”It’s complicated”

”Obviously… So you’re totally sure that this is it, the end?”

”I don’t know…”

”Do you want it be the end?”

”I don’t know…” Tina whimpered. ”…I love her so much and I don’t know, because she’s hurt me so badly…”

Amy eyed her crying daughter painfully before she took Tina’s head into her hands and leaned it against her chest, caressing her hair. ”Oh God…” The woman sighed heavily.

She had known that Tina was going to be hurt eventually. She just had known it and it happened.

***

After having been comforted by her mother a bit, Tina rushed to her room. She needed to make one important phone call. Grabbing her iPhone, she noticed a few missed calls. Some of them were from Alice, some from her ex, Susan. Tina rolled her eyes. The woman was restless calling her for several days non-stop, apparently not getting that the blonde was not going to answer. Then there was a call from Estelle…and none from Bette.

Maybe she’s forgotten about me already, Tina thought in melancholy and then shook her head to clear it.

She had a call to make.

”Hello” The person’s deep voice answered on the other end of the line.

”Shane, hi. It’s Tina”

”I know, your number is in my phone… What’s up?”

”Um… Are you busy today?” Tina asked uncertainly, beginning to doubt whether what she was going to do was right.

”No. Something important?”

”Can–can we meet somewhere?”

”Of course, when?”

”Um…”

”Whenever you say is fine by me, Tina”

”Now?”

”No problem. I’ll be waiting for you at The Planet.”

The line went dead.

Craving to get it out of her system as sooner as possible, Tina hurried to The Planet right away.

Before Shane the blonde hadn’t known, who should she turn to, who could give her a proper advice on what to do with Helena’s love confession. Alice wasn’t even an option. Dana would’ve told Alice, so not an option too.

Then Tina remembered about Shane. Shane was Bette’s best friend and Helena’s too. Shane was quite observant, so she might be aware of Helena’s feelings already.

As Tina walked into The Planet, she momentarily received a quantity of looks. Some of the looks were dirty condemnatory stares, some were just inquisitive gazes. But they didn’t even surprise Tina. Her relationship with Bette had always been a talking point. It had driven Bette crazy, being a private person she was the brunette hated to be chewed over by total strangers. Tina, on the other hand, was used to it, she had never really payed any attention.