“Ok. I guess what I really am asking is, if you were not in a relationship with Eric, would you be interested in Bette?”

‘Damn Desi, that’s the fucking million dollar question!’

 Tina opens her mouth then closes it.  She has no idea what she is going to say.  She hasn’t really figured out all of her feelings for Bette just yet.  She has never really questioned her sexuality.  Back in North Carolina, Tina didn’t have any gay friends that she knew of.  She needs some time to sort this out. ‘I’m so confused right now’

“I won’t be mad Tina.  I always knew that my relationship with Bette was temporary.  She is too much of a player.”

Tina just looked at Desi like she had two heads.

“Tina please say something.  I mean you are my best friend and I would hate losing you as a friend”

“Did Bette say something about me, Desi?  Why would you lose me?”

“You always say to trust my gut right?”

“Yeah so your gut told you to break up with Bette because ……you think she wants me?” Tina was afraid to look at Desi for confirmation. ‘what the hell would I do if Bette Porter likes me?’

“I have seen her looking at you when she thinks no one is watching, but she does that a lot more than I care to admit at this point and I just figured it was only a matter of time before she moved on to the next one.”

“Really?” Tina said trying so hard not to let her voice belie  how elated she was. She was happy and sad for her friend at the same time.

“Desi, I honestly can say I do not know the answer to your question.  My head is all jumbled right now. You still haven’t told me what happened with Bette to make you so upset. ”

“Well Tina I saw some chick being all touchy feely with Bette and she didn’t really seem to mind.”

“Oh. Well did you ask her what was going on between them?  They could have just been good friends.”

“Maybe.  I guess I saw that this is how it is going to be with Bette. Just walking the hall with her sometimes is so taxing.  Girls, and even some of the bolder guys are always speaking, giving her praise about her last game or anything else they can think of. It’s like everyone just wants to get some face time with her, just hoping for a chance to get close to her.”