“Okay then …” said Jo, pleased, as the bell rang out for her class to come in from recess, “I’d better go” she said, “that’s the end of recess …”

“Okay …” said Lottie, realising suddenly that Tina and Lisa were long gone, “me too … but I’ll see you tomorrow night?”

“Definitely, pick you up around 7pm?”

Lottie paused, “why don’t I come to you … if it’s near you …” she suggested,

“Okay …” said Jo hurriedly as her students began to file in, “7pm at my place then, see you there, bye …”

“Bye …” whispered Lottie, realising Jo had hung up before hearing it, she sat on the wall, her feet dangling free from the ground, she had a date …

She was glad no one was watching her for she felt there must be a really huge grin across it, so big that everyone would be sure to know. She jumped down, heading back to work with a sudden renewal of energy, and it had nothing to do with the two espressos she’d had with lunch …

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“Did you speak to Kit about tomorrow night?” asked Tina as Bette let them both into the house with her key,

Bette pause, screwing up her face apologetically,

“Bette …” sighed Tina, “what is with you these days …?” she asked, wondering whether in her increasing age Bette was getting more and more forgetful,

“I’m sorry …” said Bette, placing the two bags containing groceries and dinner onto the kitchen counter, “It’s just what with everything going on with Helena and then Alice and Lottie … I completely forgot …”

Tina stopped her mid sentence, “Whoa … hang on a minute … Al and Lottie??” she asked,

Bette shrugged, “I walked in on ‘something’ between them in the bathroom at The Planet …”

Tina frowned, beginning to unpack their food for dinner, “What … like *something-something*?” she asked,

Bette passed her the groceries to go in the fridge, “No … not like that,” she paused, her eyes glinting with a memory, “not like the kind of ‘something-something’s’ *we* used to get up to in there anyway …”