“What did he do?”

            “He just looked at me; he didn’t say anything and then he just walked away”

            “It wasn’t your fault, it was that stupid racket. It was too heavy! He should’ve got you a racket that was less heavy” the kid said, trying to defend her.

Bette smiled and looking at her, “You know, I never told anyone about this”

            “Oh, don’t worry, I won’t tell. Cross my heart, I hope to die—”she started to say, when Bette finished her sentence “Stick a needle in my eye, yeh, yeh, blah blah blah!” and started tickling her, making her laugh. “I think you’d better get some sleep, what do you think?”

The kid nodded, “Okay” and pulled the brunette into a hug. Bette was shocked at first, but then hugged her back, “Good night, Bette”

            “Good night, sweetie” Bette smiled.

10

Chapter

It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside

            Tina, in the meanwhile, after listening to Angie’s and Bette’s stories, made her way to the balcony. She was starting to feel a little overwhelmed and she couldn’t really say why. It was a strange feeling. Could she be having some kind of feelings for Bette? But she was a woman, and she was straight, right? It was starting to scare her. Even because Angelica was starting to feel attached to Bette and she didn’t want her to be hurt by all this. It was just a momentary thing and once the business with Peggy was concluded everything was going back to normal. She could feel the cold wind caressing her skin; it was when she realized she forgot to bring a coat with her. Just as she was starting to go inside, Bette popped out and put a blanket on her shoulders, “It’s cold, you should cover yourself” as she pulled it on her shoulders, she squeezed them gently. Tina could feel the electricity at that touch.

            “Thanks” Tina turned around and smiled at her.

The brunette huffed and crossed her arms, “Angie’s a good kid”

            “Yeah, she is” the blonde smiled again.

            “Hope you don’t mind me asking but… Where’s her father?”

            “Who knows” she shrugged, “Marcus had been having an affair for a couple of years. He left some month ago, without saying goodbye to Angie, so she keeps thinking he’ll come back”