"I love you, babe"

"Yeah, yeah" Carmen pursed her lips to hide her smile that managed to show anyway.

Tuning out the banter behind her, Tina focused on Bette and Melissa. She watched as the raven haired woman led Bette away from Alice and Dana, no doubt to get some one on one time with the beautiful brunette. Tina felt her insides churn, her heart dropping to her stomach upon seeing Bette with someone else.

She was filled with dread and sadness, knowing that had things went the way they were supposed to, she would have been the one on Bette’s arm instead of Melissa.

Thoughts of Bette’s attempts to fix the problems between them filled Tina’s head, further adding to her horrible mood. Why did she have to be so stubborn? Bette had clearly been apologetic and Tina knew deep down the brunette had no interest in Janice to begin with so why did she insist on punishing Bette?

Tina didn’t have an answer for that any more than she could get over the fact that she may have pushed Bette to the limit. The brunette had clearly given up and found someone else. Did Tina really think she’d wait around forever? Could she even blame Bette?

No, she couldn’t and it killed her because Tina knew she may have just fucked things up with Bette for good.

She grabbed Shane’s drink just as the young brunette was bringing it to her lips, brought it to her own mouth and quickly drained the contents. Shane and Carmen watched her in astonishment as well as amusement, smiling as Tina’s face twisted with disgust.

"Ugh, what was that?" Tina asked as as brought a fist to her mouth, burping out the bitter taste.

"A bit of everything" Shane smirked. "You want another one?"

Tina knew that accepting Shane’s offer probably wasn’t the best idea, her head had already begun to spin from the drinks she had consumed, but couldn’t bring herself to decline. She nodded to Shane before looking back out at Bette and Melissa.

She sighed, more than ready to dull the ache in her chest.