I parked my car outside of the Planet and took a deep breath. I pushed a piece of my hair behind my ear and looked down. I rubbed my pregnant belly and bit my bottom lip. I’m pregnant…I’m six months pregnant, and I’m keeping it a secret. I don’t want anyone to know. I just want to make sure that everything will go perfect. I wanted to have a family with Bette, but that life is gone. When I had a miscarriage, I was lost and heartbroken. We could have had a son, a beautiful baby boy. I wanted to try again with Bette, but I didn’t want that chance of losing another child again. I didn’t think that Bette would do such a thing. She cheated on me, and all she could say to me was I’m sorry.

What did I do to deserve this? I thought we were so happy with each other. We were in love, and I walk onto an intimate moment that Bette had with the carpenter. I want to have my life again, but it’ll never be the same. I’m living at Alice’s, which is kind of hard. I don’t have my own space, and I want a place of my own so I’m not in Alice’s way. She says that it’s not a big deal, but I know she’s lying. I guess she wants to be a good friend, but I know I outstayed my welcome. I got out of my car and walked towards the Planet. I sighed heavily as I walked into the door, and I saw Shane, Alice, Dana and Tonya sitting at the table. I smiled softly as I saw my three friends sitting together, but I stopped when I heard Tonya talking about my situation with Bette. I wanted to walk away, but I decided to stay. I began to get closer to the table, and I saw Shane look up and look at me. She’s trying to tell Tonya to stop and that’s it’s none of their business, and she looked up at me. Everybody looked up and saw that I was standing there.

“Tina—hey,” Alice smiled as she got up from the table. She gave me a hug and whispered in my ear. “Sorry about that.”