Tina: “take me other places”

Bette: “we are not staying Shane”

Shane: “fine, we will go back with Alice”

Bette pushes the gas and speeds up, leaving Kelly dumbfounded; she had a couple of nice moments with Bette time ago, and they are, in a certain way, friends, but Kelly wants more, something that Bette doesn’t want to give her.

The brunette drove her new companion through the Revere beach boulevard showing her the parks and the buildings until reaching a parking lot with a view of the ocean; she has her hand on Tina’s.

Bette: “well…, here we are…, I brought you here to watch the moonrise, have you seen it before”

Tina: “one time in Houston…, but it wasn’t like this…, this is majestic”

Bette: “I’m glad that you like it…, hmm…, tell me Tina; are you from Houston?”

Tina: “no, I’m from the south of Texas, a little bit closer to the border, but I lived in Houston”

Bette: “it was there where you did your first year?”

Tina: “no…, I was at Texas A&M”

Bette: “that is a very good university, maybe as good as this?”

Tina: “well…, yeah…, it is very good”

Bette: “why did you move here?”

Tina: “mom got sick, she had to move here for her surgery, and she will remain here, and I wanted to be with her, so, I moved here too, fortunately, I have good grades and was accepted to MIT”

Bette: “it’s very good to have you here…, I guess, you probably have left some broken hearts there, in Texas”

Tina: “broken hearts…?”

Bette: “yup…, boyfriends… or… girlfriends”

Tina: (looking confused at Bette’s hand in hers and then at those brown eyes) “…well…, I’m not sure if you have noticed…, but I like girls…, not boys”

Bette: “I was really hoping that…, but always it’s better to ask…, especially when there is a boy following you, around campus, like a puppy without owner”

Tina: (smiling and squeezing the brunette’s hand) “are you talking about Eric?”

Bette: “I don’t know his name but he is following you everywhere…, he looks interested in you”

Tina: “he is just a friend…, I met him in the orientation process, I don’t even know what he was doing there because he has already been here for one year, but he started asking things…; I’m not interested in him…, sometimes is like a pain in the neck”