“We seem to have a problem conveying how we feel in an offensive way” she turned around and shook her head as a reassurance for Bette “I’m not in love with her and she’s not in love with me.  It was sex, that’s it”

“You don’t know that T, what if she has feelings for you, what then?” Bette hugged her tight “I can’t lose you again”

“Honey you’re not going to lose me, I know for a fact that she is not into me” she wrapped her arms around her, a hand moving up to caress the back of her neck “It was at a time in my life when I was feeling ugly and fat.  If the circumstances were different and we met at a bar we would never have hooked up” she looked Bette in the eyes “Don’t take this the wrong way, but I got to know her and she inspired me to be a better person, that I should stop feeling sorry for myself and get my shit together.  She reminded me that there was this little being growing inside of me and that I needed to be strong for her” Tina moved her head to look in Bette’s eyes “Even if she did have feelings for me it would be a waste of time, because I’m so in love with you” she touched their foreheads.

“I saw it.  I saw how strong you had gotten and I fell even more in love with you.  You were building a life, and it saddened me because it would’ve been a life without me.  Yes, you let me be a part of Angie’s life and I was beyond thrilled about it, but if I couldn’t have you and Angie then it would only be half the happiness.  And I was not going to settle for half of anything” Bette smiled with her eyes closed enjoying what Tina’s hand was doing

“You want it all.  It’s one of the many things that I love about you” she continued caressing Bette’s neck eliciting a soft moan “Even when I told you that all we would ever be was friends you kept coming after me.  Your persistence won me over”