Slowly Tina moved her hands to Bette’s shoulders and backed her up against the wall, never breaking the kiss. Her hands then continued their downwards journey, unbuttoning Bette’s shirt and then immediately cupping her breasts. Bette moaned and pulled Tina’s hips against hers, feeling a need for more contact with her. Tina then broke the kiss and moved her mouth to the sensitive spot on the brunettes neck. Her hands massaged her breasts and she felt Bette’s nipples harden through the lacy material of her bra.

"Wait" Bette breathed, her hands moving over Tina’s to stop her.

"What’s wrong?" Tina asked looking up at her.

"Much as I really, really want to continue this, I think we should talk before we go any further"

Tina sighed "I know"

They rested their foreheads together and caught their breath, both of them hesitating over the conversation. In silence, Bette took Tina’s hand and led her to the sofa. When they sat down she kept hold of her hand and let their intertwined fingers rest in her lap.

"Now that this is all over, my job doesn’t require me to be here anymore" Bette started.

"I know" Tina looked away, tears starting to form in her eyes.

"We need to decide what that means for us, where we go from here"

"What do you want?" Tina asked quietly, afraid to make eye contact.

Bette reached over and lifted Tina’s chin so that she was looking at her "I want you. I want to be with you. But I don’t want to scare you"

"You couldn’t scare me. The thought of you not being here scares me. When you’re around, everything just seems….right. I can’t let you just walk out of my life" Tina said as a tear started to run down her cheek.

"T, I’m not going anywhere" Bette promised, wiping aware Tina’s tear with her thumb "I just want to do this at your pace"

Tears poured down Tina’s cheeks as she started to shake. Bette pulled her close and wrapped her arms around her in an attempt to soothe her.

"What’s the matter baby?"

"It’s just….you’ll think I’m being stupid…" her voice trailed off.

"I won’t T, I promise" Bette soothed, rubbing Tina’s back.

Tina paused before trying to explain how she was feeling.