Chapter 19

Bette was breathless, the sight of Tina had taken all the air in both her lungs and brain. But when she heard Tina’s voice and her simple request her lungs filled with air again because she wasn’t being dismissed, not yet at least.

To both of them those few seconds of their first exchange or words had seem like an eternity, everything was happening in slow motion and the busy environment of The Planet at that hour had faded away all of the sudden.

Tina sat first, letting herself almost fall in that chair that was opposite to Bette’s spot in the table. She was scared. She had nothing planned, she just got on the first cab she saw and told the driver to put as much extra pressure on the gas as he could. But at the same time her mind was not wondering what to say to Bette when she saw her. No. All Tina had been thinking on the ride to The Planet was how special Bette had just made her feel and how scary that was. Given her confession last night, as hard as that was for Tina to open up like that, the truth was she was expecting Bette to run into the night and disappear from her life. She never saw that tender and romantic reaction coming. She felt appreciated, she felt like she mattered to Bette and that was freaking her out. But all in all she had no idea on what to say to that remarkable woman who was just now taking her seat back.

Bette sat again, in the same chair where she was previously sharing her innermost feelings and thoughts with the person she trusted the most in this world, her sister Kit. Although now the situation had changed, Bette knew she couldn’t and shouldn’t start vocalizing every single thing that had been crossing her head for the last three days or Tina would think she had finally lost it. Bette knew she had lost it, but Kit’s words flashed back to her ears, making Bette remember she wasn’t going to put extra pressure on Tina and yet all of the sudden a slow rhythm started playing on the back of Bette’s head followed by a woman’s very sexy voice.