“I said I didn’t get fired.” Bette finished dressing, came out of the closet and started to fix her hair and make up

“Nothing really illegal”

“So?”

“WellI sorta stalked someone yesterday.”

“Stalking?! Well, that’s new!”

“Bette, don’t be sarcastic. It isn’t really your style.”

“I don’t get I why you’re apologizing to me about this.”

“Wellit wasn’t so much of stalking someoneI mean, how would you define stalking? Like where would you draw the line between ummhaving or seeing a defiant connection with someone to.to.stalker like status?”

“Look, I’m gonna be late for work and I don’t have time for defining stalker like status! So who did you stalk and why did you stalk them and mostly what does this have to do with me.”

Okay. I kept on thinking deep breaths, deep breaths Al. I got off the bed and made my way to where Bette was and faced her, looked her straight in the eye as I said what I thought were my last words.

“It wasn’t stalking. It was more like peeking…peeking, yes and there’s a little stalking like moves I used, but peeking nonetheless.”

“Wwwwwwhhhhhhhhoooooooo??”

“You.”

“You?”

“You.”

“Me?”

“You. Look! I can explain so don’t panic because I don’t love you, like in love with you that’s so not it. Don’t even think about that. Just erase that right away. Blahhlalalala!!!! Okay. I wanted to see about the Tina situation so Dana and I were sorta like right outside of your window yesterday afternoon”

“Sorta?”

“yeswe were there and we saw the whole thing and I wanted to apologize because I knew you wouldn’t approve if I had asked”

“I wouldn’t approve….”

“yeahand if I just let the opportunity pass by, you wouldn’t even give us any of the details about what happened yesterday”

“There was an opportunity?”

“wellyeahthe open window of your office, it was like begging me. And you see, I wanted to find out if my plan worked out, you know. I mean, if I hadn’t bump into Tina that afternoon…who knows when you were gonna call her?”

“Do you want me to say thank you?”

“I mean, it wouldn’t hurtbut not really nono, noof course not. I just wanted to apologize and that’s it.”

“And”

“And? Oh! And for barging in without knocking first.”

“And”

“And? Ah! I won’t stalk or peek or device another plan.”

“Okay.”

“Okay.”

“Okay.”

“That means we’re okay, right?”

“That’s what okay means Alice.”

“Right. So need to goI have a jobstillI think. Thanks for the rent a couch. And no more plans” No more plans this week. But next weekdefinitely.