Chapter 34

James feels the fine line he is walking in telling the love story of Bette and Tina but hopes by making it more of a fantasy story with little actual details he can give Angelica what she wants without violating any confidences.  “I don’t know if you believe in love at first sight but that’s exactly what happened to Bette.  It was quite a sight to see.  The mighty Bette Porter meeting her one and only match.”

James could hear the sigh come from Angelica before he looked into her face.  Again he was struck by guilt wandering if he should play Bette up so much.  It was obvious from Angelica’s behavior she had feelings for Bette.  James surmises she has a school girl crush which in itself wasn’t that bad of a thing.  He just doesn’t want to encourage Angelica to expect too much of Bette.  It wasn’t his place to decide things and at this time who knew how things will turn out.

“Don’t answer that question the look on your face will do.  What is it with girls anyway?  Do all of you fantasize about this kind of stuff?”

Angelica jumped at James’ words.  “No we don’t.  I mean I don’t” Angelica gets out quickly.  Then she slows down to explain, “Its just she’s such a neat person.  Who could leave such a cool person like Bette?”

“You know the Bette you see today isn’t the Bette from back then.  When the time came there were plenty of reasons.  You know we all go through changes.  I can honestly say the whole experience for Bette changed her.  Some of the changes in Bette can be chalked up to growing older but not all of them.  Have you ever thought about the things you have problems with are maybe road blocks put in your way so you can learn something?” James goes on to say.  Seeing that Angelica has no clue what James is talking about he continues.  “In life, the problems or situations we get ourselves into are the same problems we will face over and over again if we don’t learn from them and change how or what we do about them.”