Without thought Tina opened the door that separated her from her lover. When she walked inside she was stunned, she couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Bette, her Bette, was resting in the bed just like the doctor said. Tina saw the tube in Bette’s mouth helping her breath, machines were making sounds and noises, IV’s were pumping meds and blood. Tina saw how her lover in less than 8 hours went from being a strong, confident, beautiful and vibrant woman to what she was looking at. She looked so pale, so fragile, so lost. Tina walked to the bed and took Bette’s hand in hers and felt how cold it was. She started rubbing it then kissed it and started crying. After a few minutes of spilling tears she calmed down, took a deep breath and spoke to the love of her life:

     Tina- Bette, baby I’m right here with you. I love you so much and I want you to get better so we can forget all of this and be a happy family. As soon as you wake up and get better you, Angie and me, we’re going to take a family vacation and get away and forget all the bad things that have happened to us. But I need you to not just pull trough this 48 hours but I need you to come out of this coma so we can be happy again. You can’t leave us, me and Angie we need you so much baby, we’re not whole without you. You need to wake up baby, please don’t leave me Bette, please! Kit is out there and she wants me to tell you that she loves you and the gang loves you too. Alice wants to kick your butt for being stubborn and when you wake up I’m going to let her.(Tina smiled a sad smile) We all love you so much and need you, please come back to us baby, please come back to me.

Tina kept telling Bette how much she was loved, she bent down and kissed Bette’s forehead then took a sit next to Bette’s bed and without letting her hand go she started crying until she fell asleep without even realizing it.