I hear the front door open and close, that’s when I lift myself from the bed and exit the bedroom and Alice notices me.

“Hey TK”

“Hey.”

“Did you get a call from Helena?” She asks me and points to my cell phone that is rested in my hand.

“Yeah, I did.”

“So? Are you going to attend?”

I walk pass her. “I don’t know, I don’t know if I feel up to it.”

I hear her footsteps following behind me.

“It might be good for you to get out of this house and stop letting your emotions eat you up inside.”

When I reach the living room I sit myself down beside Tasha again on the sofa.

“Whats up?” Tasha asks looking between Alice and me.

“Helena is throwing a party for Dylan’s birthday saturday night at Hit, I told her we are going.”

“Do you know how hard it is for me to stay in a room with Bette?”

“I know that, Tina but your friends want you to be there.”

“So I can keep getting asked how I am and keep with the same answer “I’m fine” when I’m clearly not.”

“We care about you that’s why we ask over and over again.”

“So i’m suppose to pull a fake smile on my face all night.”

“Look-“ Alice begins and sits beside me on the sofa. “I know this is hell for you right now and I know you aren’t yourself but maybe just being around your friends can put a real smile on your face and make you forget about all the anger and hurt you feel.”

“So..is Bette going?”

“Yes, yes she is. She didn’t want to go either but it’s like I told you, being around your friends can at least make you feel a little better.”

I sigh and place my hand through my hair. “Fine.. I’ll go, but I can’t promise you I’ll be there long.”

…

An hour has passed and i’ve decided to go back to the house to see Angie.

When I step into the house, I notice beer bottles placed around the coffee table.

I walk through the house in search for Bette, when I walk down the hall to our bedroom I turn the corner to notice Bette buried in papers around the bed.

I knock once with my knuckles to give her a signal.

“T.” I hear her say as she drops the papers from her hand and begins to stand.

“Where’s Angie?”

“Kit-she called to tell me Angie wanted to have a sleepover with her, I was going to call but at this point I don’t even know if you’d pick up my phone calls, I knew you would be back so I decided to just wait and tell you.”

“Alright then.” I turn to leave but I hear her call my name. “Tina..” I stop and stare into the distance before turning around to face her.

“Are-are you going to Dylan’s party saturday night?”

I take a moment before I answer her back with my answer. “ahh, yeah.”

“You know..I really didn’t want to go, I honestly feel lost without you T.”

“I feel lost too Bette-” I hear the cracking of my voice and it isn’t anger for the first time but thats when I suddenly find myself getting interrupted by Kit’s voice coming from the living room.

…