"There was a time when you used to get all worked up like this for me not at me"

Bette stopped in her tracks, the whispered words didn’t fall deaf on her ears. She looked over her shoulder at the saddened woman she used to love, "Yeah well . . Guess that’s what happens to someone who doesn’t appreciate what they have"

"Oh and Tina does?" Ava couldn’t stop the laugh that followed and was surprised when Bette turned around.

"You’re damn right she does. She’s given me more than you ever have. More than I could ever ask for and I love her with every beat in my heart"

Ava rolled her eyes, "Yeah well maybe if you wouldn’t have been so wrapped up in Planet Records then you would have seen me getting bored. You could have stopped all this from happening"

"Don’t throw this shut on me. You fucked this up! You!" Bette stomped back over to Ava, standing closer than she had been before. Ava once again couldn’t say anything, she was frozen with the fire in Bette’s eyes.

"I gave you everything! Everything!" Bette’s loud voice echoed in the hallway. It was so loud in fact that Bette barely recognized it herself, "I never asked you for anything. All you had to do was love me but you couldn’t even do that, could you?"

Ava continued to stare as she felt the tears burn her eyes. It bothered her, she never cried.

"I don’t give a shit whether or not you like the fact that my life is with Tina but next time you hurt her in any way, you’ll answer to me. This is the last warning you get Ava. Next time you see me, I guarantee you won’t like it"

When she was once again met with silence, Bette couldn’t help but sigh and shake her head. From her perspective, she wouldn’t get through to Ava ever and it upset her that she broke a promise to Tina for something that wasn’t even worth it. As far as Bette was concerned, she didn’t make any progress.