Go Ahead, I Don’t Need You _ Chapter Three





Bette went back to her hotel, she entered the elevator…..


Bette (talking to herself): WHAT THE ***** DID YOU JUST DO, BETTE?!! (realizing what she had done to the BEAUTIFUL blonde, she back herself up against the backwall of the elevator, and slowly slide her body down to sit on the elevator floor, resting her forehead against the adjacent wall. Then screamed..) SHE IS NOT LAUREL, YOU STUPID *****! (bangs her head against the wall) SHE’S NOT LAUREL!… YOU’RE A DUMBASS, PORTER, YOU KNOW THAT?!! (pulled her knees up to her chests, wrapping her arms around it, and placed her forehead in between her kneecaps….and cries…..)



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TWO MONTHS AGO


Bette had told Laurel that she would be working late, again, and that she can’t go to MILK, but told Laurel, if she wants, she can go with her friends. Laurel went. Then, to Bette’s suprised, Franklin had told her that she have another week to work on the project, and that she can go home early. So, Bette went to the club looking to suprises Laurel. As Bette enters the club, she searched for her girlfriend, but Laurel was no where to be found. “She said she was going to be here…….oh, she must be in the restroom”, Bette thought, as she starts to push her way to the restroom. Though, before she reached the restroom, there….in front of the restroom door, she sees her girlfriend making out with another woman. Bette stood there…and chuckles at the makeout sessions her girlfriend was having. “There it is, Porter. There’s the woman you were going to confessed your love to, tonight. There’s the woman that you were going to allow yourself to be vulnerable with. There’s the woman you thought you could….LOVE. Look at her, she’s standing in front of you, making out with another woman….You’ve been punked, Porter …this woman do not love you…..so give it up….. don’t let them hurt you, again. Once was enough…” , Bette thoughts was broken when she heard a familiar voice calling her name.


Laurel: (trying to catch her breath, broke away from her kissing partner, only to see Bette standing there, staring at them…she called her lover’s name) BETTE?!

Bette: (heard Laurel’s called, she put on that 1000 watts smile of hers, and proceed to walk towards the restroom door, now only a few feets away from the stranger and her girlfriend. She smiled, sweetingly at her girlfriend and said) Hey you! (as she place her hand on Laurel’s cheek)

Laurel: (gasped at her lover’s touched) Bette I can…(cutted off by Bette)

Bette: (place her index finger on Laurel lips to say “don’t speak”) Shhh, shhh. You don’t have to explain. It’s okay. (smile) I understand…. (at this time “the stranger” had left the two woman)

Laurel: (confused and skeptical) You do?

Bette: Yeah, I do. Come here, let me show you (she pulled her girlfriend in, and kiss her passionately……….then pulled back to look her girlfriend) You like that didn’t you?

Laurel: (whimpers) Yeah….

Bette: (then leans back in, as to give Laurel another kiss, and Laurel was ready and willing when she puckered up, but Bette suprised Laurel when she quickly diverted her lips to Laurel’s ear, as she whispered with a satistifaction in her tone) Well, SAVE IT, REMEMBER IT….because that was the last time, you’ll ever get to taste me again… (and she pulled back to look at Laurel, who was confused, to say the least)

Laurel: (eyes tearing, and voice cracking) What?

Bette: (shaking her head, and laughing AT Laurel, as she sarcastically said) Oh baby…I hate to see you like this… (takes her thumbs and wiped the tears that was falling down Laurel’s cheeks)… but save these crocodile tears for someone else…I’M NOBODY’s FOOL…..

Laurel: (grabbed Bette’s forearm) It’s not what you think , just let me explain, ba..(cutted off by Bette, again)

Bette: (yelling) Shut Up! Do not call me, baby! Don’t you dare! Don’t try to pull this ***** over me! My name is BETTE-I’ll-*****-YOU-Up-PORTER! Not the other way around. I won’t let you fucked me up with your sorry excuses. I know what I saw! Now, let me go! (breaks away from Laurel’s hold)

Laurel: (tries to embrace Bette, this time, but Bette pushed her as fast as her hands touches her skins) Please, baby, Just let me explain. I LOVE YOU, Bette! I LOVE YOU!

Bette: (after hearing the confessions, Bette laughed hysterically) You LOVE ME? Tsk.tsk.tsk. (shaking her head) How can even you say that, a moment ago, you were making out with another woman…… (shakes her head)… WOMAN LIKE YOU NEVER CEASE TO AMAZED ME, KISSING COMPLETED STRANGERS, AND THEN ACTED LIKE IT’S NOTHING……LAUREL, GO AHEAD (points to the exit door) I DON’T NEED YOU…..YOUR EASY….THAT’S WHY I GOT YOU INTO MY BED ON THE FIRST NIGHT……YOU WERE AN EASY LAY AND, APPARENTLY, ALSO A SLU…(Laurel didn’t give Bette the chance to finished….)

Laurel: (swung her hand across Bette’s cheek) Don’t you even dare call me that, Bette!! Do not disrespect me! (as she stormped past Bette, leaving a stunned Bette alone, but before Laurel leaves…she turned back one last time to see the woman she love…..and said) Bette, If you only gave me a chance to explain, then you would understand….. If you knew…..you would regret everything that you just said to me….(voice trailing)…. Goodbye Bette…. (murmuring under her breathe)…. I LOVE YOU….(and she left the club)……

Bette (thinking) : (stunned that Laurel had just slapped her, but most of all, she was now confused….. as she tries to reason what had just happened..) Let her leave, Porter! You had done nothing wrong. She was kissing another woman! How can she explained that?….. Don’t you dare cry for that *****!….. Don’t you dare cry, Porter!… She’s not worth it… she’s…. she’s….(covers her face to control the tears from falling) …..she’s…………YOUR LOVE…….


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“SHE’S YOUR LOVE”, Bette whispers……..

A moment later, Bette realized that the elevator was not moving, she was so pre-occupied with her thoughts that she had forgotten to press the button. So, she gather herself up, erased the wetness on her cheeks, and exhaled her pains away (temporarily). As she was reaching out to press the button……. *DING* the elavator door opens…..and SHE enters…….




……TBC….