Few weeks later the things were just the same. Tina was distance with Bette, just casual small talks. Bette missed their banter, but she knew that Tina needed space. Tina stopped talking about her personal life, and the girls start wondering what’s going on. Maybe she was dating someone, or maybe not…when Alice was making the effort of asking her she usually evade the question…It was Saturday and the girls were in the Planet except of Tina.

“Where the hell is Tina…?” Bette slammed her newspaper on the table.

“We hadn’t seen her around lately…” Dana said exchanging look with Alice.

“Maybe you should call her…you know, see how she’s…” Alice said matter of fact. Bette thought for a moment but then shook her head.

“No…I wouldn’t do such a thing. She’s ground up woman…” She let a sighs and took her phone dialing Tina’s number. After few rings Tina’s sleepy voice came to her ear.

“Hello…Porter, what you want?” Tina asked annoyed.

“We…um…we are in the Planet, and I was wondering where you are, so I decide to call you…”

“And check up on me? What Am ‘I 5 years old?” Tina hiss hanging up.

Bette looked with disbelieve at the display…”She just hang up on me…”

……………………

“Who was that babe…?” A sleepy male voice came next to Tina…

“My noisy friends…go back to sleep…” Tina throws the phone aside, resting her head back on the pillow. She and Eric were dating already 3 weeks, but Tina wasn’t ready to shear that with her friends. It was her little, dirty secret. At one side she felt guilty of hanging up on Bette, after all Bette’s her best friend, no meter what the circumstances leads, she was still madly in love with this woman, but it was time for Tina to find some stability too and someone to share her love with. She was tired of waiting Bette. It was oblivious that Bette would never look at her with different eyes. She was Tina…her best friend and nothing more. Eric on other side was gentle and threats her like a queen. She felt at easy with him, the way he was talking to her the way he was looking at her, how woman could say no to a man like him. But still…he wasn’t Bette.