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Bette’s dreams were disturbed by a feint buzzing that appeared to be getting louder. She felt herself being dragged to the surface of consciousness and despite trying to fight it, her brain registered that it was her phone ringing. She groaned and brought a hand to her eyes to try and dispel the last remnants of sleep so that she could try and comprehend the phone and its caller. Her hand smashed around the surface in front of her as she tried to locate its position.

‘Fucking…stop’ she sighed as she opened her eyes and squinted.

She registered within moments that she was not in her house. The curtains over the window weren’t hers, the window is in the wrong place too for that matter. She frowned but just as she started to panic, she felt a hand softly rub her upper abs.

‘Bette, I think that’s yours’ Tina croaked, not moving from her position behind Bette. During the hours of sleep, they had moved so that Tina was spooning Bette, one arm holding her close.

‘Sorry T, I just…’ Finally Bette’s hand found the phone.

‘Hello?’ She answered before even looking at the caller id.

‘Hello yourself! Wait, did I just wake you up? Fuck me, since when did you sleep in?’ Alice’s voice jolted through Bette and her eyes shot open.

‘Alice, hi. Umm… What do you want?’ Bette hoped Alice wouldn’t say anything about Tina that the blonde would hear. She shifted her position, extricating herself from Tina’s arms, getting out of bed and moving towards the window. She didn’t trust Alice not to tease her about the date last night or about how long she had hoped this would happen. Whilst she had hinted to Tina that she had fancied her for months, she hadn’t let on just how much she liked her, ever since they first met. She wanted to tell Tina that in her own time, when it was right.

‘Geez, that’s fucking nice. You stand me up for coffee at The Planet and then give me shit when I call to find out if you’re ok.’ Alice’s voice became louder.

‘Shit, sorry Al, I forgot. Rain check? I’m kinda busy right now.’ Bette tried to keep her voice down as she glanced back towards Tina. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw that the blonde was still lying there with her eyes closed, her arm stretched out where Bette had just left.