She took Tina’s arms and led her to the back of the gallery. There was a sculpture of a naked woman, bowing over something Tina didn’t recognise. She couldn’t make anything of it, it seemed to be a pile of wool.

“Tina,” Bette said. “Can I be very free for a moment?”
“Of course.” Tina held her breath, wondering what the brunette was about to say.
“I really like talking to you. I had kinda hoped you would call me back, last time, and I know you were busy but… I just, wondered, we kinda could meet sometime, right? Just for a coffee, or something?”

All the self – confidence had disappeared from Bette and she seemed very tensed.
“Yes, I, I mean, sure. Of course. I promise I’ll call you, I really do.”

Tina looked into Bettes eyes and felt she couldn’t resist anymore. She took a step closer towards Bette. There was something eager between them, something electric.
Tina just wanted to kiss Bette, but she couldn’t. Bette had a girlfriend.

The hell with it, Kennard. Kiss her!

There lips were about to meet when Bette took a step back. Tina looked at her, wondering what was wrong.

Told you so! Her girlfriend, damn it.

“I’m sorry, Tina. I just, I can’t do this.”
“I understand. I am sorry.”
“It’s just, you are with Ian and I would feel extremely bad coming in between you guys.”
“Oh, but Ian and I aren’t together!” Tina said delighted. If it was only that! Bette looked confused and Tina explained:
“He’s just this guy from work. We went out a couple of times, but it isn’t anything serious. I… I don’t even like him that much. But I am sorry, you have a girlfriend, right?”
Bette smiled, her eyes full of hope.
“That’s over now.”

Tina felt her stomach going crazy when there lips touched and she was roughly put back to reality when she heard a woman’s voice saying: “Bette!”

It was the woman Tina had seen Bette with in the restaurant. Bettes girlfriend. The woman went over to Bette and kissed her passionately, right in front of Tina’s eyes.

She was so devastated she didn’t see how Bette was strugling to get out of the kiss. This said enough. Bette had been lying to her.

The tears were flowing over Tina’s cheek and she ran away, feeling sick. She wouldn’t call this woman for sure. She knew it would go like this! She was too good to be true.