Three dresses laid out neatly on Tina’s bed taunting the blonde as she paced back in forth in her bedroom, the carpeted floor tickling her bare feet. She listened to the voice on the other end of her cell phone, rolling her eyes at the repetitive path her friend’s words seem to be taking. She glanced at the clock and sighed, wondering why in the hell did she make the phone call in the first place.

What had started off as a conversation about what dress Tina should wear quickly turned into a completely different conversation entirely. It was half hour later and Tina was no closer to her choosing her evening wear, standing in the middle of her bedroom in no more than a matching black bra and panty set.

"Alice, I really can’t talk about this anymore. I have to get dressed. Bette’s going to be here any minute"

"At least tell me if you’re gonna talk to her"

"I don’t know" Tina sighed.

"Tinaaaa! How could you not know?"

"Because its not that simple, Al"

"What could be more simple than telling Bette how you feel about her?"

"There’s a lot of factors to consider" Tina stated simply.

"Such as?"

"Well for starters, I don’t even know if she feels the same"

"Okay, hang on. First, I already told you she does and second, how are you going to find out for yourself if you don’t talk to her?"

Alice was right not that Tina would admit to that, "We’re friends, Al. I don’t want to jeopardize that"

"What makes you think you will?"

Tina felt backed into a wall. She knew she was just looking for reasons not to tell Bette how she felt but she couldn’t help herself. Her feelings for Bette scared her.

"Its not just about me okay? I have Angie to consider. I don’t want her to get hurt if things go bad between Bette and I"

"I think you need to stop being so scared and making excuses"

"I’m not" Tina said defensively.

"Are too. Look, I know you have a complex after everything that happened with Kevin but Bette is nothing like that. I mean come on Tina, Bette is so into you and she’s completely in love with Angie. What more could you ask for?"