Since Christmas was just right around the corner and it was always Tina’s favorite holiday, she invited Bette to North Carolina to celebrate the holiday with her and Angelica. Bette had yet to find the courage to return to L.A. and Kit was too busy to fly to Denver and Tina did not want her to spend it alone.

After some talking and planning Bette, finally agreed to come to North Carolina for Christmas. She phoned Tina two weeks before the holiday to tell her she was off work for a week for the holiday and intended to spend the whole time in North Carolina along with her flight information. Although Tina told her she only got four days off for Christmas she would pick her up from the airport. Tina wanted to make sure this was one of the best Christmas’s Bette ever had.

As the days ticked off on the calendar Tina made sure she had all of her holiday shopping completed so she could spend every moment with Bette and Angelica. Rachel would be spending this Christmas with her parents in Raleigh, so Tina made plans to cook a dinner celebration the day before Christmas Eve so Bette and Rachel could meet and greet before Rachel left town.

The evening Bette was due to arrive Tina could hardly keep her mind focused at work. As soon as the clock hit 5 Tina had her purse on her shoulder, her keys in hand and cursed the elevator for being so slow in descending to the underground parking garage. On her way to the airport she got behind some of the slowest drivers in the world or so it seemed to her.

Finally arriving at the pickup point she spotted Bette walking to the curb pulling her luggage behind her with a bag slung over her shoulder. As Tina’s eyes took in her form from head to toe she was once again stunned by Bette’s beauty. She noticed a little weight gain on her slender frame and thought it only aided in accentuating her shapely feminine form even more than before.

Jumping out to open the trunk, Bette saw Tina and the most amazing smile graced her lips. Hugging quickly they stored her luggage away but once inside the car Tina could not resist the Porter charm any longer and leaned in toward Bette to steal a kiss.