“I don’t think you need fixing,” Tina answered quickly, tracing fingers back up Bette’s neck and then down again. “I think you need love.”

“Tina. I don’t wanna cry.”

“I don’t want you to cry either,” Tina teased, getting off on the dress pants taut against Bette’s fantastic legs. She looked back up to Bette’s face to ground her – into the eyes that welcomed her back. “I just want you to understand … what you do to me.”

“… I’ve kept you awfully late.”

Tina chuckled and partially collapsed on top of Bette, laughing onto her shoulder and kissing her ear. “Yeah, I guess I’ll just leave now.”

Bette ran both hands down Tina’s sides, holding her. “I’ve never … been with anyone like this.”

“Well welcome to laughter, then. It’ll only get better.”

“Mmm … better? How much better is it gonna get?”

“Well not too good. I wouldn’t want to spoil you,” Tina smiled, finally getting up to sit so Bette could have the freedom to move with her laughter. Everything about the brunette touched a place in Tina’s heart – especially the way she laughed.

“This … I can’t believe how it feels,” Bette started after she’d finally righted herself to sit properly aside the girl. “Did we just make out on my couch?”

“That was … something else.” Tina teased as she pulled her hair up into a ponytail. “I’ll show you what making out is all about some time.”

“Is this … gonna happen any time soon?”

“When you’re ready,” she smiled, getting up from the couch.

“Tina,” Bette called softly, touched for once in what felt like all her life. Tina was odd and intelligent and beautiful. The words slipped from her lips before she could hold them back. “I love you.”

Even with the exhaustion weighing on her mind, the confusion she felt with her need for Bette, and every fibre of her being shouting for her to turn around, Tina was shocked. She couldn’t move.

Bette saw Tina’s fingers twitch, and she couldn’t breathe either. What would Tina do? What would she do? What was she doing? Her mind was moving much faster than she liked. She couldn’t keep track of her thoughts. “I … I know it’s soon. I just know that … well, you’ve told me that you … feel the same way. I know, but I’ve just seen you for so long and always wondered, and then this talk, and I just-”

“I can’t move.”

Bette went quiet, slowly smiling. “You can’t move?”

“I think I’m paralyzed.”

Entertained, Bette got to her feet and gently made her way over to Tina, stepping behind her to look over her shoulder at the puzzled expression. “Paralyzed? … So … if I did this …”

Tina exhaled as one hand slipped around her waist, pulling her back into Bette’s stronger frame. It felt so erotic that she wanted to give in. She wanted Bette to take her, and yet she couldn’t bring herself to speak.

“Tina … this is so wrong … I’m sure it is … but I just don’t feel it anymore,” Bette whispered, breathing into Tina’s neck. She got off on the slight tremble she got in response, her grasp a little stronger with the desire to have Tina. Beautiful Tina. “All I want … you’re all I want.” As she spoke, she slipped her fingers into the front of Tina’s jeans, each of them moaning as she teased. Her thumb was still tucked into the waist of the denim. “I’ve been fantasizing … for so long … I’ve been thinking of you, Tina.”

“I want you to touch me,” Tina suddenly whispered back, trying to undo her own jeans while Bette kissed her neck. “I want your fingers inside me …”

Bette chuckled into her ear. “Are you talking dirty to me?”

“Fuck …” Tina breathed, her fingers frantically trying to allow Bette’s fingers the space they needed. She wanted Bette to touch her more than she’d ever wanted to be touched before. One touch … one touch is all it’ll take … Her heart was fluttering at the thought.

“Look at me,” Bette whispered, spinning Tina easily in her arms to look into those vibrant eyes again. She held Tina’s face in her hands, seeing the weakness that fuelled her excitement. Tina wanted to submit to her – to her hands. “I want this … I know that I really want this. Do you want this?” When she read the naivety in Tina’s eyes, she wanted to scoop her up right there and ravish her.

Thankfully, it took only one enthusiastic breath for Tina’s reply. “Yes.”