“Maybe we should call our ever resourceful ‘Romance Concierge’ to see if he can have the items delivered?”

“I might just do that but first let’s have breakfast then I’ll show you the kind of body art that I’m talking about. I think you’ll enjoy this too.”

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Earlier that morning while Bette was asleep Tina had called down to housekeeping to have the Royal suite cleaned and put back to normal while she and Bette spent time in the adjoining room. They would later order room service to have a proper meal but for now she’d gathered some fruits, coffee, juice and croissants to start their day. They put on the robes which Tina had brought over and sat at the small table on the balcony to enjoy the continental breakfast that she’d prepared.

Afterwards Tina led Bette back into the room to show her what she had in mind for their body art session. Bette had not seen the setup earlier that morning since they’d gone directly to the balcony to watch the sunrise but when she saw it she was thrilled with the idea.

The room was empty of furniture except for a table. The carpet was completely covered with heavy plastic. A large 6ft by 8ft canvas was spread out on the floor. There was a 4ft ladder off to the side. Atop the table were several jars of paints in various colors and paint brushes in various sizes. It was a virtual artist’s studio. Bette immediately grasped Tina’s concept of creating an abstract piece of art on canvas using their bodies as the painting instruments. Tina explained that she was attempting to immortalize an expression of their sexual love and romantic adventure through an erotic horizontal dance.

Tina stood half-way up the ladder and asked Bette to hand her randomly selected paint jars in varying colors. She splattered the canvas with the different colors using her artistic eye and flair to determine placement but not being too rigid. She wanted the design to be chaotic and unpredictable. Once she had the colors in place she got down from the ladder and moved it aside.

Tina put a shower cap over Bette’s hair and Bette did the same for her. The cap was just to keep hair out of their faces. They put on music to inspire then they both got naked again. The paint was totally safe, non-toxic, ingestible and would wash off easily so they poured some on one another then the fun began. Lying together on top the canvas swirling around in paint they let nature take its course.

The experience was surreal as their bodies merged and writhed together. Their lovemaking caused the mixing of colors. Different textures were created as various body parts left their indelible imprints. They were so into the moment that any sense of orchestrating their movements disappeared. It was a powerful, exhilarating intimacy whose end result was an amazing interpretation of everything they’d promised each other on this journey of two souls fulfilling their destiny; everlasting love, joy, fun, communication, sexuality, laughter, romance, kindness, forgiveness, conversation, passion, and growth. Everything they wanted in their relationship and in their love language was expressed on the canvas in a piece they called “Amatory”.

Before they cleaned up Tina took digital photos of Bette’s painted body in tasteful poses and Bette did the same of her. They then put the camera on a tripod for couple poses once again focusing on artistic expressions not pornographic images. The photos were as beautiful, sophisticated, aesthetic and erotic as the women themselves. They would later inspire an entire collection called ‘Amorous Glances’.

Bette and Tina spent another lazy day in the Royal suite making love, talking, and making plans for the next few months. They ordered room service for dinner and watched a couple of romantic comedies on the movie on demand channel then made it an early night. They checked out of the resort hotel on Monday morning and returned to the condo to make preparations to sail back to Los Angeles on Tuesday. Tina made arrangements with a local art gallery to pick up the canvas from the hotel once the paint had dried completely and have it shipped to her home in Malibu.

One day it would hang prominently at the Eden estate bringing back joyful memories of their enchanted weekend on Catalina Island. They signed the artwork B&T Forever Love.