Previously on the beginning of a friendship:

Tina:

Eric walked into the bathroom… looking at me curiously he repeated:

‘I love you, sweetbuns.’

Kissing me softly on the cheek…

I know he expected me to feel the same… I mean… Of course he did… I had loved him for years… since we started going out… I had hadn’t I? But suddenly I wasn’t so sure any more… and I urged myself to kiss him softly on the cheek before  turning away and getting in bed… Turning my back on him…

‘I know… Eric… Now, let’s get some sleep…’

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Chapter 13

Bette:

‘Would you just stop being such a lezzz?’ A barely awake Shane asked Alice who was sitting opposite of her in this little place called ‘the Planet’

‘I mean, Geez Al…’ She stopped talking when she caught me standing behind Alice

‘Hey Bette! What’s up?’

I smiled the smile that was on my face permanantly these days… ‘Hey girls, what are you two upto? Where’s Dana?’

‘Training’ Alice and Shane said at exactly the same time…

I laughed, even though it wasn’t that funny… I mean… Dana obviously was training and they just both knew it so it wasn’t that special that they seemed like twins saying it… But I smiled about the crazierst things lately… I felt so lighthearted… So great…

I saw both girls look at me in ashtonishment and that made me laugh again… I mean… I knew I always had been kind of a controlfreak, seldomly laughing out loud. But it wasn’t like I had totally changed in the last few days… Ermmm… Ok…

*I laughed again*

I probably had!

‘See Shane! I told you!’ Alice said, and I was just about to ask what she had told Shane when…

‘Hey guys!!!’ An out of breath Dana commented ‘I am desperatly in the need of some ice tea, she said, taking the seat next to Alice while I went up to the bar, getting us drinks.

We had been friends for so long I knew what everybody wanted even without asking:

‘Can I have two double shots, a cappucino and an icetea please?’