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Tina came into the kitchen feeling a little bit better, but not much. Bette had already started in on the fruit salad when she saw Tina come around the corner looking refreshed. Bette felt herself staring, her mind was playing out exactly what she wanted to do to Tina. She finally looked away when she felt her teeth bite down into her lip. She tried not to watch as Tina got a bowl and joined her in the fruit salad.

The silence now seemed to be overwhelming them both. Tina brought her feet up into her chair and looked to be almost concentrating on her food. Bette just noticed that Tina was still drinking a big glass of chocolate milk.

“Chocolate milk?”

Tina smiled and covered her mouth to catch her food from spilling out her of mouth, “Yea. Some things are hard to give up.”

“So did you want to go anywhere today?”

“What ever you want to do. I’m up for anything.” Tina said hoping Bette wouldn’t catch her flirtatious slip. Bette smiled into her smoothie. As much as she would like to flirt with Tina and have a back and forth game, she couldn’t.

“Tina does anyone know your out here?”

“Daddy knows.”

“Anyone else?”

“Like who, Bette?”

“Anyone that cares about your whereabouts.” Bette didn’t know if she could ask Tina if she had a girlfriend. She felt as though is wasn’t her place to ask.

“Again, like who?” Tina saw the almost flustered look on Bette’s face as she was wrestling with the idea of bluntly asking her about her potential girlfriend. “I don’t have a girlfriend Bette.” Tina said as she got up and put her empty bowl in the sink. “Get dressed we’re going into town. I want to see if anything’s changed.” and she was already gone around the corner before Bette could protest.

　

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Tina walked a few feet ahead of Bette, she hardly noticed her presence, Bette was so quiet. Tina tried not to let it bother her as she was entranced in the nostalgia that all came back to her. She had stopped and was looking in the window of a shop when Bette stopped next to her. She looked into the window and saw what caught Tina’s eye.