"Mind your own business Wade"

"Actually, I think we were done with the introductions here, weren’t we Shell?" Bette said firmly, pulling her hand from Shell’s grip.

"Whatever" Shell huffed, pushing her way past the woman in the doorway.

"So, have you come to tell me to watch my back too?" Bette asked suspiciously.

The woman laughed "In a round about way, I guess. I just saw that you had the pleasure of Dockley’s visit and thought I’d save you from the boredom of listening to her spout on"

Bette’s face softened and she smiled at the woman "Sorry, just, I guess I thought you can never be too careful in here"

"You’re right there. But most of the ones who go on about it don’t back it up with anything"

"Bette Porter" Bette held her hand out.

"Nikki Wade" the woman shook her hand "So, you met anyone else in here yet?"

"I came in with Shane, and just got introduced to Denny on the wing"

"Shane’s a good kid, world screwed her over. She could make something of herself if someone just gave her a chance. But she’s wiser than people give her credit for, she notices things"

"Yeah, I can see that"

"And Denny….well, she’s a good kid too. Just needs some guidance, you know what I mean?"

Bette nodded, and at once felt pity for the young women she had met earlier. Already she was starting to change her views of people in prison. They weren’t all necessarily bad people, just sometimes life stuck them in the shit and crime was their only way out.

"You wanna head out and get some breakfast? It’s not great, but…"

"Sounds good, I’m starved" Bette followed Nikki gratefully.

The two women made their way to the servery, with the odd wolf whistle being aimed in Bette’s direction.

Nikki turned to her "They’ll soon get bored, don’t worry"

"It’s alright, I’ll try and take it as a compliment"

They both laughed as they made it fairly quickly to the front of the queue. The food was being served by two blonde women, one tall and one short, who appeared to be surprisingly cheerful considering their situation.

"Julies, meet Bette. These are the Julies" Nikki introduced them.

"Hiya love" Julie S, the shorter woman smiled at her.

"Nice to meet you" Bette smiled back.

"Here we go, got some nice sausages here for you Nik, and for you Bette"

"Cheers Julies"

"Yeah, thanks" Bette smiled gratefully, thinking that the food didn’t look as bad as she had expected it to.

"Nikki, Shane, over here!" Denny was waving them over from a table with two vacant seats.

They made their way over to the table where Denny was sat with Shane, a black woman with braided hair and a blonde woman with bags under her eyes. Shane gave her a smile as she sat down.

"Bette, I’d like you to meet Crystal" she indicated the black woman "and Zandra. My other two roommates"

The women smiled and all six of them tucked into their breakfast.

"Bette, can I have a word?"

Bette turned to the source of the voice that had filled her dreams the night before.

"Sure" she said smiling and walking to one side with Officer Kennard. She was sure right about now Shane was filling the table in about her previous lustful looks.

"I’d just like to introduce myself properly. I’m Tina, and I’m going to be your personal officer" Tina flashed her a smile that made her go weak at the knees.

"Err…great!" Bette struggled for words.

"Your meeting with Miss Stewart is scheduled for half an hours time so if you wanna finish up your breakfast and then I’ll show you up, ok?"

"Sure, thanks Officer Kennard"

"You can call me Tina if you want" the blonde said with a wink, walking off to deal with two women who looked like their breakfast discussion was growing a little heated.

Shit, thought Bette. Keeping my mind off Tina Kennard is going to be a lot harder than I thought.