Both women were in the same type of quandary although they had no idea this was the case.

It didn’t occur to Bette that Tina was as shaky about this as she was. All she could think of was ‘What is happening to me?’ and ‘This is not me.’

She was Bette Porter, for god’s sake. Bette Porter! She usually pursued women, not the other way around. But when someone did approach her, she knew exactly how to handle it. If she needed sophisticated patter to pick up someone, she clicked it on. If she didn’t need something sophisticated, well, she knew what to do there, too.

‘Do you wanna dance.’ This was a favorite line of Bette’s, said in an even, but sultry tone. It was a statement, not a question. Bette usually followed this up by slowly taking the woman in her arms and beginning to dance. It didn’t matter if her target said anything or not.

But now. She really didn’t know how to handle this. Tina was not like other women, but Bette could not have told you how she was different. She had a beautiful face, hair, eyes, but Bette had dated many women who was just as pretty. Her body was terrific, but Bette had seen and slept with many beautiful bodies. She was coming on to Bette, but she was certainly not the first woman to do this.

Bette took a deep breath and tried to get back to work.

One day down and many to go. Fortunately Gillian was due back tomorrow afternoon and Bette needed some distraction. She hoped Jill would not be too tired from the plane trip.

Alice

“This is like that ***** thing you gave me.” Bette bit off the statement and pulled out the chair with a scrape..

“What ***** thing, Bette?” Alice said calmly.

Bette had just joined Alice at a table at the Planet and was clearly irritated. Alice stopped writing some notes and looked at Bette.

“You know, that ***** computer thing.”

“Oh, Myst?” said Alice innocently. She remembered how Bette had hated the game and had ranted and raved. Bette hadn’t suffered in silence on this topic.

“That’s it,” confirmed Bette. “Myst.”

“That was a super popular gamewith great graphics. You said you liked the graphics.” Alice loved to fan the flames when Bette was annoyed over something silly.