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TK narration, one month later

Bette had been taking care of me very well. I was recovering and it went slow, but she did everything she could. She has always been wonderful, but she really prooved herself.

She was so scared I would blame her for the accident and never want to see her again. I figured for myself that I had a choice. Or I would blame Bette and therefor cause her and me a hurt that neither of us would get over, or I would not do that. I chose the latter. It was useless to blame Bette.

She was really loving and caring. I only had to let shine through I wanted something and she would get it for me. She gave me so much love.

Shane, Alice, Dana, all of them visited me as much as possible. They would have come every day, but Bette was really protective. If she saw I was really tired, she would call them and tell them not to visit me that day, they could come another time.

I was lying on the couch and Bette came to me with a herbal tea. She stroked my face and gave me that flashing Porter smile that made me go weak on the knees.

“I was so scared I was going to lose you,” she confessed. “I… I was slowly falling apart. I still don’t want to think about what would have happened if you wouldn’t have survived. The doctors kept on telling me your chances were shrinking with the day, I didn’t want to believe it. You’re so strong, Tina, I’m so very proud of you. It’s some kind of miracle you got throught this.”

“I wouldn’t die and just leave you here,” I smiled. “So another woman could go running with you.”

“I would never have loved anyone else in my life. I would probably be in grief for the rest of my days.”

“You would have known that I wanted you to move on.”

“That wouldn’t have made a difference. Tina, I love you so much. I am so lucky that you survived ánd have forgiven me.”

“There is no point in blaming you for this, Bette. I was sleepy, I didn’t see the truck coming. I should have known better.”

“But it’s over now, T. It’s over.”

She kissed my brow and I sighed. My body was aching too much to have sex with her, but I was craving for her touch. It was really hard to be so close to her, to smell her scent. When we kissed, it could get so passionate and it was really hard to stop then.

“I love you, Bette. Never, ever forget how much I love you.”

She took hold of my hand. “I know that. I love you too. The day you woke up… I had been talking to you. You said you heard it.”

“Yeah.”

“So… I’ve been thinking. When you are recovered, do you think we should consider…” she didn’t finish the thought, but I knew what she meant.

“I would love to have a baby with you, but I don’t feel I can do that right now.”

“Of course not, of course, I mean, we should totally wait, I totally understand that. You come out of an accident. We can wait a year if you want, hell, five years, I don’t care!”

I smiled. She was so eager to do things right. It was as if she was afraid that I would dump her for the smallest fault she made.

I squeezed her hand. “Don’t worry that much, Bette. You are so important to me, I love you so much it almost hurts. We are going to be so happy together.”

“We are getting cheesy, Kennard.”

“And who cares, Porter?”

She smiled at me and kissed me. She cupped my face, her thumb rubbing my cheek.

“You know… when you were in hospital, and I was at home. Shane had just left and I told her I’d see her the next day. After she left, it occurred to me that you might not get another tomorrow. But now I know there are so many tomorrow to come, and that makes me happy. You’re all I need.”

“Likewise.”

THE END

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