Betty McRae was in disbelief, her face was flushed red and her tough attitude nowhere to be found as she stared at the page Kate's finger was trembling above. The words written were suggestive, not explicit and yet her breath caught in her throat. She'd never let herself hope she could have Kate like that. Images quickly invaded her mind. This turn of events had her completely gobsmacked.

"Betty? Did I say something wrong?" Kate's sweet voice brought her back to the present.

Betty took a deep breath, "No."

"What's wrong?" Kate closed the book and tossed it to the floor, turning all her attention to Betty.

"I don't really... I've never... Not with..." Betty tries to find the words the best she can and fails. She'll blame it on shock, she decides.

Kate reaches out and takes her hand, "It doesn't matter." She answers kindly.

For a moment they just look at each other, then Kate reaches her fingers to tuck a stray tendril of hair behind Betty's ear. Fingers left to linger on her cheek as she draws nearer closing the gap between them with a kiss.

Soft, delicate and tender. Everything she had hoped for. Betty felt herself lean in to the kiss. She waited for Kate to change her mind, back away from this hesitant tender kiss.

Instead, she felt her beloved become more sure, less tentative as she kissed her. A little noise emerged from Kate and she felt it thrill her completely.

A joyful feeling spread through her as she thought to herself, this is Kate, this is Kate I'm kissing. Her arms wrapped themselves around Kate's curvy body of their own volition, pulling her in closer. In response, Kate moaned slightly.

Finally they broke apart, both gasping for air, but it was only a moment before Kate's mouth was back on hers. More insistent this time, pressing herself into Betty who was thrown off balance and crashed backwards on to her bed. Luckily her head had hit the foot of the mattress instead of her shoulders.

They broke apart, hushed laughter pouring from their lips for a moment.

"Are you alright? Am I too heavy?" Kate glanced down at the blonde. Kate tried to lift herself slightly

"Yeah. Swell even." Betty smiled and laughed slightly, trying to slip her shoes off without moving from underneath Kate's warm form. The shoes clattered to the floor. And she found Kate's mouth yielding against her own once again.

They kissed for what must have been hours. They kissed until she grew hot under her blouse and trousers. They kissed until she felt Kate begin to shiver and press more firmly against her.

And then they heard the sound of voices, the other girls returning to the boarding house. They broke apart quickly at the sounds of drunken laughter and footsteps on the stairs. Trying desperately to slow her heavy breathing Betty saw Kate jump up and quickly pull her door shut and lock it. She leaned against the door and looked over at Betty who was still desperately trying to slow her breathing.

"It's alright. Nobody saw." Kate spoke even softer than before, fearing they would be overheard.

"What about next time?" Betty finally spoke.

"We'll have to be more careful." Kate replied decisively.

"There's still a risk of getting caught. We could lose our jobs Kate. Get thrown in prison or worse." Betty shook her head sadly. Finally noticing that the top three buttons on her blouse were undone the blonde moved her fingers to redo them. Funny, she hadn't really noticed Kate doing so.

"No, don't." Kate moved her hand to stop her, "Leave it like that for a while."

Betty silently complied, "It's dangerous to be like me Kate."

"I don't think I can help myself." Kate sighed, reaching for Betty's hand, "I wish we lived in a kinder world."

"Me too."

"But," Kate continued, "It's not going to stop me from being with you. Or staying here with you tonight."

"And after that?" Betty gently stroked Kate's hand as she spoke.

"We enjoy our Sunday while everyone's out. Then we go to work and we do our jobs." Kate answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Yeah. I'm having a feeling I'll be needing my own house sooner than I thought." Betty's voice was hardly more than a whisper.

"Our house." Kate smiled and leaned back in for another kiss.