Bette responds boldly, “Then Eric is a fool.  And you know what they say about fools, ‘A fool and his gold are quickly parted.’  If you haven’t figured it out yet, you are the gold.”

Tina smiled, “I got your meaning. Thanks.”

“No T, thank you for sharing your time with me.  Now let’s get you home so you can change.  As much as I like that outfit, I don’t think it would blend into the crowd well at an open air market.”

“So you did like my outfit,” Tina says inquisitively.

“Very much, I thought I was going to have to wear a bib so I wouldn’t drool down the front of myself,” Bette replied.  “Now let’s get going.”

Bette and Tina grabbed their purses and went to the car.  Fifteen minutes later they were at Tina’s condo.  They went inside and Bette got comfortable on the sofa while Tina made her way to the bedroom to shower and change.  After her shower, Tina decided to also go with low slung hip hugging jeans, a clingy tee-shirt and a pair of sandals.  She let he hair hang down and loose.  She grabbed a pair of sunglasses and pushed them up on the top of her head, holding her hair back off of her face.  She grabbed her purse and went back in to the living room to collect Bette and leave on their adventure.  As she got to the sofa, she noticed the light on her answering machine was flashing.    She looked at Bette, who was ogling her as she entered the living room.

“Bette, will you stop that.  You’re making me self conscious.”

“Baby, you are just so hot I can’t help myself,” Bette said seductively.

“My God Bette, it’s just jeans and a tee-shirt,” said Tina, rolling her eyes.  Then she thought of her own reaction to Bette’s outfit when she came into the kitchen for her coffee.  “Oh well, I guess this body is just me cross to bear.”

Bette quipped, “Do you mean B-E-A-R or B-A-R-E.”

Tina crossed her arms, looked at Bette with one eyebrow raised and said, “You never stop, do you?  I’m going to check my messages quickly, OK?”

Bette says, “Sure.”

 Tina pushes the play button on the answering machine and hears Eric’s message, “Tina, it’s Eric.  Where are you?  Look, I’m going to be delayed in New York.  I won’t be back for another seven days.  If I have a chance, I’ll try and call you.  Click”

Bette is annoyed by Eric’s tone and says, “He certainly is personable.  I can see why you were attracted to him.”

Tina responds, “Bette, could you at least try to be tactful?”

Bette’s retort is, “T, tact is for people who aren’t intelligent enough to use sarcasm.”

Tina just shakes her head and chuckles to herself, then says, “Come on Tiger, let’s roll.”

Bette started, “I’d like to roll”  Tina interjected, “Don’t go there.”

Bette says, “What?  Where?”

Tina counters, “You know where.  You are so predictable.”

Bette:  “What’d I say?”  And with that, the couple left Tina’s apartment and made their way to the open air market.

TBC