“That color looks great on you,” answered Alice, not wanting to give Bette any reason to leave.

            “You are evil,” said Bette wagging her finger at her.  The sun was still blazing hot, Tina was over by the fence, chatting with Henry, who cast looks at Bette every so often.  Bette made a face, wishing that Angelica was with her that night.  Instead, she was with Kit and Angus.  It didn’t seem that Henry was staying, he was moving away from the fence and towards the parking lot.

            “I wish she’d make up her mind…,” groaned Bette, earlier, Tina had been talking to Rosita Navarro.  Tina’s hand had slowly reached out and touched the Latina’s hand while they chatted, and Bette had cringed.

            “You know, you really should let it go,” said Alice watching Bette watching Tina.  After all this time, Bette still wasn’t letting go of the fact that Tina had gone back to a man.  Not just any man, a man that was the opposite of Bette, a man that seemed to treat Tina with respect, yet, wasn’t giving her enough room to breath.

            “Like you’ve moved on from Dana?  Lara wasn’t much more than a one night stand, that’s why she left, Alice.” shot back Bette with more force than she intended.

            The hurt look on Alice’s made Bette instantly regret her words, she moved towards Alice, but Alice slapped her hand away, “Screw you, Porter.”

            “That was smooth,” said Tina from next to her in a rancid tone.  Bette felt the sting of the tone and the words.  Two years ago, that tone would have been coming from her.  But she was a different Bette Porter now. 

            “Hey Tee,” said Shane, giving Bette a quick one armed hug, cutting the sharp retort that Bette had on her tongue.  “Bette, you made it…” Shane’s voice trailed off as she watched Rosita and Carmen walking across the field, Rosita’s arm slung around Carmen’s shoulder in an easy gesture.  “She still won’t talk to me,” sighed LA’s former Romeo.

            “Still?  You’ve seen her?” asked Tina, watching the two sexy dark skinned women completely ignoring everyone on the opposite side of the field.