“Phone *****?” Bette was stunned.

“Umm, isn’t that what that was?” Tina questioned through her embarrassment.

“Well, if it isn’t my insatiable little Tina?” Bette teased.

“Baby! Right, that’s it. I’m hanging up now.” Tina really was blushing and was thankful Bette wasn’t there to see it.

Bette hurriedly tried to get the card to swipe that would allow her to enter the privacy of her room.

“Tina, Tina?…TINA??!” Bette screamed into the phone as she fell against the door and stumbled into her room as the card finally worked.

“I’m still here” came Tina’s timid reply.

“T? I didn’t mean to embarrass you. I just never thought I would hear those words come out of your mouth. You still keep surprising me Baby, I love it. I love you.” Bette prayed to whoever was listening that Tina wouldn’t end the conversation because of her embarrassment.

“It’s OK babe, I just thought that was where it was leading. But it’s OK, I am kinda beat.”

“NO Tina, don’t go please?” Bette was reduced to begging and had no problem doing so. “Look, just.. tell me about your day?”

Tina sighed, “Ugh, I’d rather not. It was a total nightmare.” Tina proceeded to fill Bette in about her ‘lost’ day and her feelings towards the crazy lead actress.

By the time she had finished replaying the events to Bette, her exhaistion returned. She yawned into the phone, “Sorry Baby, I guess my tiredness returned.”

Bette was disappointed, but remembered how worn out Tina had sounded on her message earlier, and decided to let go any hopes of picking up their earlier conversation.

“Baby, why don’t I let you go and I’ll talk to you tomorrow. You sound worn out.” Bette offered.

“No babe, I’m sorry. I don’t wanna be a tease!” Tina punctuated her sentence with another big yawn.

“T, you’re the biggest tease I know, ” Bette joked.

Tina laughed, “Yeah but you love it”.

“I love YOU” Bette corrected.

“Oh I love you too babe. I really miss you.”

“Tina, I miss you too. Listen, I was thinking of blowing off the rest of this week. Maybe I could fly up to Denver and we could spend some time together” Bette suggested.

“What?” Tina was suddenly awake. “Bette, are you crazy? What about the convention?”