Chapter Sixteen

Tina had thrown herself in to her work and managed to avoid everyone all week. All she wanted to do was spend time with Bette but Tina knew if she saw Bette, all of the progress she made would be lost. It tore her up inside to do this to the woman she adored but Tina felt like Bette deserved someone who could be completely honest and open with everyone. Bette was already at a place in her life where she knew who she was and was proud of it.

Bette tried to call Tina numerous times throughout the week with no success. The situation was becoming equally as stressful for Bette and she didn’t even know the start of it. Ben was also getting tired of Tina’s absence, all week he had to lie to Bette and tell her that Tina was just busy with work, he hated lying to her, but it was really all he could say. At this point Ben was just as much in the dark as Bette was.

Ben sat in his dorm room staring at the blank screen on his computer when his cell phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and was relieved when he saw that it was Tina, finally calling him.

Ben: “Hey, what’s going on?” he said with concern

Tina: “Nothing, im just on my lunch break and thought I would call you.”

Ben: “Nice try Tina but your not that good of an actress. Why haven’t you called me?”

Tina: “I’ve been busy Ben, im sorry”

Ben: “You know Bette called me.”

Tina was silent for a moment. She was hoping Bette would have just moved on and found someone else, last time Tina checked there were plenty of women lined up at Bette’s door.

Ben: “You need to talk to her Tina. You know im here to help you through any decision you make but you’ve gotta make one first”

Tina: “I know, I will. So what are you doing this weekend?”

Ben: “Uh I think Donk and I are going to rock out 80′s style and go sing karaoke”