“I cannot do anything that will cloud my judgment or compromise it”

“Your judgment is already clouded and if you don’t do anything about your feelings it will surely be compromised, so I’m sorry but it’s a lose-lose situation” Right at moment Bette released a big sigh she wasn’t aware she was holding. “So what happened today with Tina?” Shane asked once again.

“She went for a walk and of course I followed her, but without her noticing me obviously, and she seemed so troubled… so I got worried and I asked her if she was ok, if anything was troubling her and… well she was rather aggravated at the fact that no matter what she did she still couldn’t get rid of me” Bette admitted somberly.

“Bette have you seen how she looks at you?” Shane asked rather surprised at her friend’s blindness.

“Didn’t you just hear what I said?”

“Probably that was a panic reaction, I’m guessing she has things in her mind that she doesn’t want you or anyone else to see… and I would bet you anything that those things involve you” Shane said with a mischievous smile.

“She’s straight for Christ’s sake”

“Bette… again, have you seen the way she stares at you?”

“She does not”

“Who are you trying to convince here? Me or you? Cause you know perfectly well that girls are usually straight… until they are not”

“You are starting to sound like Dana, I think you two should spend some time apart”

“Well maybe for once, and literally just for this once, we agree on something” Shane said smiling. “Bette there is something there, whether you want to see it or not, I just hope you choose to see it and soon. So please just talk to Tina, let her apologize for however she may have reacted today. There are times that you seem to forget that you are surrounded by humans, so she may have overreacted, big deal. All of them are riding one hell of an emotional roller coaster as it is, imagine if to that you add something as huge and life altering as realizing one may be gay…”

“You make me sound like a freaking robot at times”

“And at times you can be, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing in certain situations but let me tell you this isn’t one of those” Shane said as she winked at her friend, turned around and left the kitchen.