Chapter 22

Everyone was clapping at Bette’s and Alice’s performances, everyone but a certain blonde who just couldn’t stop staring into the agent’s eyes. It wasn’t that she hadn’t enjoyed her friend’s singing or Bette’s playing, she just couldn’t recognize what was going on around her anymore for she felt lost and trapped in Bette’s eyes. And even though Tina knew that she literally couldn’t get away from the brunette’s intense stare ultimately she didn’t want to.

“So you got that song just from listening at it twice?” Alice asked in true shock and Bette was forced to focus her attention on the other blonde lawyer for a change.

“Yeah” The brunette simply answered as she regretted taking her eyes away from Tina’s beautiful hazel ones.

“But how… I mean that’s… like… really?!” Alice kept on going.

“Well I learnt how to play when I was little” After hearing Bette’s usually simple and to the point answer Tina inwardly smiled, for she knew at least a part of the story and she also felt somewhat proud of the agent’s humbleness.

“Even then Bette, that’s a remarkable talent you have… you’ve never done anything with it?” Peggy interjected this time.

“I did study music for some time but then I just… quit” Bette answered shooting missiles at Dana with her stare, as she knew all these questions would follow once the song was over. “What do you say if we play another song?” She asked her team trying to sound polite, trying being the keyword.

“What do you think about some Coldplay?” Shane replied noticing the serial killer that was about to come out of Bette.

“Sure… our usual?” Bette asked finally excited to stop being the center of attention.

“Yeap” Dana replied and Bette took a couple of seconds before caressing the piano again, of course almost everyone in that room recognized the song “The Scientist” after hearing the first few notes.

As the introduction of the song progressed and Tina was getting again lost in the marvelous sensations that the piano evoked in her; Bette lifted her eyes from the keyboard and intensely looked at her. The blonde was once again captured by those eyes, but the minute Bette’s voice started singing the first few verses of the song Tina realized she actually had to breathe if she wanted to make it through the song.