"I should go"

The whispered words barely escaped Bette’s lips before she grabbed her jacket and shimmied out from between the couch and Tina, avoiding the blonde’s gaze the entire time. She couldn’t have left the apartment fast enough, her face burning with rejection and embarrassment.

Bette didn’t understand how she could have misread the signs so badly, silently wondering how she could have been so wrong to think that Tina felt the same. At the same time, her thoughts conflicted when she thought back to the way Tina had kissed her. There was no way Tina would have kissed her that way if there wasn’t some type of feelings involved and Bette was sure of it, at least until she reached the front door and the blonde did nothing to stop her.

With only a moment’s hesitation, Bette opened the door and left Tina’s apartment, her heart feeling heavier than ever before.

*****

Bette hid in her kitchen as she drank her rum and coke, listening to the bouts of laughter coming from the living room. She knew there wasn’t supposed to be any liquor at Tina’s baby shower but she would have never survived the event without at least one decent drink.

It had been two weeks since she heard from the blonde, merely catching glimpses and awkward run ins at The Planet every now and then. Tina had been obviously avoiding her and that hurt Bette more than the blonde’s rejection after their kiss.

Deep down, something had told Bette not to go through with it. There had been a feeling in the pit of her stomach telling her that it wouldn’t have ended well . . but she did it anyway. As much as she tried to be smart about the situation, she couldn’t help but give into her desires. The heart wants what it wants and Bette’s heart wanted Tina’s.

"So watcha drinkin’ there?"

Bette nearly spilled her drink at the sound of Alice’s voice, her wide eyes going to her smirking friend.

"Jesus Al, you scared the shit out of me"

Alice laughed as she sauntered into the kitchen, "So jumpy"