Bette angrily turned off the shower and stepped further into her bathroom. She still had a scowl on her face. She couldn’t believe this was still happening for the 5^th night in a row. Today was Friday and she was going to see Alice finally and let her know what was bothering her.

While getting ready she couldn’t believe how unbelievably tired she was. This business of not getting any sleep was not going to work for her. She hated not being able to sleep , all this week she felt tired and drained. Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion, almost as if nothing was real. The only thing that seemed real was her dreams. The very same ones that she didn’t want and the same ones that kept her up at night.

Bette got to class on time for once this week and was very disappointed to see that Alice was not there. “Fucking shit.” she cursed to herself. Her teacher’s eye caught hers and she knew the teacher was going to reprimand her later for that.

“Hey Bette.” Shane said as she slid right next to Bette and pretty much stopping her from slipping into an almost awake sleep driven stare.

“Hey.” she replied rubbing her forehead willing herself to at least make it through this class without falling asleep.

“You wanna work together on this project. Alice’s not here and…”

“And where the fuck is she,” Bette felt her teacher ‘s eyes on her again. At this point there was really nothing she could do except take what ever punishment there was going to be. “She hasn’t been here all week and I really need to talk to her.”

“Last time I talked to her she said she was going to see her mom.” Shane said with her hands up.

“All the way in L.A?”

Shane nodded her head.

“Did she say when she’d be back?”

“She said she didn’t want to spend the weekend down there so I’m guessing either today or tomorrow. I don’t know.”

“For Christ sakes.” Bette threw her head down on to her desk now completely frustrated with this entire situation.