“I’m so sorry to interrupt you Ms. Porter.”

“That’s alright, don’t worry about it.”

“Thank you ma’am, there’s a phone call for you on hold shall I patch it through?”

“Yes, please. Who’s calling?”

“Miss Tina Kennard, ma’am.”

“Thank you again Vanessa.” Bette said picking up the call that the young woman had patched through using the office wireless connection. “Hey T, how was the meeting?”

“You need to change your privacy word. It’s embarrassing to say sometimes.”

“Well I’m not the one who went to sleep in class and yelled it aloud when the teacher woke her up.”

“You know your mind I swear must be part elephant. I’m almost sorry I ever told you that story.”

“Just another way of saying you love me. Now answer the question how was the meeting?”

“I don’t want to get into it over the phone, all I can say right now is that it was very promising. Nothing has been set in stone yet. But I’ll tell you everything when I see you. I was just calling to see when you’re going to be home, because I’m on my way back now and I don’t want to disturb you from your work. I can always check into a hotel and…”

“Tina absolutely not. You are not staying in a hotel. I’ll have D.C. meet you at the house and let you in again. I’m sure she’ll be happy to know that this time it won’t be under false pretences. I’ll also have her make you a key, okay?”

Tina laughed a little, “That will be more than okay, thank you very much.” they chatted for a little while longer and Tina could hear the excitement in Bette’s voice as she spoke about all the different sounds that were coming together in her head. She hadn’t seemed this excited about her work in such a long time, it was a welcomed change to Tina.

Tina parked the car in front of the loft and immediately spotted Bette’s agent waiting outside the building to give her a copy of the keys to get in. Tina went in and changed her clothes to something more relaxed and headed right back out to go and pick up some food for them to have a more relaxed dinner. Last night Tina could tell that Bette was very attentive and still a little on edge. She knew in her mind that she walked on eggshells around Bette now hoping not to say the wrong thing and piss her off to the point of them not speaking again. Tina walked around for a little while, now realizing Bette was right, this was a lovely neighborhood. She walked a few more blocks and spotted a Mexican restaurant, right away she knew Bette would love it. The quaint little restaurant was tucked away from the usual foot traffic but it seemed open and very welcoming. Once inside Tina was greeted by a beautiful young woman who eagerly took Tina order to go and made the whole encounter a real treat. With her order in hand Tina made her way back to the loft and put the food in the kitchen. She hurried into the shower wanting to wash the city’s grime off of her.