"Lucky them," Shane commented, smiling at the happy almost-couple.

"Yeah, lucky them," Bette added.

The horse whinnied and trotted in place.

"How the fuck do you get off this thing?"

 Bette, Alice, and Dana were in Bette’s car on their way to Westfield Mall. Bette didn’t want her two good friends to take three buses there so decided to drive both of them. It was getting late and the football game was already starting but because Alice waited at the last minute to ask, they had to go shopping for dresses pronto. Dana insisted, that is punched Alice in the arm until she got her way, that they matched. Bette parked the car and waited in the car as the two went scampering off like Hansel and Gretal to the mall’s entrance.

She didn’t want to go in for two reasons. One: she was tired from school. Two: She already held a memory with Tina there and didn’t want to think about her. But Bette didn’t even have to enter the mall to think about Tina. She was glad Tina was going with Hudson because she cared for her hopelessly in love friend but it didn’t let the jealousy lighten up. She reclined the seat back and closed her eyes, imagining her and Tina dancing together…

"Bette Porter?" A meek voice said from outside.

Bette looked up to see Jodi Lerner standing outside the window with a shopping bag. It was from the same dress shop she saw Tina half naked in. She put her seat in the upright position and rolled down her window.

Jodi Lerner was probably the most shy at school. She barely talked and when the class were seperated to do group work, she wouldn’t contribute any of her ideas. She would be the scribe by writing down the answers so the group could share out when the teacher called on them.

"Hey Jodi, what’s up?"

"Um nothing. Just shopping for a Homecoming dress," Jodi said, jiggling the bag.

"Oh who’s the lucky guy?" Bette didn’t want to ignore Jodi but she wanted to get the conversation over as quickly as possible.

"No one, Bette if you didn’t know by now I’m a lesbian," Jodi said nonchalantly as if it was normal.

If Bette was eating something, she would have choked to death. "Really?" Bette got out of the car and stood beside Jodi, leaning against the door. She barely knew her but she already knew they had one thing in common. "You’re not "out" are you?"

 "Well I am if people ask me," Jodi replied pursing her lips. "You going to Homecoming?"

"I’m thinking about it," Bette said as Tina’s image returned to her mind once more.

"You should go. It’s really fun. I thought you were going with Tina."

Bette’s eyes bulged out of her socket. "Woah. Who said that?"

"Isn’t it obvious? You’re practically drooling over her when she’s around," Jodi joked causing Bette to shuffle from side to side. "So you didn’t ask her. I heard she dumped that one dude."

"Henry," Bette corrected.

Jodi heard the venom in Bette’s voice and quickly changed the subject. "So…"

"Alice, Dana, open up," Bette yelled as she knocked on the dressing room door.

Dana swung the door open clad in a vintage blue gown and Alice zipping up a strapless dress that was a similar color. Bette rushed into the room and held Alice by the shoulders. Once she regained her breath she started to explain.

"I need a dress for tomorrow. I have a date."