Tina: “Bette, can you look at me please” she said softly.

Bette lifted her head up and looked Tina strait in the eye. She had never felt so scared in her life, all she wanted to do was burst into tears. Tina reached over and placed her hand lightly on Bette’s arm. Tina was about to speak whe she heard Eric calling her name from behind her. As soon as she turned around Bette jumped into her car, she couldn’t let Tina see her so vulnerable. Bette started the car and gave Tina one last look before she drove away. Tina turned around just in time to see Bette pulling way. “*****” she thought then turned back around to Eric.

Eric: “Tina, did you get my message?”

Tina: “No, I didn’t” she said turning around again to find that Bette was long gone. “I was out”

Eric: “I see that, wasn’t that Bette Porter?”

Tina: “Yeah, it was”

Eric: “It looked like you were standing pretty close”

Tina huffed and roller her eyes. “Im going inside” she said as she walked towards her apartment.

Tina walked inside with Eric following. She shut the door and threw her keys down on the table then walked over to the answering machine and hit play. Tina crossed her armes and listened to the message.

Tina: “Ok, so what do we need to talk about?”

Eric: “Us” he said as she sat down on the couch.

Tina: “What about us Eric?” she said in a annoyed tone, she clearly wasn’t in the mood to have this conversation.

Eric: “I feel us drifting apart” he said sincerly

Tina: “I know” she responed quietly then sat down next to him.

Eric: “So what do we do. Is their something going on with you and Bette? I need you to tell me, im tired of feeling like a jelous lunitic”

Tina took a deep breath and stared at the floor as tears started to form in her eyes.

Eric: “Tina please” he pleaded

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Bette pulled into her driveway and turned off the engine. She rested her head on her stearing wheel and allowed herself to cry for the first time in a long time. Eventhough she had only known Tina for a short time, she felt her heart breaking. Bette lifted her head up and wiped her eyes, she finally exited her car and went inside. She didn’t bother turning on any light she just went strait to her bedroom and went to sleep.

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Bette woke up the next morning and felt like *****, she called her assistant at the gallery and informed her that she wouldn’t be coming in. She couldn’t bring herself to crawl out of bed so she made herself fall back asleep. Bette would wake up every couple of hours to a ringing phone but ignored it, she continued to lay there untill her eyes grew heavy again. Finally around four in the evening Bette lifted her heavy head and hoisted herself out of bed. She decided that she needed something to take the edge off so she got dressed and headed out to buy wine, lots of wine. She returned with wine in hand, she walked into the kitchen to find a corkscrew, on her way in her phone began to ring. She reached to answer it but decided against it. Bette proceded to open the bottle when the answering machine picked up.

“For christ sake Porter, where the ***** are you? I’ve already checked every dive bar and ***** hang out in LA. So that of course tell me you are avoiding the world….Come on Bette I know your there..I talked to Tina and she told me what happened….agh suit yourself, you can’t hide forever”

Bette shook her head and downed her drink, then another, then another. She looked down at herself and saw she was in need of a major shower. Bette poured herself another glass and headed off to the bathroom, she set her glass on the floor next to the shower and climbed in letting the hot water numb her skin. Bette heard her bathroom door open and nonchalantly peaked over the glass.
Alice: “I knew you were home”
Bette: “Hi Alice” she said as she reached out to grab her drink.
Alice: “Are you seriously drinking in the shower?” she said as she threw her hands up in the air.
Bette: “Looks that way doesn’t it” she replied as she took a drink then set it back down and continued to shower.
Alice sat down on the toilet seat and shook her head.
Alice: “Come on Bette, I have never seen you like this. Did she really have that much of an effect on you?”
Bette: “Seriously Al. I have never felt this way before. No offence.” she said turning off the water.
Alice: “None taken” she replied as she got up and handed Bette her robe.
Bette: “Thanks” she said reaching out for it. “Ever since the day I saw her, I felt something. I can’t even explain to you how she makes me feel.”
Alice: “You don’t have to, I see it every time you look at her”
Bette: “I feel so different now. She has been on my mind everyday for the past few weeks. She makes me feel so happy, I want so bad to hold her, to be able to show her that I love her whenever I want.”
Alice: “Wait a second, hold up. Rewind that. Did you just say you loved her?” she said then looked towards the door.
Bette didn’t notice Alice looking around the corner, she was too immersed in thought.
Bette: “Yeah, I am totally in love with that girl and I would give anything to be able to say it to her.” she finally admited
Aice looked at Bette and then to the door and nodded, this time Bette noticed, she followed Alice’s eyes and found Tina standing in the doorway. Tears were streaming down her face, she smiled at Bette and said “You just did”