She whispered softly in her ear

“Come to bed, you’re exhausted it’s been a crazy couple of weeks.  Let’s get some sleep; it will seem more manageable in the morning”

There was no hint of innuendo in the brunette’s voice.   The promise of more their erotic dance had left both women with earlier in the evening was washed away.  Tina’s body screamed at her to concede and lie down.   They had gone through their bed-time routine in a comfortable silence and crawled into bed.  Following reassuring words about how she would find a way to fix things with the movie once she’d had some sleep Bette had told Tina she loved her, kissed her gently and fallen asleep.

Such peaceful slumber however continued to elude the blonde.  She glanced at the digital figures by the bed that told her it was 3.56am and she realised that if she continued to lie here tossing and turning she would eventually wake Bette so she quietly crept out of the bed picking up her robe and made her way to the kitchen.  She prepared a chamomile tea to try and soothe her racing mind.   She settled on the sofa tucking her feet under herself but again the thoughts persisted.  She let out a long sigh as she conceded that perhaps the only way to settle things was to allow herself to begin processing.

She thought about how upset she was over the movie.  She knew there were two issues at play here.  Professionally this had been her first big project since returning to work.  It had been she who had secured the rights to Jenny’s piece at the time the hottest thing in town.  She who had convinced the egotistical writer to make the necessary changes to turn it into a commercially viable movie script.  She who had run interference between the hot-tempered director and the studio bosses and she who had kept the movie in production despite the debacle that Adele had created.  Having such big decisions made about it now without her input was professionally insulting.

Personally however they had also managed to hit a nerve.  Having the main character go back to men unsettled Tina.  She knew on a bigger scale it sent out the wrong message about the gay community, propagating the common media perception that all women will eventually go back to men.  For Tina however who had made that mistake and sought out the answers to her problems in the arms of a man, the ending was an even more bitter pill to swallow.

Tina blew out a frustrated breath as slowly she allowed herself to think of the other issues she so far had been fighting to so hard to avoid.  She closed her eyes tightly as she felt tears begin to form and then as she attempted to compose herself she heard it

“Tee?”

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