Ariana..."
ARIANA- "What?"
BETTE- "What does it mean to you...this 'in love' business?"
ARIANA- "The heart sinks at the thought of him, at the sight of him, at the touch and feel of him...your whole body knows it, your mind is preoccupied with it, your soul captured and captivated by it."
BETTE- "Sounds serious...could just mean you've got the flu..."
ARIANA- "Ugh!!!" (She picks up a pillow and hits Bette and they both play fight a little and laugh. After a bit, Ariana stops and changes the subject.) "Shit! Wait, I almost forgot...Professor Ayreana called and asked that you go see her. She'll be in her office until 10 tonight."
BETTE- "She called? When?"
ARIANA- "Like a half hour before you got here. I left a note on your desk over there, but good thing I remembered to tell you...it's already 9. Anyway, I better get going. Walk out with me."
(Bette and Ariana walk out and go their separate ways in front of the dorm building. Bette heads to the building that housed, among other things, Professor Katherine Ayreana's office. She walks up to the door of the office and waits...she calms herself...the intensity that Ayreana provoked in Bette was a marked difference with the warm fuzzy kind of feeling that Professor Bailey caused. Bette had been a psychological pretzel lately as a result of the feelings she had been experiencing where Professor Ayreana was concerned. Bailey was a Godsend...helping Bette through the tumultuous experience, which was a first of its kind for the young woman and it would change her life it seemed. It made her question everything...about her life, about her heart, about herself. She felt like she was getting over it though...somehow learning how to deal with it...the intensity. Or maybe she was just somehow getting used to it..
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