“Tina your mum and I thought you’d be at least happy that you would be close to your beloved Hollywood”  

Tina drops her head back into her pillow and her sobs continue.

“This is an amazing opportunity for me Tina to head up the US office and it will be good for all of us”

Tina isn’t listening, she jumps off the bed and grabs her Sony Walkman, puts on the earphones and presses play,

“I’m going for a run” Tina turns up the volume to full and leaves.

She stops outside Bette’s house and contemplates just checking to see if she is there, but soon comes to her senses, it’s Friday night and Bette Porter would certainly be out with some stud.  She decides to head for the park that is about a half mile away and not her usual route she takes on one of her runs.

Can my life get any bloody worse, since that twit of a brother of mine squealed like a pig to mum and dad about the kiss he saw, how long ago was it….9 months 2 weeks 4 day ago.

The kiss that had been my last thought every night for 9 months 2 week and 4 days.

Was it the kiss that had changed my relationship with Bette or was it the embarrassing 2 hour lecture from mum that followed Christopher’s squeals.

Mum had seemed to understand when we explained that.. (A)  Christopher was totally exaggerating in his version of events it was just a peck and (B)…we were just  messing around, it meant nothing,  it ended with a promise from both of us that it wouldn’t happen again and mum wouldn’t tell crabby ass aka Bette’s father as long as we stuck to that promise.

Bette couldn’t get out the house quick enough and I ran upstairs to confront the little shit.

Tina smiles at the thought of that one sided conversation with her brother as she barged into his room

“I have just 2 things to say to you, 1, payback is such a bitch, and 2, just so you know because you will never experience it first hand that kiss was fucking amazing”  Tina just caught Christopher’s jaw hitting the floor as she slammed his door and left.