They chatted a bit more and then Tina decided to go to her room to see if Bette had a Facebookpage; when she found out that was the case she was filled with doubt. Would she add her already? The brunette had subtly made her interest clear, but wasn’t this too soon? On the other hand, it was only Facebook. Bette probably had hundreds of friends on there, given her popularity, and would there be anything on it that she didn’t want those people to know?

She took a deep breath. Her heart was racing, her hands shaking when she moved the mouse to click the right button. She shifted the cursor between ‘Send request’ and ‘Cancel’. She moved it back to ‘Send request’, closed her eyes, emptied her mind and clicked. Her heart was racing even faster after she had done it. She closed down her computer, grabbed as much movies as she could hold and went back. She went out to get the beer while Dean ordered the pizza. Then she had a great idea.

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“Tina?” Bette asked unbelievingly into the phone, feeling something quite unfamiliar in her stomach.

“Yeah – I’m sorry, are you busy?”

“I’m never busy when you want something from me,” Bette grinned, sinking back into her chair. Shane, Alice, Dana and Carmen looked at her with raised eyebrows, but she ignored them. 

“I… uhm… well, I actually need a tiny favour. You see, my parents are out to some new parent meeting at school, so Dean and I are home alone and we wanted to watch movies, have beer and pizza – my parents will probably meet people there and go have a drink with them wanting to socialize and then come home drunk – but we don’t have beer and I can’t go and get some because I don’t have a car…”

“You want me to get it?” she asked, purposely vague to keep her friends in the dark.

“Uh – uhm – I just wanted to ask you if you could pick me up and we’d go to the store together?”

“Sure. Anything for you, you know that.”

“You can join us, if you like.”

“Just a second.”

Bette stood up, ignoring her eye-rolling friends and went outside. “I’m back. I couldn’t talk extensively in there – I’m at the Planet with my friends, you might want to check this place out – very hot waitresses – anyway, do you want me all for yourself or can my friends come too?”

Tina felt a pang of jealousy at the mention of the waitresses, but pretended it wasn’t there.

“I would love for them to come, but I don’t think it’s a good idea. I mean, my parents would probably not appreciate us having a small party – they would see it as a party – already with a bunch of people they don’t know… I’m sorry… I mean, if you want to spend time with them, that’s fine, but the beer…”

“Oh, so now the beer is more important than me coming or not?” Bette faked being hurt.

“No! I want you to come, I really do, but I understand if – ”

“Calm down, T, I don’t mind. I’ll be there asap.”

Silence.

“T?”

Bette blushed for the second time in a short period. “D’you mind?”

“No, not at all. I… I like it.”

“Great. I’m just gonna go in and grab my purse. Do you want me to pick the beer up on the way over there or was your mind set on going together?”

“Whatever you prefer.”

“Let’s go together.”

“Great,” Tina beamed. She informed Dean, who was curious to the girl his sister seemed to obsess over already.

Bette went back inside. “Guys, I gotta go. I won’t meet you for lunch either – Tina still hasn’t got her car back so I have to pick her up.”

“Bring her here, we don’t mind.”

“No, she – uh – she eats at home! Family breakfast seems to be a major thing over there…so… yeah…”

“Eat breakfast here and then leave earlier?”

Shit. Sigh. “Fine.”

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They all had a great night. Bette and Dean hit it off as well, but Bette and Tina were really something else. They would look at each other secretly all the time and Dean noticed how Bette’s eyes travelled his sisters’ body a few times. He caught her licking her lip once.