“Uhhh, I guess we just weren’t meant to be. You know some people are matched and some people aren’t.” Bette said snapping back into realty and giving Tina the half assed answer she’d been giving everybody who asked that question., it was somewhat automatic by now.

“Right.” Tina said nodding her head knowing all to well that Bette was lying about their break up, and it pained her to think that Bette didn’t trust her enough anymore to tell her the truth.

As Bette was throwing her bag onto her shoulder and locking the door she decided to face the bullet and ask Tina what was her motive behind all her frequent visits. So they walked for a little while, silence between them was never this full, it was a little unnerving to Bette. Tina was just trying to figure out what static her brain was trying to transmit to her heart. Lately her emotions were all over the place.

“So what’s up T?” Bette asked cutting through Tina’s internal battle. Tina continued to walk and tried so hard to find the right words to say this correctly.

“Justine.” was the only word that she could come up with. So many things and questions encompassed that name. It best described her inner turmoil.

Bette nodded her head as she folded her arms and leaned against her car still giving Tina her undivided attention. Even though the subject was something that made her shudder internally.

“She’s completely changed. I don’t know if it’s because of Briana’s passing or because of her proposal. She’s more attentive, she comes home when she says she will, she listens to me more, she actually considers my feelings when we’re around other people.” Tina saw the look in Bette’s eyes, it displayed a hint of anger and irritation. “But she’s become the type of person that I’ve…” Tina couldn’t finish the sentence. It hurt her physically to think of the words coming from her. She paid more attention to the ground now. Why was she having trouble relaying to Bette her feelings? This never happened before.