“Look it’s fine… she’s your friend and… I understand… if we would be talking about Al or you… I… maybe would ask the same thing… simply because I care for you girls” Now Bette had interrupted Tina, finishing that line with a shy smile.

Tina melted and felt really bad for what she had done. What was all that about?

“I… Julia is a very difficult person… and I think that I was more concerned about you… when I asked that question… but I’m sorry Bette… it’s not any of my business who you like or dislike” Tina kept on trying to apologize.

“T… I hardly know Julia… so how could I like her or dislike her when we haven’t talked outside hello and goodbye?” Bette was rather amused at the possibility of her and Julia, something she wouldn’t have even dreamt about, ever.

Oh so that means you would maybe… like her… oh fuck… what am I thinking? Why do I care?

“A penny for your thoughts?” Bette broke the silence.

“I just… I love Julia… but she’s not easy to deal with… so I don’t know if you and Alice and Shane deserve such torture…” Tina tried to save the conversation.

“Well… that’s why I’m asking… she’s your friend and… I thought that if I invited you to stay for a couple of weeks… maybe you would like to have someone else you know in the house besides me…”

“Well… why don’t you let me ask her and I’ll let you know” Tina said defeated.

“Ok… great” Bette said excited.

“By the way… where’s this house of yours?”

“Acapulco” Bette replied lightly.

Tina raised an eyebrow in disbelief.

“And don’t worry about the travelling… we can use my dad’s private jet” Bette continued in the same light tone of voice.

LA – Summer 2002

The car reached its destination and Tina quickly paid for it, before Bette could make any attempts of regretting what they were about to do and use the same car to go home.

The walk down the hotel lobby was also made in silence, as well as in the elevator.

If anyone looked at them, they would assume they had been together for years and not two people with so much to say to each other.

Once in the room they both realized this was it, their future was going to be decided within the relative safety of these walls whether it was right that second or in five days.

“T” Bette started positioning herself right in front of her blonde love.

Tina inhaled a huge amount of air before locking eyes with the brunette. Her heart skipped a beat once again, but it seemed as if she was getting used to that happening every time she looked into Bette’s big brown eyes.

“Can we lay down? Can I hold you tonight and maybe… tomorrow morning… talk about whatever it is we need to decide?” Bette asked with eyes shifting from intense to begging.