Bette woke to the sound of soft patting of feet across her hardwood floor. She turned to lay flat on her back and saw where the sun had painted the ceiling in her loft with it’s beautiful pre dawn orange-reds. She could faintly hear the sounds of car horns outside and the city awakening to it’s full swing. Her eyes were closed but she felt wind rush in under the comforter and Tina slide back down onto the over sized pillows they happen to fall asleep on. Tina got in and immediately rested her head Bette’s shoulder while rolling the other half of her body on top of her. She could hear the soft moan of Tina’s body starting to relax again and try and find the sweet dream she left prematurely. Resting on her shoulder she could hear the breaths that came in and escaped she could also hear Bette’s pulse quicken by the beat. Tina started to smile a little. The feeling was pleasantly familiar, laying here with Bette was creating a warming feeling starting from her stomach that seemed to permeate through her entire body.

To Bette it was clear she wasn’t going back to sleep anytime soon, she let her mind wander back to the night they’d spent together. Just thinking about last night brought up old memories of college days when she would do almost anything to make Tina stay up with her just so they could stay up laughing and talking about everything and nothing.

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Bette looked down at their hands still swaying and every digit caressing each other, this felt warm and safe. She smiled and softly said, “I missed you.”

Tina looked up and let her whole heart smile right back. While their eyes were locked and the softness seemed to take away some of the tension, Tina felt and heard her stomach growl. Causing both women to laugh lightly.

“I’ll bet you haven’t eaten anything today.” Bette said getting up and retrieving their plates from the table and returning for the glasses of wine as well. Tina smiled a little bit and replied “ I was a bit to nervous to eat. I was afraid of you throwing me out, God knows you would have every right.”