I see Gary gaping at her and I expect him to jump her, but he has a sort of pain in his eyes. If she were my girl, I’d be touching her right now.

My mouth is dry and I don’t realise Tuomas is talking to me.

“Bette!” He yells.

I look up in confusion. “Huh?”

“Are you alright?”

“Uh-huh” I nod. I can’t really speak. I look at Tina again, at her delicious lips. She put some gloss on them.

“You guys think this is good?” She asks in that amazingly sexy Southern drawl of hers.

We all nod very exitedly. My eyes go to her breasts again… that cleavage is damn nice. Everyone is silent as the nerves are almost killing us.

Finally, it’s 9 pm. We all get up and since most of the audience are friends or people from school, we get an applause. Tina says something in the microphone, but I can’t understand what she says. I’m to mesmerized by her.

The first song is ‘Move Along’ by The All-American Rejects and Tina does almost better than at practices. The song is followed by ‘Zombie’ of The Cranberries, Tina is really good at it. Not many people can do that song and she’s just amazing. After that we get to ‘Here Without You’ by 3 Doors Down. Then we do True Colours and after that it’s time for I Will Follow You Into the Dark. The public is very enthusiastic and it’s all great.

“Now, we’re gonna play a song of our own,” Tina announces. “It’s acoustic. Bette Porter,” she points at me, there is applause and I think I’ll die of embarrasment, “wrote it.”

Someone brings a stool and a footstool. I sit, at a 45 degrees angle to the public. Tina sits down as well, but she faces the audience. I start playing and it’s all you can hear, no sounds from the crowd. When Tina begins singing, it sends shivers down my spine.

I can’t deny this feeling, it’s taking over me

I can’t accept that you and me is only in my dreams

I can’t leave and start again somewhere new

I can’t if it’s at a place where there’s no you