As if reading each other’s minds and bodies, the two lovers broke their embrace and said simultaneously, “Baby, we have to stop.”  Again in unison the each said, “I know.”  They gazed into each other’s eyes and through ragged breaths started to laugh.

“My gawd Bette, I don’t know how I’m going to survive the next to days,” Tina said breathlessly.

“T, I know I’ll be taking a lot of cold showers,” observed Bette.

“Maybe we should have ourselves immersed in a cryogenic solution until Tuesday night.  I’m sure if the take our frozen bodies out and lay us next to each other on your new bed we will thaw out instantaneously,” said Tina with an almost serious look on her face.”

Bette replied, “I think that may be an understatement, T.”

Tina asked, “Bette, what time must you be in tomorrow?”

Bette: “I have to be their by 0600 hours, and I’m off at 1800.  What time must you be in?”

Tina:  “I don’t have any appointments until eleven, but I start on-call at 09:00AM.  Would you mind if I stay here tonight?  I’ll get up when you do and go home to shower in the morning.”

Bette:  “OK, but you have to promise to behave.”

Tina:  “I have to promise?  It seems to me you started up that last little encounter.”

Bette:  “Yes but only because you started teasing me. Don’t you know that’s like initiating foreplay?”

Tina:  “Teasing, how did I tease you?”

Bette:  “Tina, YOU LICKED MY NOSE!”

Tina:  “I’m sorry; I didn’t know your nose was an erogenous zone.”

Bette:  Baby, anywhere you touch me becomes an erogenous zone.”

“Bette, stop, you’re turning me on again,” Tina says in a serious tone.

“T, maybe we should have a swim to cool down.”  And with that Bette jumps up, takes off her shoes, opens the patio door, runs out and jumps in the pool with her clothing on.  Tina follows her out and does the same.  The both start laughing and splashing each other, making sure to keep some distance between them, just in case.  Tina turns around and starts toward the pool steps and says, “First one out gets the shower first.”  Bette chases after her, but cannot keep up with this lithe beauty.  Tina slams the bathroom door behind her and locks it.  Bette knocks and asks, “Baby, why did you lock the door?”

“Because we need to behave, Babe,” Tina shouts through the door as she undresses and gets in the shower.

“I understand that, but you will need a towel and something to sleep in,” Bette states matter-of-factly.

“*****, hold on.”  Tina gets out of the shower and goes to the door,  she opens the door slightly and sticks her arm out to retrieve the items she will need.  She closes the door ands relocks it.

Bette sits down on the bed after removing her wet clothing and wrapping in a towel and says to herself, “This won’t be hard at all if we stay in separate room with locked doors until Tuesday.”  She laughed to herself and waited for Tina to finish.  When Tina came out of the bathroom she ran to the bed and immediately crawled between the covers.  Bette just shook her head and smiled and took her turn in the shower.  When she was done she walked over to the bed and found Tina curled in a ball, lying on Bette’s side of the bed hugging Bette’s pillow, sound asleep.  She gently climbed in and withdrew the pillow from Tina’s arms and gingerly slid her arm around Tina’s body so that Tina’s head came to rest on Bette’s shoulder.  She bent down and kissed Tina’s forehead and promptly fell into a deep and peaceful sleep.

TBC