“Whatever” Bette said standing there all alone, still drying pots, pans and dishes.

As Bette was about to finish with her task in the kitchen she felt the now familiar presence of a certain blonde.

“Bette” Tina verbalized after a few seconds and the brunette put down the last kitchen utensil she was holding and slowly turned around. Her face wasn’t saying much but her eyes showed a complete different version of what was going on, clearly the agent had been affected by her team mate words.

“Yes Tina?” Bette replied almost shyly.

“Can you please hear me this time?” The blonde inquired, her eyes meeting those of the brunette standing a few feet away.

“Of course” Bette said trying to sound normal but human at the same time, fighting the thought that was on the back of her head to just flee that kitchen.

“I didn’t mean what I told you earlier, I would never…” Tina made a pause right then aware of what her next words would be and quickly decided to try and rephrase them before they exited her mouth. “I have a lot in my mind right now and, as I usually do whenever that happens; I like to be left alone. But the thing is that I just failed to realize that my situation is slightly different than before, because before I didn’t have literally dozens of armed guys coming to kill me. So it may take me a little bit longer to get used to the idea of not being able to be alone, but the fact that I may need to be left alone for small periods of time doesn’t mean that I don’t enjoy your company… I would never ditch you on purpose” The blonde stopped right there before she broke with her words the thin ice she knew she was walking on.

“I understand, I’m just sorry I asked you…” Bette also made a pause there for she too changed the course of her speech, considering everything that Shane had just told her. “I get that this is a new situation for you and, trust me, it is a new situation for us too… we are not used to be with the same people for too long. But you see I too enjoy your company and seeing you today I thought that maybe something was really wrong, so I reacted in the only way I know how to, which is to…” Bette’s voice trailed off again, not really convinced that her newly selected speech was going to be all that more beneficiary. On the contrary, it had the potential to sink her more if she said everything she wanted to say to Tina.