“Yes, please.” Tina replies. “Thank you.” She adds and smiles.

Bette leans in and kisses her softly. Then she glances down on her watch. She smiles, a little over one hour left. Tina is again starting to cry.

“Baby, please don’t cry.” Bette says as she pulls Tina closer.

“I’m sorry, I can’t help it. I know I never cried this much before when you went away on business trips, but… the situation is different now.” Tina gets out in between sobs.

“Care to share the difference.” Bette asks, wanting Tina to open up about her feelings.

“I guess in a way, before, earlier in our relationship, we took each other for granted, we didn’t appreciate the special love we knew we had.” Tina starts. “And as a result of that, I didn’t miss you enough when you went away. I didn’t think about it in a way.” Tina says. “And the difference from then to now, is that, I’m never taking it for granted again, we’re more open now, we know and do appreciate the love we have.” Tina says. “I’m sort of giving it all now, I didn’t that before, not totally. I thought I was, but it’s clearly that I didn’t.” Tina says and looks into Bette’s eyes.

“I guess the same goes for me. You verbalized it perfectly. Before, I knew you would be there, I took you for granted. I will never do that again, that’s why I told you to tell me not to go, if you didn’t feel okay with it. I won’t go if you don’t want me to go.” Bette says.

“Baby, off course I want you here, we’ve finally found each other again, but this is an opportunity of a lifetime. It will take a lot of worries away from us, we don’t have to worry about money again. It was my fault that that was a worry last time. It was only a problem I put out there, it was never really a worry worth fighting over.” Tina says and looks a little ashamed.

“We both contributed babe. But the good thing is that we’re aware of them, and that gives us a heads up, sort of.” Bette says and let’s out a little smile.