Tina: (turning to see her) “it’s fine, this is discrete”

The apartment has a desk an ottoman, an ergonomic chair, the TV, 2 king beds, Tina looked the two beds, while Bette softly touched her shoulder, sending shivers through her whole body.

Bette: “we should seat to talk, do you want the ottoman?”

Tina: “are you sharing the room with someone else?”

Bette: “no…, this was the only room available”

Tina: “we can sit on the bed…, if you don’t mind”

Bette: “course, do you want to drink something I have juice, water, coffee”

Tina: “I’m okay…, how have you been?”

Bette: “well, physically fine, but feeling awfully guilty for hurting you…”

Tina: “Bette…, I forgave you and you forgave me, remember we made a deal”

Bette: “but…, I miss you so much, Tina”

Tina: “I miss you too Bette, I feel empty without you”

Listening to Tina’s words, Bette hugged her by her shoulders and the blonde corresponded wrapping her arm on the brunette and laying her head on her chest, both sobbed, their hands moved caressing the other’s body, they exchange tender kisses…, the lights went off in the room.

Bette: “stay with me…, please… just this night”

Tina: “I will…, I need you”

The night was warm outside and hot inside the room 207, their hearts melted into a unity, their bodies merged into a single entity, their minds sent the consciousness of their real situation to oblivion and hope was reborn; it had to be in that way because life had been hard for both, especially for the blonde.

The breaking

Tina and Bette were a very in love couple for many years since their firsts years in college, they had already planned their lives together, but one of the things that opened the door  to success for both of them was a particular discovery they did in the research collaboration of their advisors and executed for both girls, and was published in the highest level scientific journal with the title ‘transgenerational inheritance without gene mediation’, where they detailed how individuals can transmit characteristics, memories, experiences, behavioral trends from one generation to the other without real alteration of the composition of the genes; a couple of months later in a national scientific convention, suspiciously two participants asked if it was possible to use that discovery to alter abilities, behaviors, and cure diseases in humans and the answer given by Tina and Bette in different presentations was the same ‘yes’; a few days later her obnoxious uncle Don Kennard showed up in the lab where Tina was doing her post doctorate and offered her a position in his new company Imhotep Pharmaceutical Inc. which of course Tina rejected because of the memories of her past; after two weeks Mr. Kennard came back to tell her that he knew that she was a lesbian and that he was going to hurt her girlfriend and her family if she didn’t accept his proposal; again Tina rejected it, but then a series of unfortunate events happened to the Porter’s; they were robbed, their mortgage’s papers for their house were missing, a couple of Kit’s contracts were cancelled and the tires of Bette’s car were stolen.