‘Shit!’

She felt all of her hair stood up straight like the student’s did whenever national anthem is playing as she listens to what appears like chair being drag followed by soft tune of piano playing.

Tina was now silently praying Our Father again and again as she forced her cold and jelly like feet towards the sound, it was coming from the music room in her left side.

“Our Father in heaven, holy be Your name..” she stopped in front of the door that was slightly open

‘Oh my God’ “Our Father in heaven..” she started again in a whisper, she’s scared that someone or something aside from God might hear her.

Tina pushed the door very carefully to open further, she tried hard not to produce noise while she enters the music room

‘I’ve found you’

Inside, tina found herself looking at the slender back of a girl with brown wavy hair in pony tail, bronze fingers tapping the piano keyboard

*the tune sounds lonely and distant*

“You play really well.” Tina said out loud as the girl finished playing

The brunette jumped, clearly unaware of the other presence inside aside from her “you scared me.”

“Oh you tell me, I thought you were a ghost.” The blond grinned recalling how she acted a while ago.

Bette frowned, she has no idea what this girl is talking about, “huh?”

“Nevermind, by the way, I’m tina.. Tina Kennard” extending her hand expecting a handshake.

“Ah, I already know you. Anyway, it’s bette.. Bette Porter” she reach for tina’s hand

Both hand quiver they felt the heat radiating from their palms that was clasped tightly together started to travel stopping right in their heart as it beat loudly. They gasped

“how did you knew me?” tina inquired, she was the first to pull from that disturbing handshake and seated beside bette in the piano bench.

“oh.. alice mentioned you.”  Bette answered unable to look in tina’s eyes

“ah.. wait, your that girl laying in the gym the other day, yeah?”

“hey don’t remind me, I’m already trying my best to forget that.” Bette said pouting

“Okay, but I have one question tho.”

“what?”

“why was your hand reach forward?” tina asked in a serious tone

‘why is that everybody ask me that?’ bette thought

“promise you won’t laugh?” she said after thinking if she’ll answer the pretty blond question or not.

“cross my heart.” Tina said

“I thought that ball was burger” bette said as quickly as she can.

Tina bit her tongue hard trying her very best not to laugh, but she couldn’t control it, soon enough she burst into laughing

“hey, you said you won’t laugh” the brunette said again pouting

“no, I said cross my heart” tina said as she once again laugh her head out

“I was hungry back then” she said now smiling widely then turn into soft giggle

Tina ceased from laughing mesmerize by the sound of brunettes laughter

Bette then closed her lips and look over to tin, alarmed that the blond had stop giggling “w-what happened, why did you stop?”

“huh?.. oh.. nothing. You played really well, what that piece called?” tina said changing the topic

“Sunlit Garden, I’ve composed it when I was little.” Bette answered

“really? Wow.. it seemed sad tho, it’s like a lost soul that’s been searching for something from a distant memory.” Tina said lost in her thoughts

“yeah.. now that you’ve mention it, it does felt like that every time I play it.” She slightly touched the keyboard and glanced over the blond beside her.

“you know, you really look familiar.” staring at bette, tina lifted her hands towards the brunettes eyeglasses and gradually remove it

Chocolate meet Hazel eyes.. They seemed to have found what it has been looking for.

Tina bit her bottom lip then she slowly move her head towards bettes hoping for a kiss.

Never leaving the chocolate orbs, she stop just as their face was an inch apart feeling their breath touch. She silently ask permission, and when bette closed her eyes,

Their lips met..

TBC