Bette was so lost in her music that she didn’t notice Tina was sat at the control board and she’d turned on the overhead speaker so she could hear what Bette was playing, she was so close to tears watching her wife. She turned off the speaker and left the studio without a word. Bette was just beginning to open her eyes when she noticed the light from the closing the door. She now thought Tina was ignoring her and didn’t want to see her, she hated being back in this position. She folded her arms on top of the piano and leaned forward placing her forehead on her arms as she closed her eyes tight. She was determined not to be in Tina’s bad graces, they were only sharing how they felt, how could Tina be upset with her for how she felt?

Bette went through the booth’s door and into the studio as she was passing the little table in the studio she noticed that Tina had fixed her some food to eat. She’d taken the time to heat up the food from last night, just to make sure she was eating. Tina knew that once she was lost in her music, short of an emergency with the kids there was nothing to tear her away from there. Beside the plate was a note that read: “It’s still just as beautiful as day one.”

She smiled wide thinking about how Tina would often sit in her studio with her just to be taken by her music. Her wife was an amazing woman, who was willingly sacrificing a life long dream to ensure that their children got to have her in their lives and to hold onto her for as long she could. How could she be mad at that? Truthfully she couldn’t, she couldn’t condemn Tina for wanting to be sure that they grew old together as promised. Bette took the plate and sat down on her sofa picking and eating very little, she couldn’t help the thoughts that ran through her mind.

She walked into their bedroom and saw that Tina was laid across the bed with her arms stretched out above her head, but her face was scrunched up at the brow. She was laid out in her bikini top with a towel around her waist, she looked beyond picturesque. She couldn’t help but to think about how selfless and giving Tina was and it still made her smile even broader. She walked over to her and grabbed her hands, she felt Tina jump a little but she relaxed and let her finger splay out over her wrists. She continued to lean down as she ran her hands down her arms softly, bending each finger to the contours of her elbows tickled Tina and made her smile. Once she got close to Tina’s forehead she softly kissed her several times easing the tensed muscles before she asked “What’s wrong?”