Bette saw Tina’s reddened face and decided to push the envelope even further. "I mean, the pay is extremely good and the rewards.." She narrowed her eyes as she inched closer to Tina’s face. "..are just simply amazing. Mind-blowing even.." She winked.

"Fuck off Porter!" Tina hissed, pushing the laughing brunette away. Her face was as red as a tomato now.

Bette pulled out her wallet from her purse and took a card out. "Here’s my card.." She placed the paper on Tina’s desk, trying to keep her face as serious as possible. "..think about it." She raised her eyebrows up and down while Tina shot her a dirty look.

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Five minutes. Tina looked up at the ticking wall clock and frowned. Recess had just ended and it has been five minutes since classes resumed. She slowly turned her head and looked at the empty seat beside her. Weird, she thought and wrinkled her forehead in concern, Porter should have been here by now. For the past few days, she had been used to seeing the brunette beside her during class. And the almighty leader of F4 was uncharacteristically always on time.. sometimes arriving in class before her.

Tina rested her chin on her hand as she continued to stare at Bette’s empty chair. By this time, Porter should already be irritating the hell out of me, she smiled wistfully to herself and gently shook her head. The brunette would be whispering inane things to her and throwing random comments every now and then. It drove her nuts sometimes but..

Tina sighed as she looked at the clock again. Six minutes. It has been six minutes without Bette Porter now.. and Tina found herself immediately feeling immensely bored and lonely.

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"Here." Bette dropped a handful of paper bags on top of the library table that Tina was studying on. The blonde looked up from writing on her notebook and furrowed her brows, examining the bags that were unceremoniously dumped on top of her books. They were all from designer stores.. Gucci, Versace, Dior, Vera Wang, Valentino, Dolce and Gabbana, and other fancy brand names that she couldn’t even pronounce.