The day could not have taken longer to end. Bette walked to Tina’s house; she was greeted by the maid who told her Tina was lying in bed. “Tina” Bette knocked on her door before entering. Tina was lying with her hand on her forehead. “Hey baby” Bette sat next to her reaching for her hand. “I got your message from Dana, how are you feeling?” Tina rolled into Bette’s lap. “So you came over? That’s so sweet. I think I ate something bad at the restaurant last week. It’s been giving me a sore stomach since. Bette stroked Tina’s’ hair until she fell back asleep.

Bette sat watching Tina dreaming away, she swore she could see her smile a few times, she wondered what she was dreaming of that made her so peaceful. The door opened and in walked Tina’s mum. “Oh, I didn’t know Tina had someone over” she looked confused at the unknown girl sitting on her daughters’ bed with her daughters head in her lap. “Hey, I’m Bette Porter, a…friend of Tina’s. I heard she was sick and thought I’d come over and keep her company” Bette moved Tina’s head onto the pillow causing her to stir, “but seeing as you’re home, I’ll leave her with you” Bette smiled making a move towards the door.

“I’ll tell Tina you left when she wakes up. It was nice meeting you Bette”
“Nice meeting you too” Bette left Tina’s.

———————————————————————————————–

Alice and Shane had somehow been talked into going to career day with Bette. Alice already knew she wanted to be on the radio some day, maybe talking about sexuality or something along the lines of helping others. Shane was always interested in hair and photography. Neither wanted to go to University to study their chosen fields, however Bette wanted to go to the best University to study art. She knew her chances were slim; she couldn’t afford to go but every year she spoke to the representatives of each university hoping they’d look at her records and give her a scholarship.

“Urgh, I miss James. He use to love going to these things with you” Alice dragged her feet, they must have walked around every stall for each university and college about three times now and Alice was getting bored. “Al we will leave when you pick a brochure to take home” Bette stopped, over at the ‘Harvard University’ stall was James. Bette slowly walked up to him unsure if he was willing to talk to her without the liquid courage that he had at the beach.