ok then… great….
Awkward silence…
Bette and Tina: So….
Both laughing now…. and then silence again…..
Bette: So…. shit Porter you have to think before you speak…. Tell me about yourself…
Tina: What do you want me to tell you?
Bette: Whatever you want….. (looking intensly into her eyes)
Tina: Please don’t look at me like that…. Well….
And Tina started talking about herself…. her job…. just the basic things, to which Bette listened very carefuly asking a couple of things from time to time and  they often ended up talking about something else than the original topic which was… Tina….
But there were also moments of silence when they just sank in the depht of each others eyes…. both of them making huge efforts not to devour the others mouth…. oh yes… there was an intense conection between them…. and lots of lust….
Before they new it they had talked for close to fourty five minutes…. not realizing that the place was very crowded now….
Tina: (looking around suddenly becoming aware of how much noise people around them were making) When did this get so crowded?
Bette: (also realizing this) Oh my god… I haven’t noticed….
Again silence….
Tina: I can’t believe this (thinking that Shane didn’t show up after all and that she never became aware of it)
Bette: What?
Tina: My friend…. she never came…. that’s odd…..
Bette: (thinking to herself that Shane didn’t show up as well) That’s funny…. can I make a confession? (Tina nodded yes)…. I was meeting a friend here also…. and the oddest thing is she didn’t show up too…. I guess I owe her one….
Tina: And what would you have done if your friend would have come first? Now…. this answer will be interesting….
Bette: Can I be honest? (Tina raised her eyebrows and nodded in consent) In that case I would have told her that I founded the most beautiful woman on earth to whom I feel so conected…. so bounded…. and that the need to get to know her… you…. to be around you…. to learn every gesture of your face…. of your body language…. (I was steping closer to her with every word I was saying…. we were now inches apart) all the different smiles you can smile…. or all the different looks on your eyes (I was searching in her eyes for any indication that told me to keep making shorter the distance of our lips…. and it didn’t take me long to find it)
Tina: Ahhaa…. (was all I could manage to say as I was loosing myself in those beautiful dark chocolate eyes) oh yes….. lust and desire were already all over me from the initial hi…
Bette: (So I put one hand slightly on her waist and the other travelled all the way up to her jaw as I leant and alowed my lips to meet hers turning this into the tenderest, sweetiest and softest kiss ever)….. Oh… my… god…. my chest is shrinking…..
Tina: Holly sh…. I can’t feel my legs….