“Stay out of trouble Red”

He waves back as she puts on her leather jacket, steps out into the back alley and turns left onto the main sidewalk toward her apartment only stopping when she sees a woman in a emerald green sequenced gown bending over grabbing at her shoe blaring expletives the Devil himself would be scared of.

“Ughhh..Fucking strap!”

Bette gasps when the woman turns around to face her. She couldn’t believe how stunning she was. Her face was angelic and her hazel eyes sparkled under the sidewalk lamp. Her shoulder length blonde hair blowing like a tapestry in the wind.

The blonde incessantly tries waving down a taxi but it passes her by.

“Asshole!” She yells reaching down to fiddle with the strap on her shoe again

“Got to love those LA taxi driver’s especially on New Years Eve” Bette says as she approaches the flustered blonde

“Tell me about it.  And on top of all that the strap broke on my around heel and it makes it almost impossible to walk in.

Bette bends down to get a closer look at the strap

“Oh that’s nothing. I could fix that for you if you’d like and give you a ride somewhere. My car is parked just around this corner near my apartment”

The blonde looks at her hesitantly

“Uhmm I don’t know. I don’t think that is a good idea but I appreciate the offer”

Bette shakes her head and laughs at her nervousness

“What is so funny!” she asks annoyed and Bette could have sworn she stomped her foot

“Really now..You were about to step in a cab by yourself with God knows who to take you somewhere yet you won’t allow me to give you a ride”

The blonde folds her arms

“Ok you have a point.  I will take you up on the offer…..” the blonde says waiting for Bette to introduce herself

“Bette”

Bette extend her hand toward the blonde

“Tina” she responds placing her hand in Bettes

Bette gently squeezes and shakes it for a moment The feel of her hand inside of hers was oddly comforting

“Well then Forrest Gump we ain’t strangers no more then are we?” she jokes letting go of Tina’s hand and watches as she laughs.