I realized that’s all it took for most girls to fall for me. But I didn’t really consider that ‘falling’ so much as it was lusting for money and prestige.

Before I knew it, I was kissing her in the corner of the room.

*Bette*

A leopard can’t change it’s spots. Apparently, neither can dragon ladies because Helena was all over Bailey. She was there and she knew I wanted to talked to her. I can almost forgive her Leigh and for Tina because, to my knowledge, she didn’t know that I was crushing on Leigh or that Tina was my girlfriend. But she knew about Bailey. And she just didn’t care.

I turned to Shane, "Hey, Shane. I want to get out of here."

"What about Alice and Helena?"

"Fuck Alice and Helena. Are you coming or not?" Shane knew better than to protest. She was always the quiet soldier. Even if she didn’t believe in what you were doing, she’d go along with it and chastise you later.

"Uh….yeah…okay."

I caught Tonya on my way out.

"You guys are leaving already?"

"Tell Dana I’ll call her tomorrow. K? Lovely party though, Tonya."

~~~~~~

We got inside the dorm and I kicked off my shoes immediately. Retreating to my room, I closed the door behind me. I collapsed on the bed and only a second later heard knocking. The door creaksed open and Shane’s small frame appeared at the door.

"You shouldn’t go to bed angry." She said.

"Okay, Yoda." Yoda is something that Alice came up with to characterize Shane’s infinite wisdom.

"Let’s talk about it. Why did you storm out of there like that?"

"You know that girl Bailey who lives down the hall?" Shane nodded, taking a seat at my desk, "I’ve been trying to talk to this girl for a while now…"

"Bette, she’s straight."

"Yeah, I know. Well, she was at the party tonight and Helena’s tongue was down her fucking throat."

*Helena*

The party was winding down, I had loosened my grip on Bailey, and now I was looking for Bette. I wanted to know what she was thinking, or what she had seen. More importantly, she was our ride home.

"Hey, Alice, have you seen Bette?"

"No, I just called her and she’s not picking up."

"Her car’s not outside either." Dana said. Of course Tonya was right behind her. She could never let her go anywhere by herself, "Call Shane."

Alice dialed Shane’s number, "Hello, Shane? Where the fuck are you guys….are you kidding? You left us here….why would she do that?" Alice set her gaze on me. I already knew what they were talking about and looked away. I was so guilty, "Oh, wow….um…look, we’ll find a way home….yeah, okay….see you later." She hung up.

"What happened?" Dana asked.

"Long story, but Bette’s a little upset now and she shouldn’t be driving anyway."

"I’ll give you guys a ride back." Dana turned to Tonya, "Why don’t you stay behind and start cleaning up? I’ll get these two back home and be back in a jiffy to help you clean. Okay?"

"Um….yeah." Tonya couldn’t contain the look of disappointment from her face, but her voice hid it well.

~~~~

On the drive home, Alice and Dana wouldn’t stop making googly faces at each other. I wondered what had happened. Maybe I would’ve been there to see if I hadn’t been to busy making moves on Bailey just to keep Bette off of her. I felt so guilty.

We pulled up to the front of our hall and Dana let us out.

"Um…Alice, can I call you tomorrow?" Dana said, sounding as if she had choked on her own words.

"Yeah…if you’d like." Alice had the same reaction.

"Goodnight, you guys." We waved goodbye and walked into the building.

"What was that about?" I asked Alice.

"I should ask you the same." Her eyes turned into daggers that tore through my skin.

What had I done?