The next couple of weeks Bette tried very hard to avoid Justine. Turning into herself and trying to find a solution internally. Very much like she suspected Justine never called her to cover for her with Tina. She never needed her to come up with an excuse for a last minute tryst after work. Truth be told she was relieved that she hadn’t heard from her. Tina on the other hand was a different story, she constantly stayed beside Bette. Meeting her some nights at the studio. Sometimes she would just watch as Bette created life through her music. It always amazed her to watch and listen how a few strokes would draw Bette into a world of safety and her own sanity. In that world she truly released herself and felt the music save her from time to time. She could sit for hours and watch as Bette closed her eyes and through memory alone tweak the boards to produce something from her soul. It was captivating to watch her head bob to the music and see her body sway to the beat. Sometimes Bette would turn in her chair and be truly surprised that Tina was still there lost in her own world after hours of silence from her.

“You’re still here?” Bette turned as shock danced across her smile.

“Well I told you I wanted to talk to you. I told you I’d wait for you to finish.” Bette just smiled and continued to look at her incredulously.

“What?” Tina said beginning to help put away her materials.

“Nothing it’s just whenever I’m in here I always zone out and ignore people. You know trying not to get distracted, and…” Bette shook her head trying to search for the right words.

“And, what?”

 “And Toya hated it. I would be right there about to find that part that I was looking for and she’d begin to scream into her phone about a meeting or something ya know? It was nerve wracking to say the least.”

“Well why did she come if she didn’t want to hear the music?”

Bette smiled at her friend’s straight forward question “It was another part of our “Reconnection” process. Spending more time together, and I honestly thought she would like it.” Bette finished and lost her eyes on Tina’s. There she was looking straight into her mind, somehow she knew the next question was going to be “Why did you guys break up?”