Jen walked out of the house and rolled her eyes at her mom.  Mrs. Fry just laughed and went back to her yard work.

Jen:  Walkin the dog?

Tina:  Yeah I patted Leroy on the head.

Jen:  Your mom said you got an apartment.

Tina:  Yeah, its right down the street from my dad.

Jen:  Thats cool.  So you really came back huh?  What happened?

Tina:  Uh thats kinda a long story.  What are you doing tonight?

I wanted to tell her everything right there but her front yard was defiantly not the place.

Jen:  I have to have dinner with my parents, but thats it.

Tina:  Ok well why dont you call me when youre done and we can meet up.

I made plans with my estranged friend and finished walking the dog.  I was just going to let him through the back door and sneak away but then I heard the phone ringing.  I didnt really live there anymore but after that phone call from Ms. Chanandler Bong, my curiosity got the best of me.  I quickly unleashed the dog and almost fell over him as I tried to get to the kitchen before the answering machine picked up.

I said Hello but nobody was there.  I sat there for a few seconds waiting for some sort of response.  I got nothing.  I hate when people do that, call and dont say anything.  What are we? Three?  I hung up the phone and couldnt escape the nagging feeling that the caller was someone I knew.

–MeanwhileBack in LA–

Alice looked at Bette with amazement.

Alice:  Did she seriously just answer and did you seriously just hang up?

Bette looked at Alice with sad eyes.

Bette:  I cant do this Al. she threw the phone down on the deck.

Alice:  Well breaking your phone isnt going to make it better she snapped as she reached for the battery that had detached itself from the phone upon impact.  After listening to your sob story eight hundred times I realized that maybe Tina misunderstood you.

Bette:  She didnt misunderstand me.  I lied to her when I told her I broke up with Kristen before we slept together.

Alice:  That equals true, yes.  But maybe she misunderstood you after that.  Maybe she thought you werent ever going to break up with Kristen.  I dont know why you just didnt blurt that out in the first place.  You really do suck with timing your words sometimes.

Bette:  Its been a month Alice, the damage is done.  I should just leave her alone.

Alice:  Oh no you dont.  I didnt spend the last two weeks searching all over gods creation for this girl for you to chicken out.  Come on Bette, Kristen is finally starting to leave you alone.  You dont really have Tina now so its not like you can lose her any more than you already have.

Bette:  Gee thanks Ms. Bong, thats really comforting.

Alice:  Im sorry thats the first name that popped in to my head.  I freaked.

Alice was right, what more did she really have to lose?  Bette took a deep breath and picked up the phone again.