Let’s not panic…

Tina tore herself away from Bette’s arms before the sun came up. She told her that she wanted to be home before her mother woke up but the truth was she had an appointment. It bothered her that she had lied but she knew that Bette would never approve of where she was going and the more she thought about it, the more she wondered if she wasn’t crazy for going.

She was tired, more tired than she had ever been in her life. The hours she kept were impossible, night had become day and day had become night. She couldn’t expect her friends and family to turn their lives upside down to accommodate her so, coffee had become her best friend and as she had become an expert at predicting the exact time of sunrise. She turned down the empty street and she realized that she might miss her deadline. She parked in the now empty lot and walked tentatively toward the entrance.  She made sure she had her wand before approaching a now opened door. She stopped at the threshold and peeked in.

“Well, are you going to come in or not? I don’t have all night, you know.”

“Uh, yeah, sorry. Hello again Denbo.”

“Hello yourself, Kennard. I have to say I was surprised to hear from you.” A well-toned blonde approached carrying a pot of tea and a cup. “You remember my lover Cindy? Say hello baby.”

“Hello.”

“Ah, yes lover Cindy. Hello. Um, how are you doing?”  The long-haired blonde walked over to Tina licking her lips.

“Cindy! Come over here and sit by me. Sorry, she’s still a little unstable. She’s been transitioning for five months now and it’s driving me insane.”

“Yeah, well I’m glad it’s…working out for you.”

“Look Kennard, Dawn Denbo does not do grateful, but you found my Cindy for me when she was turned and I did tell you I owed you. I’m assuming that you came all the way to Shebar in the middle of the night to collect.”

“Yeah, well, something like that.”

“Hey, you know, come to think of it I thought I read something about you in The Cauldron the other day. Are you going out with that vampire from that shithole Planet. I knew the owner, she’s a hack.”