“I was just on my way up to talk to you” Bette said trying to gain strength. Tina looked directly into her eyes.

“Seems that I beat you to it…” Tina said lowering her eyes again, trying also to gain some much needed strength to say what she wanted to say and be heard in the way she needed and wanted to be heard. Confessing to your best friend about your true feelings towards her is not an easy task.

“You go first” They both said in unison which put a much needed smile on their faces.

“You go first” Tina immediately said.

“No… you go first” Bette replied.

“No… I insist… you go first…” Tina lowered her eyes again. The floor seemed to be a much safer place than those excruciatingly beautiful deep dark eyes.

Bette didn’t know what was going on with her friend. Usually she was able to read Tina’s expression to the last detail and know immediately what was going on, but this time something was different and that scared the hell out of Bette.

Perhaps Tina had found out about her feelings and she was coming to put an end to whatever relationship they had at this moment… whatever it was probably it was better if she would tell Tina her news first, that way now that she was leaving maybe Tina would understand why she was doing it and they would have a shot at being friends again one day.

“Ok…” Bette released a sigh and lowered her eyes, she too found the floor a much more comfortable place to hide instead of those hazel eyes that would make her get lost in them. “I’ve decided to take on my dad’s offer to go stay with him at the UK… I’ll be transferring to Oxford University for a while and… I don’t know… perhaps I’ll finish my studies there…” Bette did not dare to look at Tina.

Tina’s eyes grew wide.

“What?… why?… When?…” Tina instinctively muttered without processing it first in her brains. Bette looked at her friend’s eyes and saw nothing but confusion and hurt.

“I don’t know T… I guess I’m… I need to change the air for at least a little while… but you can visit me there…” Bette said as if offering Tina a consolation price she did not wanted her to take. Otherwise what would be the point in going away if she didn’t disappear completely from Tina’s life?