"Why do you think? I know you were at the Smash party"

"Oh please, now you’re just being delusional" Ava rolled her eyes and turned her back to Bette, her insides screaming with fear.

"I think you’re the one that’s being delusional. Why were you there, Ava? Why can’t you just leave us alone?"

"I don’t know what you’re talking about" The stubborn woman crossed her arms over her chest, looking at Bette over her shoulder.

A breath of laughter escaped Bette as she shook her head, "You know what? Just forget it. I came here to tell you to stay away from us. I’m not kidding Ava, this can and will get a whole lot uglier if you keep pushing me"

*Oh you have no idea how ugly I can get, Bette.*

Ava pursed her lips and turned around, "Are you threatening me, Bette? Has it really come to that?"

"Call it whatever you want but in the end, this is all your fault. Don’t play the victim here, leave me and Tina alone"

"Please, I have better things to do with my time than waste it on you two. I could care less about either one of you" Ava laughed but the sound was devoid of all humor. Bette could hear the hurt in her tone but she wouldn’t let up, she couldn’t. Not anymore.

"I don’t know what burns you more, the fact that I moved on or the person that I moved on with is your cousin"

Ava pursed her lips as if she didn’t care much for Bette’s statement, "That bitch is not my cousin. And tell her next time I see her, I’ll give her more than just that little bruise"

Bette immediately rushed over to Ava, scaring the smaller woman to say the least and backing her into the wall behind her, "You will not touch her. Do you understand me?"

Each word was spoken with so much rage, so much emphasis that Ava couldn’t retaliate. She couldn’t say a word in her defense, she just looked up into Bette’s angered eyes and stared. It was quiet between them for a while and Ava only spoke once Bette made a move to walk away.