Voiceover: Previously on the beginning of a friendship:

Bette:

Then….

I saw the earring lying on the desk before me. Smiling while picking it up I started talking to it: “Thank you for giving me the chance to call her back…”

And  placing a small kiss on the earring I picked up the phone and once again hit that little button called redail…

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Chapter 9:

Tina:

Just when I was about to lay down on the couch, the phone rang again…

‘ Don’t worry honeybuns, I’ll get that for you…” A bit out off breath and the groceries still in his arms Eric answered the phone, holding it to his ear with 1 shoulder

“Eric Parker”

Bette:

Totally caught off guard I felt confusion and disappointment wash over me… I had anticipated on the thrill of hearing that marvalous voice again and the anticlimax made my heart drop

“Ehmmm, Hi Eric… It’s Bette… Bette Porter?”

Tina:

I could see Eric’s excitment when he heard who was on the phone… He never had been good at hiding his feelings, especially not to me… I was wondering who was on the phone… probably some big shot in the artindustry or Eric wouldn’t be so impressed…

“Hi! How are you doing? You’re not mad at me are you?”

Bette:

*Mad… why would I be mad at him… jealous… definitily, but mad… The only thing I could imagine being mad at him about was blonde with freckles and… Stop it Porter!!!!*

‘Emh… Why would I be mad at you Eric?”

*God! For crying out loud Porter, get yourself together*

‘For leaving your party like that… I really didn’t mean to but Tina was really not feeling well”

Tina:

When I heard him talking about the party, I started to suspect who was on the phone… Feeling my blood running through my viens… well actually hearing it runnin’ through my viens… But why would she call back so soon?

Bette:

I felt my confidence slide back in my body again when I heard the anxiety in Eric’s voice…

I had met him at an art-auction 3 months ago. He was all nervous and bidding at all the wrong objects, untill I came upto him and tried to help him out a bit… A few words of advice and he turned out to be a great bidder…