”God, Alice, you are so childish sometimes”

”TK, shut up and give me something! Do you have wipes?”

”No, I’m without my purse” Tina replied, looking around the car for something that could be suitable for wiping a wound. She opened the glove compartment and started to delve in there.

”Your girlfriend’s magazines are monsters, don’t ever read them. They hurt people… Fuuuuck, I’m bleeding, why are you so slow, TK?” Alice yammered hysterically. ”TK!” She repeated when Tina didn’t answer. She bent forward to have a good view of her unresponsive friend. ”TK, wha… Oh holy shit!”

There sat Tina, frozen in her position staring at the bullet in her hand.

”Are you seeing what I’m seeing? Where did you find that?” Alice whispered in a confidental manner.

Dumbfounded Tina moved her apprehensive gaze at her friend and pointed her free hand at the wide-opened glove compartment.

”It’s… Bette has a gun?” Alice went on, grasping the bullet out of Tina’s hold and scrutinizing it in her palm. ”Heavy…” She commented for no apparent reason, while Tina watched her with a thoughtful stare, biting her lips nervously. She couldn’t get what Bette needed a gun for if she had one.

Right then Tina caught Bette crossing the street. ”Shit! She’s coming, gimme that quick!” The blonde panicked, wresting the bullet from Alice’s hand. She then put it back into the compartment. ”And keep your mouth shut, Alice!”

They waited for several seconds before Bette climbed into the driver seat. ”I’m so sorry, my friend just couldn’t stop talking. I hope you girls are not in hurry?” Starting the car the brunette asked, chuckling a bit. When she was met by silence she glanced over at her blonde girlfriend, who appeared to be avoiding eye contact, then she looked back at Alice, who was acting the same way.

”You two locked horns while I’ve been away or what?” Bette tried to joke, but was uncivilly ignored once again. Very much concerned, she rested her hand on Tina’s thigh, yearning to draw her brooding lover’s attention. ”Tee, what’s wrong?” Bette asked softly.

”We will need to talk soon, Bette” Tina stated calmly.

Bette almost sank into a faint hearing these words coming from Tina’s mouth. These simple for ears but shrilling for heart words. These words screamed DANGER, what’s more the way Tina said them they screamed BIG DANGER for Bette.