“Oh no you don’t Porter, come here” Alice reached out wrapping her arms around her friend. “You need to talk to her…and your father. Not that I don’t love your company, he must be pretty mad at you also”

The weekend had gone by without Bette and Tina saying a word to one another. Bette decided that Tina would let her know when she was ready to hear what she had to say. Her friends never let her have a moment’s peace all weekend due to her crying fits whenever she was left alone. Moving to New York was never her plan for when she finished high school but not much was offered to a high school graduate with no experience in the art world. Melvin had pulled some strings with people he’d worked with in the past and got Bette a traineeship there. She hadn’t given it as much thought as she had about her and Tina. There was no way she could leave her. This was their last week before graduation; it was Bette’s last chance with Tina. ‘God I need to talk to her!’

Bette sat in her usual seat in maths staring a hole through Tina’s usual chair, she glanced over to see if Tina snuck in during the lesson but she hadn’t. Shane threw a note onto Bette’s desk; she read it from under the table. ‘Al told me that Dana has spoken to Tina, apparently she won’t be here for the last week of school. She got a job or something outer state and started straight away. Dana drove her to the airport last night. Sorry babe =(‘ Bette couldn’t stop the flow of tears running down her cheeks, she had no idea where Tina was and had no contact with her.

Shane turned around noticing the tears, “Do you need to leave?” Bette could only nod still staring at the note. How could this have gone so wrong? Why did she invite her dad to dinner, she knew it was a bad idea. Shane text Alice to let her know that they were ditching the rest of the day with Bette, Alice wanted to be there for Bette too so she went along with them.

Driving along to where Bette thought was to Shanes house. “Not that I don’t appreciate what you guys are doing for me, really you are the best friends that anyone could ask for…but I need Tina” Bette lay her head in Shanes lap. “I can’t believe she just took off without saying goodbye or…anything” James stopped the car causing Bette to sit up and see the familiar house. “Why are we here?” Bette looked at the house she was once welcome in. “Her parents will know where she is and how to get in contact with her…go talk to them. We’ll wait right here” Bette kissed James forehead he was so caring even though Bette could never be with him the way he wanted he’d always be there for her. It meant a lot to her especially since he was helping her find Tina.