Tina was in a very good mood; Alice had told her friends that is was over between Angus and her because they just weren’t right for each other – at which Alice had pointedly looked at Dana and Lara. The blonde was closing the door of her locker when she heard a voice behind her. When she turned around, she immediately recognised Eric Cassidy. He was the quarterback of the football team and very succesful with the girls. According to Bette, he thought he was the world and he could get any girl in his bed. Not this girl, Tina thought.

“Hey – you’re Tina, right?” Eric asked, putting up what he thought must be his best charmer smile.

“Yeah,” Tina said. “I’m Tina Kennard.”

“My name is Eric Cassidy, surely you have heard of me?” he asked with confidence.

Tina didn’t like him at all, but decided to stay polite. “Yes, I have. Quarterback, lots of girls.”

“That’s me,” he flashed that smile again. Tina was sure a lot of girls would have killed for that smile, but she couldn’t care less. “Who’s told you about me?” he asked, leaning against the locker next to Tina, blocking her way out.

“Bette Porter,” she said, taking a step backwards. “She lives next door.”

“Bette?” Eric asked in disbelief. “As in basketball team hero, dyke Bette? Can’t have been good then. I mean, I don’t know what I’ve done wrong to her, but she can’t stand me. It’s really weird.”

“Yes, Bette. She’s at practice now, actually,” the blonde said, ignoring the other remarks Eric had about her. She started walking towards the entrance of the school and he followed her.

“She’s a weird one. Ah, well, she probably just regrets being a dyke because it means I won’t give her the attention she craves for. She’s such a fucking waste of a dyke.”

“I have the feeling that the only thing she craves is to stay as far away as possible from you,” Tina said, getting annoyed.

Once again, Eric pretended he hadn’t heard her. “She just hasn’t been with a real man. I swear, after one night in my bed she won’t even think about touching a girl again.”

Tina was now really angry, she couldn’t stand this shit from guys who thought they could somehow ‘convert’ lesbian girls.