(Bette started to cry and she had her face buried in Tina’s shoulder and Tina could feel her hot tears trickling down her shoulder. Tina turned towards back to Bette and looked at her with guilt and sadness.)

Tina: What has happened to us, Bette? We still have plenty of time here on our honeymoon and it started off as wonderful and then it’s turned to shit! What happened?

Bette (crying): It was me mostly; I got so fucking jealous and so crazy, it made me a fucking monster! I fucked it for the both of us but I just wanted you to love me.

Tina: Oh honey, I do love you, very much so. And it was not all you, it was me too. I got on you too much and didn’t really appreciate it.

Bette (crying and pulling Tina back into her arms): I love you, baby!

Tina (crying with Bette and holding on to her): I love you too; god knows how much I love you!

Bette: I just need to know that you’ll never leave me, that is one of my big fears!

Tina: Oh honey, I will never leave you, even if you wanted me to, I’ll never leave you!

Bette (wept): I’m glad because I don’t think I could bear for you to leave me again!

Tina (wiping the tears from her eyes): What is another big fear of yours?

Bette (sniffed): You dying on me and leaving me alone!

Tina (feeling really bad for Bette): You have this fear of abandonment, don’t you, babe?

Bette (nodding her head sadly): I wish I could say that I am the secure alpha woman you want me to be, but I can’t and if it means living without you, and then I fucking don’t want to be the alpha woman! (Bette started to cry again and Tina took her in her arms and held her tightly, kissing her softly on the forehead.)

Tina: I don’t want the alpha woman, I want the woman who I fell in love with and that is the sweet, sensitive, loving woman I am seeing right now. Not the woman who is always trying to prove her love for me by this macho shit. I love you, Bette and I love the real you. (Bette cried even harder when she heard this and Tina continued to hold her tightly and crying softly with her.)