«I really don’t know. Things seem a little too strange with her»

«Not only with her» Alice murmured, clearly referring to Bette.

Shane just nodded, implying she knew what she was talking about.

«Here she is! » she pointed at Bette, as the couple approached them.

«Hello guys! » the beautiful dean greeted her two friends. Taking a sit.

Jodi did the same and spoke, «Wasn’t Tina here? »

«She is, yeah. Um, she went to the restroom»

Bette knew she did that to avoid to see her. Well, actually, to avoid to see her with Jodi. She was aware of the fact that this was hurting her, really badly. But that was the only solution in her opinion. She couldn’t risk to go through all that pain, again. At the same time, it hurt knowing how bad Tina was feeling about this situation. But, it takes two, right? Both of them had their roles in that department. Both of them threw it all out of the window. ‘Tina is as guilty as me’, she said to herself, trying to justify her actions.

The group of women spent a while talking and laughing, several minutes had passed but Tina didn’t come back. It was a little odd, and Bette could feel something was wrong. She was starting to worry and couldn’t help it, she decided to go and see what was happening.

«Honey, I need another drink, anything you want? » she asked Jodi.

«No thanks, go ahead, I’ll wait you here» the woman signed.

As she left the table, she let out the breath she didn’t know was holding and made her way to the restroom, trying to avoid to be seen. She opened the door, but Tina wasn’t there. She could only hear someone sniffing. «Is anybody here? » Bette asked, being sure Tina was in one of the toilet cabins. She didn’t reply. But she realized the woman stopped sniffing, trying to make sure Bette didn’t hear her. But Bette continued, «I heard you»

The blonde sighed, and still sitting on the toilet, she said «What do you want? »

«I just wanted to make sure you were okay»

Tina let out a short laugh, «It’s pretty clear I am not, isn’t it? »