Bette: “You looked like you needed help there”

Tina: “Yeah” she replied smiling shyly. “I did, thank you”

Bette: “Im Bette” she smiled as she extended her hand

Tina: “Tina” she replied with a warm smile. “So I guess I looked that scared”

Bette: “You looked like you’ve never been here before” she said as she rested her sholder against the wall

Tina: “That bad huh…well actually it’s my first night in LA…I came to visit my friend for spring break” she babbled nervously.

Bette smiled as the effect she so often had on women took hold of Tina as well. While Tina on the other hand was having an unfamilliar feeling. Her usual outgoing demenor was replaced by shy nervousness, she wanted desperatly to smile and slip away but someting was stopping her. Tina couldn’t figure out what it was about Bette that made her mind weak as she lost herself in the hypnotic scent of Bette perfume.

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Alice kept her eyes glued to the end of the bar untill she finally saw Bette turn the corner. Bette saw the childlike anticipation of her hyper friend as she sontered back over to her retaking her seat at the bar. Alice huffed at a silent Bette in disbliefe.

Alice: “I can’t believe you aren’t talking” she said throwing up her hands

Bette: “Oh, did you want to know what happened?” she replied innocently

Alice: “Funny, of course I want to know. You made out with her didn’t you?! Your going to ditch me and go home with her aren’t you!”

Bette: “Calm down” she laughed “No I didn’t make out with her. She’s coming to the gallery Monday night”

Alice: “Ugh, you pulled the gallery card”

Bette: “No, she’s just meeting me there. We have a date” she finished then began sipping her drink

Alice: “Who are you? What have you done with Bette?” she said as she grabbed Bette by the sholders and shook her.

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Hayden and Shane were too caught up in their conversation to notice Tina quietly sitting back down at the table. Tina sat in silence thinking about her recent encounter with Bette Porter, she then became too lost in thought to notice Hayden and Shane now staring at her and the silly grin on her face.

Tina: “What?” she said finally snapping back to reality

Hayden: “Why are you smiling like that?”

Tina: “I have a date on Monday” she laughed as she tried to hide her face

Shane: “With a woman?”

Hayden: “When did this happen?”

Tina: “Well I was standing in line for the bathroom and she walked up to me.”

Hayden: “Who is it?” she inturpted with excitment

Tina looked around the room and spotted Bette who at the moment looked to be under attack by a fiesty blond. She felt her heart begin to race as she pointed in Bette’s direction.

Shane: “You have a date with her?”

Tina: “Yeah. She’s hot right.”

Hayden: “Wow Tina you didn’t waste any time jumping right into that ***** pool” she laughed

Tina: “I told you if I found a woman attractive I wouldn’t ignore it, besides it’s not like anythings going to happen”

Shane: “You just got a date with a woman that doesn’t date and practicly has a waiting list of women who just want to talk to her”

Hayden: “And that awesome.” she laughed as she raised her glass.

Tina took one last look at Bette and couldn’t imagine what she was getting herself into.