“Are you ready?” Bette said to an exhilarated Alice who just nodded her consent.

The second Bette started playing the first notes of the piano all of them, but most especially Tina, were transported to a different place. The song the agent had listened to twice was called Turning Page, by Sleeping at Last, and as it progressed Tina immediately recognized it and felt instantly mesmerized by it since it was one of her favorites.

I’ve waited a hundred years.
But I’d wait a million more for you.
Nothing prepared me for
What the privilege of being yours would do.

Alice’s voice was absolutely beautiful and combined with Bette’s remarkable talent to play the piano it was simply amazing. Both seemed to make an incredible team and had managed to captivate their audience right from the start.

If I had only felt the warmth within your touch,
If I had only seen how you smile when you blush,
Or how you curl your lip when you concentrate enough,
I would have known what I was living for all along.
What I’ve been living for.

At that moment Tina’s eyes could just not leave Bette’s face. The brunette was so absorbed by the music that it didn’t look as if she was thinking at all, on the contrary she was just feeling every note. With every caress of her slender fingers on that keyboard it seemed as if the song wasn’t played by her, it felt as if it was being poured out of her. It was not only taking everyone in that room to another place but it was making Tina fall even further into the confines of the brunette’s soul.

Your love is my turning page,
Where only the sweetest words remain.
Every kiss is a cursive line,
Every touch is a redefining phrase.

I surrender who I’ve been for who you are,
For nothing makes me stronger than your fragile heart.
If I had only felt how it feels to be yours,
Well, I would have known what I’ve been living for all along.
What I’ve been living for.

Tina was beyond mesmerized at the display of Bette’s emotions at this point and not really able to focus her attention on anything other than the brunette, and why would she? For the first time since they had met Bette was clearly showing who she really was and what she was really capable of. Someone capable of many things apparently but mostly very capable of making the blonde fall for her a little bit more.

Though we’re tethered to the story we must tell,
When I saw you, well, I knew we’d tell it well.
With a whisper, we will tame the vicious seas.
Like a feather bringing kingdoms to their knees.

As the last notes of the song were played Bette finally opened her eyes only to set them on a certain blonde that hadn’t been able to focus on anything else during the performance. And when their eyes met Tina saw it, she finally got a glimpse of Bette’s soul without any more hesitations, without any preludes, she just saw right through Bette’s thick and tall walls; walls the brunette had clearly chosen to dismantle in that moment.