Chapter 4
Two days later…

 

Bette
I was still in New York…. I could’t believe how stuck I was with this new show for next month.
I’ve always been a "control freak"…. I’ve never stood loosing control but the worst part of this whole situation was being stuck…. not going forwards or backwards for that matter…. just being in the exact same spot….
For the last two days all I’ve been thinking about is Tina Kennard…. how is this even possible?…. to think constantly about someone you have never met or even seen…. Where the hell is all this coming from?…. and I meant every single word of that question…. I told myself…..
I needed some answers and just when I was about to pick up the phone to call Alice…. it started ringing…. it was Julia calling from Boston….
Bette: Hi Jule! How are you?
Julia: Worried!! Where the hell have you been? You were supposed to call me the day before yesterday!
Bette: I… know Jule and…. I’m sorry…. I……I……
Julia: Why are you stammering Porter? Is there something wrong?
Bette: (I hesitated for a moment) mmmm…. now that you mention it….. yes, there is…. the thing is….. I don’t know how to put this right….
Julia: Spill it out Porter!! You’re getting to my nerves here!
Bette: (looking defeated) OK…OK…. you don’t have to yell!….. remember my friend Alice from LA?
Julia: Yes, the blond one right?
Bette: Yes… remember my friend Dana from NY?
Julia: Yes, the tennis player…. Porter, is this going somewhere?
Bette: I’ll get there, just be patient… well they both separately have been chasing me for the last week, trying to convince me to go to a gay cruise over the Pacific….
Julia: Yes, I’ve heard about that cruise…. so? What’s the big deal with you going there? You could use a couple of days off…
Bette: Yes I know and I thought that was the problem until I got this email from Alice telling me that besides she and Shane another woman named Tina Kennard is coming too and to tell you the truth I haven’t been able to stop thinking about her ever since, and that was two days ago!…. and now I’m stuck here in NY doing nothing productive… thinking about someone I don’t know anything about….
Julia: (interrupting Bette) And getting panicky over something I’m sure you consider to be nothing you should be worried about…..
Bette: (releasing a breath) Yes, thank you…..
Julia: Well… I can’t help you with this girl in particular…. but first I’m strongly advicing you NOT to call Alice to ask her anything about Tina…. and second (thinking for a moment) you are The Bette Porter and I’m sure that this woman will surrender to you the minute she sees you…. but what you are suffering from now is what I like to call the "too long without sex syndrome" and that’s why you are getting panicky and shit… go get laid and then call me….
Bette: (sighing in incredulity) No that can’t be it…. or can it? When was the last time I got laid? (asking myself trying to remember) Oh! Four days ago while I was in Philadelphia….. it’s not too long…..
Julia: (sarcastically) For you…. yes it is…. go have some fun… get laid tonight and call me tomorrow to see how you’re doing….
Bette: Ok, I’ll think about it…. thanks Jule you always look after me…..
Julia: Yes, because you’re a very lucky girl… call me tomorrow, bye!
While Bette was thinking that Julia was probably right…. Julia couldn’t believe what she’s just heard…. The Bette Porter thinking about an unknown girl? And for two days? What the…. she had to start making some phone calls…..