Tina returned home with answers to questions that were moving 4 times any legal limit. She saw answers more clearly now than she had in years. The only problem was how was she gonna make this as easy and comfortable transition for Justine. Granted she loved Justine and she wanted nothing but happiness for her . But her heart was leading her down a path that was scary and completely alien to her. But in the end she was hoping happiness would be there waiting for her.

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Bette drove home in a blank state. Barely able to recognize the traffic signal’s changes without having to be prompted by the driver behind her. The only questions that ran through her mind was whether or not she handled that in the appropriate manner. Could that have gone any better? Did she say the right things? What was Justine going to do about her time frame and informing Tina of her affairs?

Bette pulled up in her driveway and she sat there for a while. She turned off the engine and laid her seat back. She watched as the day drifted into dusk, she listened as the days noises slowly winded down to a quiet hum, still she couldn’t come up with any positive solutions. Suddenly she didn’t want to be at home alone again today. She needed to be out of her own mind for the moment and being lost amongst people was what she needed.

She backed out of her driveway and drove to “The Planet” luckily for her it was time for the café to become a night club and the people were piling in so she could lose herself in this crowd of self absorbed people and be left alone to her thoughts.

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Tina fell asleep on the couch waiting for Justine to come home, her nerves were so worked up she couldn’t bring herself to go to bed until she talked to Justine. Tina heard Justine’s car pull up and her heart jumped a beat. This would be the first time in a long time that she actually voiced her thoughts about how she felt about their relationship. All the things that factored her decision today seemed so clear and totally right.