Tina walked up to Bette and wiped some of Bette’s smeared
eyeliner from her crying “I really don’t care what people say or think of me”

Bette swallowed hard “Uh… um… ok”

Tina smirked “Are you nervous?”

Bette took a deep breath “no, not at all”

Tina took her hand and placed it on Bette’s cheek and looked
her in the eyes “You’ve been crying”

Bette looked down “I’m ok” she said softly

“I know we never talked before and I really don’t know why
we never talked, But you’ve changed a lot since we came back from summer
vacation”

Bette looked at Tina “What are you talking about?”

Tina sighed “You have a smile that lights up a room. I look
around and every time I’d see you , you’d have this huge smile and for some
reason it would make me smile and make me feel warm inside, but since the
school year started I haven’t seen you smile like that”

Bette swallowed and couldn’t help but give Tina a huge smile

Tina grinned “that’s the smile right there” She cupped
Bette’s face on either side with her hands

Bette felt her heart skip a beat in that moment

“I should go back to my room I just came up to take a break
from studying. You should go study too” Tina suggested

Bette nodded “I’m going to stay up here a while longer”

“Ok, Bye Bette”

Bette took hold of Tina’s hand as she started walking passed
her “Thank you”

Tina looked up at Bette “For what?”

Bette licked her lower lip “Just for this, made my day a lot
better”

Tina smiled “You’re welcome”

Bette let go of Tina’s hand “See you tomorrow Tina”

“Bye Bette” Tina walked away leaving Bette alone

As soon as Bette was alone she brought her right hand to her
chest “What in the world was that? How could she just change my mood like that?
If she only knew what she did to me”

Tina walked back into her room and laid on her bed and
sighed “Wow”

“Are you ok Tina?”

Tina sat up “Dana, I finally talked to her”

Dana dropped her jaw in awe “Bette?”

Tina nodded in excitement “Yes and I was scared at first
because she was rude but then she apologized and we talked and I touched her.
She has the softest skin”

Dana sat next to her friend “I can’t believe you finally got
the courage to talk to her. Aren’t you scared of what people are going to say
about you if they see you talking to her?”

Tina didn’t have to think about it “No I don’t care. Dana, I
don’t know if she’ll ever talk to me again but if she does I won’t care at all
what people say or think”

“They say her and Shane are lovers. Do you think that’s
true?” Dana asked

Tina shook her head “No! It’s just all these girls being
stupid and spreading rumors but they’re best friends just like you and I are”

Tina and Dana talked about what happened on the roof and she
just hope that Bette would talk to her again really soon.