Chapter Four

Eric shrugged his sholders and walked away while Tina kept her gaze upon Bette. Just before Tina snapped back into reality Ben noticed the way Bette was looking at his sister, what he didn’t notice was Tina returning the silent gesture. Alice took this moment as an oppertuntiy to push Bette into talking to her secret crush, eventhough it appeared she was strait, Alice believed everyone had a hidden agenda. Maybe Tina just needed some help.

Alice: “Well, im gonna go uh look around…Ben would you like to join me?”

Ben: “Uh, yeah sure.” she shrugged. “You gonna be ok flying solo Tina?”

Bette: “I’ll keep her company” she smiled

Tina smiled and turned to Ben.

Tina: “Yeah, i’ll be fine, go ahead”

With that Alice grabbed Ben’s hand and led him to another part of the gallery.

Tina: “So this is your gallery huh?”

Bette: “Yep” she smiled proudly

Tina: “Thats impressive”

Bette: “Thank you, i’d be lying if I said it was easy but art is my passion”

Tina: “I’d be lying if I said I knew anything about it.”

Bette: “Art is everywhere, it’s all in how look at your surroundings, you don’t have to know anything about it to appreciate what’s right in front of you but I would be happy to give you a lesson in art 101 if your truly interested.”

Tina: “That’s nice of you” she smiled “I might have to take you up on that”

Alice couldn’t take not knowing what was going on between Bette and Tina so she grabbed Ben and pulled him along, again. Bette and Tina were sharing light conversation when Alice butted in.

Alice: “Wow, that was exciting”

Bette: “Your done already?” she said shooting Alice a look.

Alice: “Yeah, it was awesome” she looked around noticing Eric was nowhere to be found. “So Tina, where’d your boyfriend run off to?” she continued to stir the pot.

Tina: “That’s a good question” noticing herself Eric was nowhere in sight. “Maybe, I should go look for him”

Ben: “No, need. He’s right there” he pointed at Eric who was moving swiftly towards them.