He racked his brain thinking about what he did to get back on her good side. He. . .offered to make it up to her. Right, right she appreciated fine art so he said he would take her to this. . .gallery. The Bette Porter gallery, oh fuck that.

". . . .even listening to me?"

Eric snapped back to reality once again and looked at a very annoyed Tina.

Fuck you’re gonna blow it. Fix it now!

He licked his nervously lips, "Uh..uh..of course I was. I’m sorry babe, I’m just really worried about this meeting"

Tina sighed and nodded at him as she set two plates filled with delicious smelling breakfast on the table.

"Don’t worry about it, you’ll do fine. Just hurry and get dressed before your food gets cold and you miss your meeting"

Eric smiled and kissed Tina on the cheek ran off to dress. He got ready in record time, not wanting to spend a lot of time away from Tina and also because he needed to make things right.

He came back to the dining table dressed sharply in a tailored black suit. He took his seat at the table and dug into his food. She sat across from him and looked down at her plate of food. She sighed again.

"Eric we need to talk"

Eric’s eyes shot up from his food, he knew where this was going. He quickly swallowed his food cut her off.

"Actually before you say anything, I wanted to apologize for last night"

Tina blinked back in shock but said nothing. She just waited to see if he had anything else to say.

"I know I was being an inconsiderate jerk and I want to make it up to you"

Tina looked at him in disbelief, "Y-you do?"

Eric nodded and leaned back in his chair. He felt something in his back pocket and when he reached in to see what it was, he saw it was a ticket.

Empowering Women Throughout Time. One night only event at the Bette Porter Gallery. Admission plus 1

Eric stared at the ticket. Initially he had a…business transaction to make during the gallery event but he decided to take Tina to make her happy again. A mistake he wasn’t going to make again.

He crumbled up the ticket in his hand and looked up at Tina.

"Yeah, I want to take you somewhere. Anywhere you want to go"

Tina’s eyes widened as excitement claimed her features, "Anywhere?"

He smiled and nodded. A smile formed on Tina’s face as well as she sat up in her seat.

"Well I heard about this new event at the gallery down by Main-"

Eric shook his head and cut her off, "Actually I was thinking something more…simple. There showing that new zombie movie down by the beach"

Disappointment claimed Tina’s features as she tried to hide it and slowly nodded her head, "Oh. . .yeah that sounds like it would be fun"

Eric smiled and poked his eggs with his fork, "Good, then its settled"

After breakfast, Eric gathered the plates and brought them to the counter. He reached into his pocket and threw the crumbled ticket into the garbage followed by the uneaten leftovers on his and Tina’s plate.

He smiled and closed the trash lid as he thought to himself.

Sorry Bette, you’re not getting Tina this time