“*****, what now?” said Bette, as the phone rang almost immediately after Tina had put it down.

She snatched the phone up “What!” she said “Oh…yes.. I did..uh..OK..in about an hour?” She hung up and looked at Tina who quirked an eyebrow in response.

“That was Abbey, there’s some house papers we’re both supposed to sign and she’s expecting us in an hour..”

Bette sighed “Do you think..?” and she moved towards Tina, ran her hands inside Tina’s robe, leaned in and kissed her to show her what she was thinking.

“I think..” said Tina slowly “we need to get ready”

“Well it would be quicker if we both shower together” said Bette hopefully.

“You think?” Tina smiled in response to Bette’s tone as much as her words, amused by how playful Bette was this morning.

“Oh definitely” Bette picked up the ties on Tina’s robe and pulled her into the bathroom.

She sighed with pleasure as she slipped Tina’s robe off her shoulders “We may be late for our appointment..”.

They stood under the shower, Bette’s hands running over Tina’s soft soapy skin “When did we stop doing this?” she asked.

“We just got too busy..drifted too far apart” said Tina “..uhh..it’s hard to imagine why”.

“Let’s not do that again” said Bette softly as she bit Tina’s earlobe.

“Uh uh” Tina shook her head and moved her face around so their lips met.

~~

They were only half an hour late to Abbey’s office and since they were out of the house anyway they stopped on the way home for lunch at The Planet.

Bette pushed the door open, put her head inside and took a quick look around then she turned back to Tina “It’s OK we’re safe, they’re not here.”

Tina laughed “Bette I feel like I’m in some spy novel”.

“I just don’t want to have to talk nice and answer lots of questions about last night.. the girls know too much about our lives already…” Bette said and kissed her “Call me crazy but I’d rather have you all to myself for a little longer..”

Bette put her arm around Tina’s back and guided her across the room to a private corner table. They sat down and held hands across the table, smiled at each other, happy just to be able to spend time together.