Prelude to Sacred Wound

Bette looks at the remnant of Tina’s love bite that still kissed her left hand. "Why Tina?" Bette asked aloud to the house, the room, the portrait of them in her hand. It’s been two years since the holder of Bette’s heart disappeared on that windy morning leaving Caramel Eyes alone with just the beauty of Lake Tahoe to console her.

Not a day goes by that Bette doesn’t blame herself, for Tina’s sudden departure; Bette rewinds every moment that she spent with Baby Blues like a tape cassette wondering where it went awry. ‘You pushed her too soon. She wasn’t ready’ Thought Bette as she rakes her nails in the flesh of her thigh and laughed in pain, because Caramel Eyes was all cried out. 

Prior to their trip to Tahoe, Bette had proposed to Tina at the place where they first met. The tantalizing brunette has never felt love toward another person like she did with the free-spirited blonde, and thought the feelings to be mutual on Tina’s side. ‘I should have known something was wrong’ Bette scolded herself as her thought drift off to that beautiful day where she asked Tina to be her wife.

"What are we doing here, Bette?" Tina smiled at the sight of the tree house where they once used to play in. Tear immediately surfaces on Baby Blues rosy palette as she looks to the tree that has encapsulated so many happy memories of hers and Bette’s.

It was a sacred place for couple. They shared their first kiss there, their heartbreaks, and their vows to always take care of each other. "Do you remember this place?" Asked Bette as she took Tina’s hand and intertwined them with her own. It’s been — years since either of them have been back to their safe haven where they shared years of joy with each other, before parting, but only to reunite later.

It was the summer of 1984, when the eight year old Tina came stumbling into The Porter Residence looking for her ball.  It was there that she met with the then nine year old Elizabeth Porter.  "Of course I remember, I had just moved in with my uncle and aunt after my mom and dad passed away. They were trying so hard to cheer me up, but nothing worked. “Tina lifts her eyes to meet with Bette’s.” You took my pain away." The free-spirited blonde cups Bette’s cheek and places a gentle kiss on her lips. "And for that, I thank you forever"