“Really?” She laughed at the uncoordinated head nod coming from Tasha. “Assertive?” Alice crossed one leg in front of the other as she stood in the doorway trying her best not to laugh at Tasha.

‘I think it all started with those damn boots.’ Tina thought to herself, sometime ago she’d stopped listening to Tasha and her mind went right back to that night. Bette had taken control of her in every way and she didn’t realize how much she’d really needed that. The other person to take the reins and make her realize that not everything was in her control and not everything needed Tina’s special attention.

But damn if those boots didn’t make Bette seem a bit taller or even stronger over Tina. She didn’t know that Bette would wear them so well, but she did. Her feet were perfect for them and she’d even gone so far as to buy some new clothes to take with her to Montana. Every now and then she’d wear them around the house to get them in a nice worn state once she was ready to start packing.

Tina recalled the way Bette stood up exasperated and untucked her button-up, she grabbed her wine before she ‘put Tina straight’. It was beyond torridly stimulating it was scintillatingly erotic. Tina snapped herself out of her own memory and looked over to Alice, and then Tasha, they seemed to be in a heated stare down. Tina didn’t know if it was one thing or the other but one thing was for sure, she needed to leave.

“Hey guys, I’m going to head out.” Tina said quickly standing up and gathering Angie’s things. Tasha helped but she was clearly distracted, with whatever it was that Alice had done or said. Tina didn’t take the time to stop and see, she needed to get out of there fast. As soon as the door closed she heard a loud laughing yelp and then a thud against the wall. She laughed as she headed to her car, they were still crazy about each other like newly-weds.

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On her way home Tina thought that maybe she should call Bette and see if she was going to be done at the hospital anytime soon, she wanted to hear her voice before she called it a night and went to bed. On a whim she chose to drive by Bette’s house. Before she could fully make the turn she spotted Carmen’s car out front and all of Bette’s front lights were on.