Bette had been in the back for almost thirty minutes, when she heard an unfamiliar voice. Alice, Dana and Shane seemed to be talking to someone. Puzzled, she went to see who it was. Her friends were talking to a woman who had her back to her. Nobody seemed very happy…

«What’s going on ?», Bette asked. Alice, Shane and Dana looked over the woman’s shoulder who finally turned around. As soon as Bette looked into her hazel eyes, something very disturbing happened. The world around her vanished and her heart began racing. Her mouth went dry and just the sight of that beautiful face produced a familiar longing between her legs that was impossible to ignore…

«Bette ? BETTE!», Alice almost shouted.

Bette came out of her trance and shook her head. «What ?»

«Did you hear a word I said ? We have a big problem!»

«I’m sorry… Who are you ?», she asked the woman.

«I’m Tina Kennard and I work for the city. It seemed that the inspector who came to see you made a mistake. You see, the zoning bylaw prohibits clubs within 150 metres of residential property», she explained.

Bette stared at her in total disbelief. «If you are about to say that we can’t open tomorrow night, then I’m afraid…», she started to say, but Alice cut her off when she saw the anger rising in the brunette’s eyes.

«Bette ! Let’s all calm down and resolve this in an adult manner»

Alice led the woman to a table, and the group followed them. As mad as Bette was at the situation, she was more disturbed by what was going through her head right now… «What the fuck was that ?», she wondered thinking about her reaction when she first laid eyes on Miss Tina Kennard. No other woman had never had that effect on her… Even more disturbing was the fact that her gaydar was one of the best and it didn’t even went off when she gazed into those gorgeous eyes. Bette looked at Tina’s left hand and her heart sank when she noticed the gold wedding band on her finger. Fuck…

«So, what do we have to do to make this right Miss Kennard?», Alice asked, obviously worried.

«You’ll have to fill this form to ask for a rezoning», Tina told them, pulling one off her bag, «and then the area residents will have to approve the change»

«Is this because we’re opening a gay club? Do you have something against gay people, Miss Kennard?», Bette’s voice was cold.

Tina held her gaze and smiled. «I’m just doing my job, Miss… I don’t think I caught your name ?». She seemed to be amused by Bette’s reaction.

«Porter, the name is Porter, Miss Kennard, and I believe you haven’t answered my question?». Bette didn’t want to let this matter go even though Alice was kicking her in the shin under the table.

Tina’s smiled didn’t fade. «No, Miss Porter, I don’t have anything against gay people. As a matter of fact, my best friend is gay»

Bette applauded with mockery, while Alice, Shane and Dana looked at her in dismay. Was Bette going crazy or what ? «Wow, a gay best friend. Boy, was I wrong about you…»

Tina stood up. «Just call me when you have your application ready and I’ll try to speed things up since it was one of our inspectors who made a mistake». She turned to Bette. «It was nice meeting you, Miss Porter», she said with a mischievous smile.

When Tina walked out the door, Alice, Shane and Dana started on Bette. «Are you crazy ? Why were you talking to her like that ? We need her on our side if we want to open this place… Oh my God!», Alice suddenly exclaimed. «You want to fuck her, don’t you?»

«Are you fucking crazy Alice ? She comes in here telling us we can’t open tomorrow and you think I had that on my mind ? She’s not even my type…»

«Well, that’s a good thing because I don’t want to see you hurt…», Shane told her.

«Why would you say that?», Bette asked.

«Because I got no vibes from her. Tina Kennard may have a gay best friend, but she’s definitely not playing for our team», Shane said, crushing for good Bette’s hope of ever seducing the lovely blonde.