“Okay baby, be a good girl.” Tina told her daughter while straightening the little girl’s uniform; they were standing on the school hallway besides Eli’s classroom door “I’ll pick you up after school ok?” she bend down to give her daughter a kiss on forehead.

“Okay mommy.” Eli answered, looking up to her mother

Tina smiled “I love you.”

“I love you too, mommy.” The little girl replied, eyes sparkling as she gave Tina her million dollar smile, the Porter smile.

Tina grinned in return. She watched as Eli turned and walk towards her classroom, she stayed there not leaving until she saw that her daughter is comfortably sitting on her little chair, she waited till Eli look at her once more before she waved her hands to say goodbye, smiling, Eli waved her little hands back.

‘I love you’ Tina mouthed and blow a kiss towards her daughter, then started her way to leave

It was like a routine for both of them; same lines and gestures everyday that they were never tired of doing, for this small things strengthen their bond.

“Here you go, girl” Kit said, placing Tina’s order on the table, she notice Tina looking far ahead, so she put her head on front of the Blond “Tina?”

“Huh?.. Oh.. Kit” she said, started by Kit’s action

“Girl, are you okay?” Kit asked, eyes narrowing as she look at Tina up and down, she was frowning but Tina could clearly see the concern written on the lady’s face.

She laughs without reason “Yeah, I’m okay.” Tina was sure that the words she uttered weren’t that convincing enough, even she didn’t believe it.

“Uh, huh..” she wondered on telling Tina that she sucks at lying but decided against it. She shook her head, she understands what Tina feels, how can she question this woman in front of her when she knows the obvious answer was there ready to slap her on her face; of course Tina wasn’t okay, she wasn’t okay also, their friends wasn’t okay, everything weren’t okay since that day, that cursed day when Bette went missing, But life must go on, and now, they could only hope that one day Bette would find her way back to her friends, her family, to them, back to her home.