Before Tina could engage in a silent battle with herself once again her mom and brother entered the parking lot.

Tracy: “What twenty year old boy do you know has a Jaguar?”

Ben: “Me” he said with a huge grin.

Dr. Kennard had mangaed to out do his wife once again.

The rest of the afternoon went rather smoothy. Dinner had been relativly quiet besides Tracy’s outbursts of dislike for their father. Ben didn’t have time to argue with this mother this time, he was too busy eating. At that moment food was the greatest pleasure known to man, espically the four salads he had just consumed. Between being amazed at her brothers ability to eat, Tina’s mind was somewhere else. Thoughts of Bette had been invading he mind all day. As Ben was explaining the reason why eggs had no place on a salad to his mother, Tina was text messaging Alice a reply to her phone call earleyer. Tracy decided to cut lunch short due to Ben’s constant mysterious phone calls. Tina couldn’t help but wonder who he could be talking to.

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Alice decided she would give Bette the news she had been waiting for all day in person. She floated into the Bette Porter gallery and wistled happy tunes all the way to Bette’s office.

Alice: “Hey there sunshine” she said hapily as she swung herself through the door.

Bette: “Alice, what are you doing her?” she replied with enthusiastic sarcasm.

Bette knew Alice was always up to something when she’s that cheery.

Alice: “Oh just thought i’d stop by…so I could see your face when you read this” she said setting her phone down in front of Bette.

Bette raised her eyebrow and looked at Alice cautiously.

Alice: “Go on read it.”

Bette picked up the phone and read the message. A smile crept across her face at the thought of seeing Tina later. Bette was getting exactly what she wanted, now all she needed to do was to snap out of the hypnotic state she was in and sweep Tina off her feet.

Alice: “Well im still technically working so im gonna go do that, or something.” she said jumping up from the chair. “But I will see you at nine” she winked before trotting off.