Bette looked at Tina seriously and spoke.  “Anyone?  Really?

Tina looked at Bette and quietly responded.  “Never even close.”

“Tina, that’s a pretty big realization.  How do you feel about all of this?”

Tina looked shyly at Bette.  “Other than confused …and utterly inane and um, completely inexperienced and oh, let’s see, inadequate… I guess, um excited.”

Bette lowered her head to try and hide her smile but she couldn’t help but laugh.  She covered her face with one of the pillows and tried to hide her face from Tina.  Tina saw what Bette was doing and grabbed another pillow and swatted Bette.

“Nice Porter, very nice, I pour my guts out to you and you laugh at me.  Great.  Just great!  Shit.”  Tina put her head in her hands, trying to calm down.

Bette looked up and grabbed Tina’s hand and spoke seriously.  “Tina, I am so sorry.  It’s just that what you said, it was so absurd…”  Tina pulled her hand away from Bette and ran her hands through her hair and was getting even more upset.

Bette quickly grabbed her hands and looked directly into her eyes.  “No, listen to me.  Let me finish, okay?  It was absurd because I was on the other end of those kisses and believe me there was nothing, and I mean nothing, inexperienced, inane and most definitely inadequate about those kisses.  Tina, those are definitely the last adjectives I would ever use to describe you.”  Bette leaned closer to Tina and spoke softly into her ear   I might use indescribably sexy, incredibly ‘hot’, unfuckingbelievably cute, intriguing, beautiful, intelligent, alluring and oh so exciting.  Should I go on?”

Tina leaned on Bette’s shoulder and laughed but the laughter was laced with tears and soft sobs. 

After a minute, Bette tilted her head down to look at Tina, “T, are you okay?”

Tina nodded into Bette’s shoulder.  “You know that’s the second time you’ve called me that?”

“Yeah, I know.”

“Bette, being here like this, being in your arms, it feels so good.  Does it um, feel good to you?”

“Oh Tina, it feels like heaven.”

“Bette do you think we could just curl up, you know, and stay here and maybe sleep for a little while?”

“Tina, now that sounds like a plan.  Here, let’s get comfy, here, let’s put this throw over us and, um there let’s get this pillow out of the way.  And let’s move this way a bit.  There.  Comfy?”

Tina sighed.  “So comfy.  Good Night Babe.”

“Good Night T…”