"Well, I should be in LA in a couple of weeks with my mother, if you need help figuring things out," she said her voice trailing off, I smile.

"Thanks Helle, but I think this is something I should figure out on my own."

We hung up after a while and I stared at my books. Bette is way out of my league and she’s older and more experienced than me. What would she want with a silly teenage girl? But something felt different, when she touched me, I felt electricity.

"Tina, are you listening to me?"

"Whaaa…?"

"Exactly," Shane said and laughed, "where did you go?"

"Sorry I spaced out," I said, feeling myself turning red, I knew where I was.

"Well I was trying to get you to help me with this chem homework, but obviously there’s something or someone on your mind. Spill it."

"It’s nothing."

"Tina, you’ve been acting weird this whole week. Is there something bothering you," she asked with a concerned look on her face. She was stretched across my bed with her chemistry homework spread out. It was a Saturday afternoon and we were studying for out first chem pop quiz on monday.

"Um, well, I don’t know."

"Dude, it’s ok, you can ask anything you want, I’d never tell."

"It’s just..eh, well, how did you..um..know that you were into girls? A lesbian," I asked, I felt my face flush with embarassment.

"Don’t be embarassed! I’m happy to answer that," Shane said and smiled, "well, I was eight and this boy Tommy Finn liked me, and one day on the playground he kissed me. We were kids but right then I knew, something didn’t feel right. So I beat him up and never kissed another boy."

"I wish it was that easy for me," I said and laughed.

"So, Tina, who do you have your eye on huh? Who’s making your question your sexuality? Do I know this mystery chick?"

"Well, yeah."

"Who?"

"I don’t wanna say."

"It can’t be that bad. Alice?! Oh my God it’s Alice! Oh shit, if you say Carmen, I’m gonna have to kick your ass!"

"No of course not! It’s neither of them."

"Then who is she?"

"If I tell you, you have to promise not to be mad or get all judgementally on me."

"Now I’m worried."

"Promise."

"Of course I promise."

"It’s Bette."