“She told me she didn’t want me and that’s why she left; dad always said that there were problems between the two of them. She didn’t want me but she has step children of her own” Bette broke into tears again. “I was just a mistake to her” Bette sobbed. Tina shifted over to hug Bette; they sat there hugging each other until Bette’s breathing returned back to normal.

“Maybe I shouldn’t have met her, she was nothing like I had hoped” Tina placed a finger under Bette’s chin so she was facing her, she could see the sadness in her new friends eyes “Are you going to–”
“Tina” they both looked up to see Josh standing in his high school sweatshirt. “It’s ok” Bette motioned for her to go talk to her boyfriend that she’ll be fine without her. Seeing Tina walk off with him, sent more tears down her face ‘come on Bette, get a grip’ She pulled herself up.

The two walked off together sitting down at the bench next to the lake. “What were you two talking about, looked serious?” Josh asked with a worried look.
“Nothing…I mean it is serious but it’s personal to Bette” Tina looked down.
“Since when did you care so much about Bette? You use to tell me things Tina. It’s like this camp is changing you and I don’t like it!”
“This camp has, that’s the reason we are here. Anyway I could be friends with Bette, she’s easy to talk to”
“It didn’t look like friendship to me” Josh said angrily.
“Oh come on!” Tina shook her head “Now you are reading too much into this”
“Whatever Tina, if you wanna play housewife with the dyke, I can find someone else” Tina walked back to her dorm furious at her boyfriend. She found that Bette was lying on her bed staring at the ceiling.

Bette knew something bad had happened with Josh to cause Tina to be in tears. “Tina…” She sat at the bottom of Bette’s feet. “What happened?” Bette whispered. “He’s just such a jerk sometimes” Tina wiped her tears, adjusting herself to be lying next to Bette. She was leaning on her elbow facing Bette.

“Then why stay with him?” The sound of uncertainty was obvious to Tina, the last time Bette asked that Tina stormed off. “I’ve been with him for 2 years, it’s hard, and he’s good to me at times”. Bette gave an understanding smile “you deserve so much better Tina but I’ll leave it”