The dance was finally over. Streamers and empty plastic cups scattered around the gym for the student body officers to clean up. But it was worth it.

Bette pulled up to Jodi’s apartment complex and gripped tightly on the steering wheel. She tried to summarize her night in a few sentences but all she could think of was writing an entire chapter. After Tina kissed her, but she was pretty sure she was the one who leaned in first, the two of them shared a few more dances, not speaking the whole time. Then the DJ put on more fast-paced, body-shaking songs. The two of them reluctantly got back inside the building to attend to their dates who secretly played along like nothing happened. Though they danced with their dates, their eyes were on each other other the whole time.

"So how did you like your first high school dance?" Jodi asked, stretching her legs as far as she could in her seat.

"I liked it," Bette said, parking the car. "I liked it a lot."

Jodi caught Bette’s twinkling smile at the corner of her eyes and tried not to gloat about how she requested the song Bette and Tina danced to. "Thanks for taking Bette, I really enjoyed it." She really went to the dance to get out of the house, not really to find a future girlfriend. Jodi may have found it in Bette but she knew that Bette already had her eyes on someone else. It was too late to try so she let it go.

"It was my pleasure," Bette tried to brag, giving a flirtacious wink.

The two lesbians laughed it off as Bette escorted her to the door. The porch light was on but it was still dark for the both of them. Bette decided to play it off as a good date and leaned in to kiss Jodi.

Jodi stopped Bette’s advances with her index finger, squishing Bette’s lips. "Bette, I know you’re just trying to be a good person but you can’t just go kissing people. It sends the wrong message."

"Oh," Bette said, standing up straight.

"Thanks again Bette, I know you’ll make a really amazing girlfriend." Jodi said and with that she unlocked the door and stepped inside.