Tina was busy reading "Us Weekly" when she heard a knock on the bedroom door. It had been two weeks since Bette became her tutor and she already got in the habit of leaving the front door unlocked so she could enter. It saved her time to create the perfect outfit. Today, she decided to stay in her cheerleading uniform since there was going to be a big game tonight.

"Come in," she said, tucking the magazine in the back of her mattress.

"Hey baby," Henry said as he walked in with a rose. He presented it to his girlfriend and was rewarded with a small kiss.

"Hey babe," Tina said. "What are you doing here?"

"You know, I wanted to see you before the big game. You’re my good luck charm," he said, holding Tina’s chin up with his index finger. He kissed her one more time. She didn’t respond. "You okay?"

"Um yeah." Tina hadn’t quite told him that she was having lessons with Bette. He, like her parents, didn’t approve of homosexuals. "Just nervous for today."

"You’re gonna do great, you always do," Henry said. his cell phone vibrated in his back jeans pocket and he checked the text mesage. His eyes lit up. "Hey I gotta go, see you at the game." He sprinted out of the room, leaving the rose as a souveneir.

"Hey Tina," Bette said as she knocked on the doorframe. She was still a little uneasy entering Tina’s house without any permission but she said it was okay. She always locked the door for safety’s sake once she got inside. "Big game?"

"Yeah," Tina said, applying eye shadow on. She didn’t even look at Bette.

"You ok?" Bette asked. Usually Tina would jump into her arms when she entered. She missed it today.

"Just fine," Tina said. Ever since Bette came over for the first time, she’s been having nightmares that had to with her childhood past. She seated herself on the mattress. "Let’s begin?"

"Sure," Bette said, stepping into the room. She decided to let this go.

 "Good luck at the game," Bette said, as she stood outside Tina’s door. "I heard you’re going to be doing flips in the air and stuff." She heard it from Shane who would always watch the cheerleaders practice after school. A few days ago, she had just told the gang about her new "student" and they warned her about getting too close.