Phyllis and Sharon are now inside the house and knocking the OA office door.

Phyllis: “Bette Porter open the door is Phyllis Kroll.”

Inside

Bette: (getting up from the top of Tina) “shit, we are dead Tina”

Tina: (sitting on the couch) “Isn’t that the President?

Bette is fixing her clothes and then turns to Tina cleaning her face with a handkerchief and cleaning herself at the same time that is walking toward the door.

Bette: (opening the door) “good evening Dr. Kroll… good evening Dr. Fairbanks”

Hearing the last name of her auntie Sharon, Tina runs to the door.

Phyllis: “Sorry to come during the curfew… Oh, you are here too Tina … (with a malicious grin on her face and looking at Sharon who rises her brow and smiles gently) I hope we are not interrupting anything”

Bette: (blushing) “No… not at all, we… we were just… talking”

Phyllis: “Hum… (softly and blinking at Sharon) with the door locked”

Bette: “… what may I do for you, chancellor?”

Tina: “Sorry, I’m better to get going to my bedroom”

Sharon: “Hold on Tina, I came to talk to you, may we go to a private room”

Bette: “you could use my bedroom… if you want”

Sharon: “Fine”

Tina leads Sharon toward Bette’s bedroom.

Phyllis: (smiling) “well, well Bette, making good friends with Tina Kennard…

(Phyllis suddenly stops, remembering the conversation with Louise a few days ago, ‘is not my place to talk to them, better change the subject’)

… two excellent students first place in national admission, being friends, this is too good, Bette”

Bette: “thank you, Dr. Kroll”

Phyllis: “well I really came to give you a message from Louise, she ask me to tell you not to worry about her, she will be back to you as soon as she can”

Bette: “excuse me, chancellor, when did she give you the message?”

Phyllis: “She didn’t give me the message directly, but she gave the message to another professor around 4:00 pm today”

Bette: “Is she okay…? No…, don’t answer, I know she is not”

Phyllis: (looking the burden in Bette’s eyes) “She will be fine, but she may be busy for a little while, don’t worry, we will not let anything bad happen to her”