Helena bit her lip and looked at Bette’s car. She looked back at Alice and smiled nervously.

“As a matter of fact, it is Bette’s car. She stopped by because she needed to talk.” Alice crossed her arms and raised her eyebrow.

“I thought you two didn’t like each other. What happened? What did I miss?” Helena walked out of her house and closed the door lightly.

“We just started talking a couple of days ago. We’ve put all the bullshit behind us, and we’re building a friendship.” Alice nodded and continued to stare at Helena. “What?”

“Ok, should I come back another time?”

“No, we made plans, and I don’t want to break them with you.”

“No,” Alice shook her head. “I think I’ll leave.” She smiled at Helena. “I let you two “talk”, “she did to air quotation marks with her hands. “I’ll give you a call tomorrow. You got some explaining to do. Love you.” Alice walked off of Helena’s doorstep and walked to her car. Helena waved at her friend and walked back into the house. She sighed and closed the door.

“Sorry about that,” Helena looked around and noticed that Bette wasn’t in the living room. She started to look around her house and raked her fingers through her hair. The last room she looked was the bedroom. She smiled when she saw Bette standing by the window, gazing out into the ocean. Helena walked up behind her and wrapped her arms around her waist. Bette sighed softly and laid her head against Helena’s shoulder.

“Who was it?”

Helena sighed. “It was Alice.”

“What did you say?” Bette began to sound worried.

“I just told her that you came by to talk.”

“And she believe it?”

“Yeah,” Bette shook her head. “What?” Helena smiled softly.

“With Alice, you can’t get past her. She’s thinking we’re together.” Bette turned around and faced Helena.

“Aren’t we together?”

Bette shook her head. “The last time I noticed, we were just friend. I don’t remember us starting a relationship.” Bette wrapped her arms around Helena’s neck.