“Yeah, but then you came back to me, you were still angry and you ran away again, as far as you possibly could.”

“I know, and I’m so sorry, but I was so angry, and I needed to know how badly you wanted me, because I brought us back together, and then my anger just kept building, and I started to drift, and all I really wanted was for you to stand up and fight for me, to just show me that you would go to the ends of the Earth for me, because I would go to the edge of the universe for you, but you didn’t. You didn’t Bette. Instead of trying to pull me back you just cut the string. I was so messed up, all I wanted was for you to rescue me, I know how fucked up that was, but I couldn’t help it. You didn’t even seem that sad, just angry, as if I had wasted your time, and before I even realised what I had really done, I was stuck in suburbia with pacman, and you had just moved on.” Tina bit the inside of her left cheek, in an attempt to stop the tears she had felt well-up inside her as she had poured her heart out to Bette.

“Jesus Tee, why did you never tell me? Every night I cried myself to sleep, you were right there next to me in bed, but you weren’t really, you never even noticed. You never even noticed that I was dying inside, what that did to me, because it was my fault. I cheated. I fucked everything up. It was my fault.” Tina’s outburst of feelings combined with Bette outlet of frustration had freed Bette, as silent tears began to cascade down her face. Tina took both her hands and began to gently wipe her tears away.

“This is why people get therapy, this kind of crap comes out a lot quicker.” Tina smiled, and managed to get a little one out of Bette too.

“Fine, when we get back together, we’ll get therapy, plenty of it, a live in shrink if you want”

“When?”

“Sorry if.”

“No, I meant when, as in now maybe”

“As in right now”

“As in right now, this very second” Tina looked into Bettes eyes, as they widened with hope, shock and anticipation……………