Chapter Three

Tina Kennard was nothing like Fiona Alexis. You only needed one look at Tina’s face to know how she felt. She was so scared to do the slightest thing wrong that it would have been adorable if Bette had liked her.
But Bette didn’t like her. It still felt like someone has sent this girl to replace Fiona. She did her best to become friends with Bette, but Bette was as rude as possible. She didn’t want this girl to think she even made a chance on friendship.
Fiona was still in her head, more than ever. Why had she left so soon? She had appeared out of nothing and disappeared in the night. Somewhere she had always known that she would lose her, but it didn’t stop her from loving her completely.

“I love you, Fiona,” Bette sighs. It feels so good, lying in her arms. They just had amazing sex.
“Good for you,” Fiona replies, seemingly untouched. As if the words Bette just told her meant nothing at all.
“I am crazy about you,” Bette continues, a bit hesitating. Wasn’t this the point where Fiona is supposed to say she loves her back?
“Yeah, I like you too, Bette. You’re special.”
Bette doesn’t know if she has to be relieved.

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Tina Kennard narrative

I didn’t know what I had done wrong to Bette Porter. She seemed a nice girl to me, that first day. But sometimes she could act so weird, as if I had done something terrible to her. She didn’t know me at all, but she seemed to judge me. Many times I wanted to ask her what fucking harm I had ever done her, but I didn’t have the guts. It wouldn’t make her like me more.

It wasn’t easy for me to make new friends since I was kinda shy. Luckily, I was soon adopted by three girls: Shane, Alice and Dana. I hung out with them, but I still was intrigued by Bette Porter.

“There’s this girl in my History class, Bette Porter,” I said to Alice one day. I was at the school a couple of months now and it felt like I fitted in a bit. Only Bette hadn’t accepted me. Don’t ask me why it was that important to me, it just was.
“What about her?” Alice asked.
“I don’t know… she’s always being so weird.”
“Yeah, well, love hurts I guess. It’s about time she got over it, though. If she doesn’t pull herself together soon, she’ll go down.”
“What do you mean? She is with Billy Turner, right? That popular guy?”
Alice smirked. “Right, Billy. That’s what everybody thinks. But we know she had the hots for Fiona Alexis, didn’t she, girls?”