I reach for my keys and proceed inside. “Tina?” I call out while placing my keys back in my purse and stepping out of my shoes. I carry myself towards the stairs and down the hallway and reach my way to my bedroom door.

I slightly knock and call for her again. “Tina? Are you still there?” I go to slowly open the door when I feel the gravitational pull of the other side.

“Hey.” I say looking at her as our eyes meet.

“Thanks for letting me stay the night.”

  “Of course.” I speak softly with a smile. “Did you get much sleep?” I try to make small talk as she begins to walk past me.

I follow her like a puppy as she walks away.

“It was okay.”

I watch as her body stops and spins to glance at me before her eyes hit the floor.

“I’d really like to talk.” I say moving towards her.

“I don’t even know why I stayed here last night.”

“I guess you had to have a reason. I didn’t force you to do so, T.”

“I feel like I’ve just made this worse for Carrie and I.”

“I was on my way to see Pippa when you showed up last night.” I confess.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” She asks.

My thoughts bounce in my head as I try to find the right answer to her question. I don’t want to make it feel like she disturbed everything.

“I umm, I-I don’t know.” I stumble on my words. “It kind of slipped my mind after you appeared, I guess I just lost my train of thought.”

I watch as she places her hands on her hips and throws her head up to the ceiling.

“Why did you agree to stay here?” I ask while fearing for her answer.

“I think the last thing Carrie wanted to see last night was me.”

“I didn’t mean for any of this to happen, Tina.”

“Sometimes it’s hard to believe you.”

“It was on my chest when I saw you last night and I kept trying to put it off but I couldn’t.”

“Why couldn’t you have waited until Carrie wasn’t around?”

“Yes, I get that and I apologize for the shitty timing. But I couldn’t resist myself. After what Shane and Alice had asked me.”