(Bette and Tina are alone for the first time in three whole weeks. Bette sat in one chair, and ina sat in the other.)

“So”

“So”

“Are you going to mock me the whole time?,”Bette asked sarcastically.

“No,” Tina shy away her face. She began to sum together her thoughts. The action between thinking and breathing became a little difficult. She inhaled deep and relaxed, and let her mind and heart flow freely.

“Then say something. You came here obviously for a reason. What is it?”

“I did”, Tina replied, she adjusted her body in the chair. She then crossed her leg over the other “I came all this way because I missed you both. I’ve been thinking about you both everyday. The pain of leaving both of your sides was so servere to the point where I didn’t bathe for two whole weeks. I sat a dazed in the chair, like a fool. I had never felt so weak and empty. I felt lost in the world around me.”

“Okay, I get what your saying, and I don’t doubt your feelings, because mine have been worse.” Bette cracked a half smile and gazed down at the floor. She then gazed up with a serious look on her face. Tina’s response wasn’t enough for her. “Why didn’t you call Tina?”

“I did call. About a couple of weeks ago. I called the night when I left. I was at the bus station, and I wasted a dollar on the phone call. The first time the machine took my change, and then the second time I got your machine.”

“So why didn’t you leave a message?”

“Because, I thought you didn’t want to hear from me. The first time I called and the call went through. When I made the second call, and received your machine, I then took it as a sign that you didn’t want to be bothered.”

“Mmm. But you could of called Kit? I mean there’s still no excuse Tina. I never told you to leave, or go and hop on some bus across the east to reside in a house for a couple of weeks with your BPD friend.”

“I know okay. You don’t have to rub in it Bette. I’m here aren’t I. I could see if I had waited five maybe ten years to reenter your life, but I didn’t. My heart couldn’t bare the pain anymore. It’s like I was dying inside with each day that would past I was dying slowly.”