“What happened?”

She stopped herself from walking over and holding her.

Tina blatantly ignored her question. “I am sorry I am using your dressing gown. I got mine all wet. I had an accident in the bathroom.”

Tina laughed lightly.

That laugh, Bette thought, so beautiful.

She crossed the room and sat down beside Tina. She nervously wrung her wrists on her lap as she thought about things to say. It was obvious that Tina would prefer not to talk about it, she could tell from the way she had avoided her question. Bette looked up to find Tina looking back at her.

“I’m sorry about all of this,” Tina choked. “I am causing so much trouble for you.”

Bette put her hand on her back and rubbed gently.

Tina wiped her eyes with the back of her hands when she stopped crying. Bette knew just how to calm her down. She looked at the worried brunette and was hit almost immediately with overwhelming guilt. She could see the pain in her brown eyes but Tina couldn’t bring herself to tell her what had happened. She was actually quite embarrassed.

It had all started when Eric had returned from the CAC. He was carrying the most gorgeous bouquet of flowers Tina had ever seen. Eric never bought her flowers unless it was a special occasion, but still, he’d find some sort of reason not to buy them. Tina had happily taken them and greeted him with a kiss on the cheek.

He seemed in a perfectly good mood. He was apologising profusely about his behaviour. Tina wasn’t ok with it but she couldn’t hold it over his head forever. She put the flowers in some water and joined him on the couch. Everything was going well. They were getting on great until Tina noticed him fidgeting nervously and glancing at his watch.

He wanted to go out.

That’s when it all went wrong.

They started to argue. Not bickering. It was a full-blown argument. Eric was complaining about Tina, saying she was a controlling girlfriend and how he’d like to go out and explore LA. Tina had insisted she went along with him, but that only made it worse. She’d tried explaining to him that they were allowed to go out together, especially since they hadn’t spent much time together through the day.