Tina’s heart rate speed up "Yes"

"Would yoo like to go out with me tomorrow night?

Tina "On a real date?" Tina felt like a teenager getting asked out for the first time.  

Bette chuckled at Tina’s question. "Yes, on a real date.  Do you have a problem with that?"

"Oh, no…I don’t have a proble, with it…I am just really excites…I mean nervous…I just want to …never mind that…what time?"  Tina tried to changed the sunbject.  

Bette "Is 7 o’ clock too late?  

"No, its perfect."

"Ok, 7 it is.  I will call you later for your address.  I have to run.  Talk to you later."

Tina "Bye, Bette. "  Tina turned around and practically skipped to her car.  When she got in the car, she relized that she had the doofy smile on her face again and she tried to compose herself, but she couldn’t.  She just couldn’t grasp the reality that someone as hot as Bette Porter had asked her out.  She still couldn’t believe she was doing this.  ‘I have to call Helena."  

Tina pulled into her driveway and noticed that Helena’s car was parked in  front of her house.  She walked to the door, opened the door and slide off her shoes.  Juat as she turned the corner to go into the kitchen…

"OOooowww…My freakin god!  Shit! That hurt!  She stubbed her toe on the foot of the table.  

Helena walks out of the kitchen, laughing.  You know, drling, for all the years that I have known you, I have never gotten tired of you hitting that bloddy toe.  But you must be more careful.   You will destroy your furniture if you always kick it the way you do."  

Tina "Oh, shut up, Helena!  What are you doing here, anyway?"  Sitting on the ground still rubbing her toe.  

Helena "Well…I rememebered that you had brunch with Bette and I knoew that you would want to talk to me afterwards, so I decided to meet you halfway."

Tina rolled her eyes. "Oh…so I am that predictable?"

Helena "Just forget it, sit next to me and tell me all about it."  So Tina told Helena about the brunch and how Bette asked her out again.  And Helena could see that her friend was very into Bette. 

Helena "Tina, please be careful"

Tina "What do you mean?" 

"Just don’t get to involved with this thing, ok?"

"I know what I am doing, Helena." 

Helena "Please just promise me that you will not get your hopes up over this.  I don’t want to see you got hurt.  I know you are excited but you are already very into her and you have no idea where she is at the moment.  Do you know if she just recently broke up?"

Tina "No"

Helena " Well, that is something very important because you can just be a rebound and that wouldn’t do you any good.  Plus, this is all very new to you, this lebian thing.  You might not even be sure of it yet.  Just promise that you will take it slow."

Tina "Alright.  I promise I will not rush into this relationship."

Helena "It isn’t a relationship, Tina.   Right now, you two are friends and this is only a date.  ok?  No strings attached. 

Tina "Ok, its only a date.  Not a relationship…one step at a time…got it."

Helena "Ok…good.  Now, since today is Friday, why don’t we go out to the mall then, we can go see a movie.  Like a girls day out?" 

"That sounds great."

Helena "Ok. Lets go!!" 

tbc…