Tina: “Your welcome.” Tina replied in a low voice. She took a step back from the embrace and turned to give herself a chance recoup some of her mind back. Bette then sat down at the dinette table, and enjoyed the view of Tina working.

Tina: “Ok, sit down. I’ll get a bowl for you.” Tina said as she started looking thru the cabinets for a bowl. “Where are you bowls?” She finally asked.

Bette: “Right there.” Bette pointed to a cabinet above Tina’s head. Tina then dished up two bowls of the soup and joined Bette at the table to eat. The rest of the meal was spent in relative silence. “I know you have to work tomorrow morning, but would you like to watch a movie with me?” Bette asked as she finished up the last of her pie.

Tina: “Sure that would be ok.”

They then went into the living room, and settled onto the couch. Bette sitting on the end of the couch with Tina automatically leaning on her with Bette’s arm around her shoulders. Bette turned on the television and they scanned thru the channels, both of them rejecting the different choices. Finally they both agreed on “A Walk in the Clouds”. As they watch the romantic movie, Bette continuously stroked Tina’s hair and glided her fingers across Tina’s cheek unknowingly soothing her into slumber. After a while Tina’s breathing became very deep and slow. And it was a while before Bette realized that Tina had fallen asleep. She leaned up a little and looked down at her. Constantly blown away by her. Bette then reached behind the couch and pulled a blanket up and laid it over Tina. She continued to caress Tina’s hair, relaxing herself in the process. It was hours before she fell asleep, with Tina still wrapped in her embrace.

Tina woke the next morning to find herself lying on top of Bette with her head in the crook of her neck. She lay there for a few minutes not wanting to break the intimacy. Finally she slowly leaned up and away from Bette and took great strides not to wake her up as she got to her feet. She looked at her watch and grimaced at the late time, and began gathering her stuff. She jotted a little note on memo paper for Bette and headed towards the door. With her hand on the ***** she hesitated then stopped. Tina then turned around and walked back over to Bette. She took one of the biggest mental leaps for herself when she leaned down and kissed Bette on her lips. Until that moment Bette had been the one to make the first moves. Now Tina had made one of her own and found that she liked it. She then picked up her briefcase and headed out of the door.

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            It wasn’t much later that Bette woke to find Tina gone. She lay looking at the ceiling daydreaming about her. She finally moved to get up for the day and noticed the note of the coffee table. She reached for it and smiled when she read it.

            Dear Bette,

Sorry that I couldn’t stay any longer, I have a full day ahead of me. I enjoyed myself last night, and I hope that you are feeling better this morning. I will call you later today to check up on you to see how you are doing.

I hope you are feeling better,

            Tina

            Bette re-read the note a few more times, savoring the words. She then got up and began getting ready for the day. As she was doing her hair, her phone rang, and she ran to pick it up hoping that it was Tina. She grinned nonetheless when she realized that it was Alice.

Bette: “Hey.”

Alice: “Where are you? We’re already at the Planet waiting for you.”

Bette: “I’ll be there in a minute. I had a late start this morning.”

Alice: “Did you over sleep?”

Bette: “Yeah, with good reason.”

Alice: “What?”