”Tina!” The blonde heard Shane’s voice.

She found her with her eyes and marched towards her.

”Hii” Tina greeted the woman.

”Nice to see you, Tina” Shane said, smiling good-heartedly.

Tina smiled back. She took a seat in front of Shane.

”Do you wanna something to drink?”

”No, I’m fine” The blonde refused with a hand wave. She bit her lip, apprehensive of the upcoming talk.

Shane was calm, cool, and collected as she always had been. During all the time that Tina had been knowing Shane the woman was never nervous or angry. Even in conflict situations Shane acted as a level-headed one, in comparison with Bette and Helena of course. Tina thought that Bette and Helena were too lucky to have a friend like Shane, because she most likely was a stabilizer to the both of the temperamental brunettes.

”So” Shane began, leaning her elbows against the table. ”What’s up?”

Tina let her gaze fall as she chuckled nervously. ”I’m not sure I can talk about this with anyone, but…” She looked up at Shane, whose face stayed unperturbed. ”I really want an advice and the fact is I don’t have anyone who wouldn’t likely to spread my secret around…except for you, I guess.”

Shane still remained emotionless, but was clearly paying close attention to what Tina was saying.

Tina looked around warily and then bending forward to Shane she whispered in conspiracy. ”Helena’s in love with me”

”What?” Shane blurted out right off, louder than necessary.

”I said Helena’s–”

”I heard you” Shane interrupted quickly.

Tina thought it was the first time she saw a reaction on Shane’s face. The blonde could describe it as shocked, judging from her widened eyes. But there was something else, like, ”I knew it, but I didn’t want to realize it” kind of reaction.

”Did you…know about this?” Tina actually thought out loud.

Shane stared fixedly in front of herself for some moments, deep in thought or maybe still dazed from the news, Tina couldn’t discern which. Then Shane came to reality, running a hand through her messy hair, messing it even more. ”I…no, I didn’t” She responded tersely.

”Oh…”

”But ya know… Yeah, I guess I had a hunch”

”What was it based on?”

”I just saw the way she was looking at you once”

”When?”

Shane sighed. ”It doesn’t matter anymore, does it?” She then reclined in her chair slowly. ”When did she say that to you?”

”Almost two days ago…”

Shane nodded and propped her chin with her hand, averting her eyes to the side.

Tina had no idea what Shane had in her mind. The blonde was beginning to get anxious. ”Do you think Bette knows?”

”I don’t know”

”What would she do if she knew?”

”I really don’t know, Tina” But that Shane did know. She prayed to God for Bette to not know.

Tina was all on edge already. Shane didn’t help much with her curt prostrate answers. ”I don’t know what to do, Shane… I feel so awful before Alice, she loves Helena so much… And I feel guilty towards Bette too, even though we’re…not together anymore, I feel like telling her the truth–”

”No” Shane cut in roughly. ”I mean… Fuck. Bette doesn’t have to know, alright? I’ll talk to Helena, don’t worry. It’s actually very good that you’ve told me about this. But nobody else can’t know, okay?”

Tina nodded vigorously. Her chin quivered at the thought that had entered her mind all of sudden. ”Would Bette…kill Helena?” She asked, her voice barely audible.

Shane frown went deeper. ”She would never do that, Tina” She replied sternly.

Relieved by the answer, Tina let out some breath. ”I won’t tell anybody, I promise.”

”Good.”

Maybe everything wasn’t so bad as Tina had thought it would be. Shane would talk to Helena and then Helena would not disturb her anymore. Everything would be forgotten.

Tina truly hoped so.