“Baby?”

“Hmm?”

“You do realise I love you, right?”

Tina tore her gaze away from the endless ocean and glanced sideways to her lover. “Of course I do. I love you so much, I want to hug your inner core, crawl into you and I wouldn’t be close enough.”

Bette smiled and put her arm around Tina, pulling her closer to her body. The flames of the candles that stood at the four corners of the giant towel were blazing in the slight wind. The sound of the ocean was soothing and they were all alone at the faraway part of the beach. It had been a spontaneous idea, Bette had woken up and just felt like going to the beach. She had grabbed the largest towel she could find, a few candles and a lighter and then she had told Tina that she had a surprise for her.

She had just driven along the beach, further and further away from home, not knowing where they’d end. They had stopped at a little diner and ate something. When they finally reached a quiet spot, they had first taken a long walk, hand in hand, before settling down here.

Bette stroked Tina’s hair that was lightly dancing in the wind.

“You are so beautiful.”

Tina brought her face closer to Bette’s, rubbing their noses. “I love this side of you, this side that just lets go of all control. A few years ago, you couldn’t have done this, you wouldn’t have. You would have planned out exactly where you wanted us to stay, you would have probably even looked up a good restaurant and you would have made three extra plans in case something went wrong.”

“I guess people change.”

Bette leaned in closer for a small kiss on Tina’s lips, but the circumstances were too perfect to not take the opportunity. It soon elaborated to a searing kiss, filled with passion, desire and lust but also, and most importantly, unconditional love. Every now and then, they had to stop to take some air, but their lips soon locked again, at another spot, leaving no place on the lips unkissed.

Both women were desperate to feel one another and Tina could already feel her panties were soaking wet. It still amazed her that Bette could do this to her with only a kiss. Of course, Bette’s kisses were always more than that, but still… only Bette could do that to her.