Chapter 5

Tina lay on her bed happy and contented, she had been back all of 30
minutes, she managed to get peace from Ali, the girl she was staying
with for the exchange by locking herself in the room once Ali left to
get a drink, she needed privacy to talk to Bette. She was perhaps ready
to accept her and Bette becoming a couple but she wasn’t sure if she
could deal with Ali finding out, she wasn’t that nice, Tina didn’t even
hang out with her if she could avoid it.

As if on cue the phone rang, Tina made a lunge for it answering before
anyone else. She and Bette were still mid hello, how are you, how’s
your hangover now small talk when Ali came back finding the door locked
obviously she a bit miffed, shouting

 ”TINA LET ME IN DAMNIT!”

Tina responded coldly “I’m on the phone, go play with my laptop or
something, it’s in the living room” She knew that would get her outta
the way, she loved gadgets and Tina’s laptop certainly was just that.

Tina: (Cheerily) “That’s her outta the way” smiling.

Bette: (nervously) “Ok, um, have you thought any more about last night?”

Tina: teasing “You really think I had something better to think about?”

Bette: lightly sighing almost a laugh “Mmm spoze not”

Tina: raising her eyebrow at Bette’s playful response, she was
beginning to enjoy this sort of back and fourth with Bette, the effect
she could have on Bette with it, “So yea I dunno what we should do
about us, I really do like you this way now, and although its totally
confusing where it came from and why, I really want to see where it
could take us. I just don’t think I’m ready to face the Spanish
inquisition yet though, I need to get things straight in my head first”
she laughs “haha straight bu dum ccchhhiii haha, that’s an Emma that
one aint it” she continues to giggle, Bette was howling but that Emma
comment made her laugh soo hard.

Bette: Drying the tears of laughter from her eyes, “Tina, its
absolutely up to you if you don’t want to tell anyone. I will be good,
I will simply behave the way I always do when we are out together with
the gang drinking, I don’t want to pressure you into anything you
aren’t ready for.” she smiled at this thought, because she knew being
at the gig a mere inches apart and then at the club they could dance
together like they always did, except now it would have feelings behind
it other than just having fun, and her longing that Tina would one day
feel the way she did, because now she did.