Tina:

My brother and sister were nice enough to baby sit the kids as I went out in search of Bette. I was sitting there, worried sick, when I found out about Dylan and Bette went to help. I had been waiting by the phone for more than an hour along with Carmen and Alice who had been dropped off by Tasha, when finally the phone rang.

Shane sounded desperate and she explained what happened, and next thing I knew Carmen and Shane are searching downtownLA, Max and Nikki are searching the East, Tasha and Alice were driving to the neighboring cities, Helena and Dusty supervised Kit, while I searched locally.

I had been searching for about 30 minutes when I saw the horror happen right before my eyes. I saw Bette’s car swerve to the wrong side of the road and get smashed by another car that flipped Bette’s car over completely.

I slammed on the gas desperately and screeched to a halt near her car. I ran directly to the car not even bothering to look at the other car that had stopped on the sidewalk. All the windows of the car were smashed and I saw Bette seemingly unconscious inside.

Crying desperately, I ducked into the window and reached over Bette’s bloody body to release the seat belt. I heard a grunt of pain from Bette and I felt the pain too. With a strength I didn’t know I had, I picked up Bette’s limp body and lifted her out of the car. I fell to my knees holding her in my arms and crying against her chest.

"Tina," I heard Bette whimpering.

"Bette," I cried kissing her bloody lips softly, "stay with me."

"I’m s-sorry," she croaked.

"No!" I cried, "it’s not your fault! Nothing is your fault!"

"I l-love you," Bette said a tear rolling down her face.

"No!" I cried shaking her gently, "don’t leave me!"

"Tina!" I heard a familiar voice say. I turned and saw Jodi standing behind me, there was blood trickling down her temple. She had been the driver in the other car.

"I l-love you," I heard Bette breathe out as Jodi knelt down next to me, "I n-need to h-hear you s-say it."