“I was just thinking about Tina. I mean, what if she if with someone else? It’s only normal. I fucking told Al that I wanted her to be happy, that I wanted her to find someone who could give her what I had so cruelly taken from her. What the fuck was I thinking?”

Moira threw her arm around me and pulled me close.

“Don’t worry, Bette. She’ll give you a hard time at first, like everyone else will. But I promise I’ll be there for you. You will get her back, I promise.”

I hugged the girl who had become my best friend, my only friend.

“I’m so scared. I can’t imagine what you’re going through right now, starting a new life at a place where you don’t know a single soul.”

“I know you.”

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Tina Kennard narration

I didn’t know what to do. The news was spreading really fast and at first, I didn’t believe it. I refused to believe it. I wanted it for so long, but now it happened, I was scared. I didn’t know what to do.

Bette Porter was back in town. She wasn’t alone. There was a girl with her, Moira. I wondered if she was her girlfriend, felt a bit jealous and slapped myself for that. I wasn’t supposed to care. Helena was the one I was supposed to care for.

Lately, she was just being really pretentious and I couldn’t stand it. She annoyed me all the time, but I didn’t tell her. I didn’t show her. I wanted to be with her, no, I didn’t want to. I needed to. I needed to feel safe and loved. I needed to be with someone I was sure wouldn’t leave me.

I logged in on IM and Alice immediately started talking to me.

Hey there

Hi

U heard the news?

I knew she was talking about Bette being back, but I pretended like I didn’t know what she was talking about.

What news?

Bette is back

Oh that, yeah, heard

So?

What?

What ur gonna do bout it?

Dunno. Nothing

U don’t want answers? Have u told Hel?

She’ll know by now. Not important.