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Tina — Plan B; pt. 55
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The phone was picked up on the third ring. “Hello?” It was Bette’s voice, and she sounded completely groggy.
“What’s wrong?”
“Tina?”
“Of course it’s Tina, Bette.” I don’t have time for this. “What’s wrong?”
She sounded puzzled. “Nothing.”
“Bette, Jess’s school called, asking if she had an excused absence.” Then it occurred to me, maybe Bette didn’t know what Jess was up to, after all. “What if she’s run off?” I wondered, mostly to myself.
“She’s sleeping.”
“What?”
“Jess, she’s sleeping.”
I can’t believe this. I get a call from the school, which makes me look like an uninvolved parent, and I find that Bette’s just letting her not go to school? “Bette.”
“Yup, just poked my head in. She’s still asleep.”
“Bette.” I said it sharper this time; possibly too sharp.
“What?”
“You can’t just let her skip school.”
“She asked.”
Great. I left the inmate in charge. “Bette, you’re the adult, you have to set rules for her.”
“Tina.”
“And if you don’t have rules for her to follow, she’s going to march all over you.”
“Tina?”
“And Bette, you cannot let her think that just because I’m not there”
“Tina!” This time Bette had barked it into the phone. It rather cut me short.
“What?”
“I talked to Jess about what she might be missing today. It didn’t seem important.”
“Didn’t seem important?” I can give
“I know but”
“She has to keep up her GPA to be considered for academic honors.”
“Tina, I know”
“If you know, why are you letting her get away with this?”
“Please, T, listen?”
Well, that was an absurd thing to say. “I’ve been listening.”
Bette was quiet. Why make such a big show about listening if she wasn’t even going to say anything?
“T. Jess had a rough day yesterday, and a short night.”
Rough day? What? “You said everything was okay.”
“And it is”
“But, what happened? Why didn’t you call me?”
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That was a bit irrational, and highly immature, on Tina’s part. When did she become this insecure about her relationship with her own daughter?
Okay Tina, calm down. She’ll come around I know, she’s just not use to Jess and Bette even being able to stay in the same room let alone actually talk. Love how you move this along just right.
The anxiety jumping around between these 3 – everyone wondering what they are going to lose – along with Tina I needed to take a breath at the end of this chapter. Love that’s been damaged takes a lot of work to rebuild – you are telling it so well. Thanks for writing such full characters even when they are so irrational some times.
Tina is funny, she need to chill out!
keep her around, or risk losing my daughter”… paranoid T time?
Like mother like daughter. it is strangely really funny. i am loving this story.
P those are some harsh thoughts running through Tina head.
Can’t wait to see how it goes when they are altogether
I love this story. Tina needs to chill out though, and maybe breath a little. Great update please post soon.
excellent as always
It’s funny but not but really is :-) Like rainbow said ‘like mother like daughter.’
Like mother, like daughter…now Tina is the one experiencing abandonment issues. I hope that Bette is wearing a butt protector when Tina gets home, because it’s not going to be pretty until Tina reigns in her paranoia. Is Jess bonding with Bette, or will she turn on Bette again once Tina gets home, especially if she thinks that Tina is right about Bette running.
Bette needs to watch carefully so she doesn’t get hit by the pendulum that is swinging dangerously back and forth from Jess to Tina.
More than happy that you have been so prolific this weekend!! Enjoying every minute of it!
well -p- i was so excited when i saw your post come up and now im so depressed i could eat chocolate.what is it with these people. do they just jump and ask questions later. jeez. would be nice if t would just sleep on it and remember why she asked b to do this. please dont leave us hanging for to long.
wtf is up with Tina. It aint even all that serious
If only Tina knew!
What the heck is wrong with Tina. She’s an adult, but her thoughts sound like that of her teenage daughter.
And now we’re seeing that Jess comes by her insecurities quite honestly given Tina’s thoughts in this chapter. Let me just say, I for one hope and expect that you will be continuing this story to its logical conclusion, the reuniting of the three of them as a family much like you implied in your rapid conclusion version of a few weeks ago. I’m a sucker for happy endings, but I am enjoying the bumps along the way as well…
I offer this advice only…Breathe Tina…relax.
Tina needs to get back home so she can see there is nothing to worry about. Thanks for another update.
Geezz what the hell is going on with Tina?..i hope all those fears disappear when she goes back and face that Bette wants to be part of Jess´s life not a replace..great chapter P thanks :o)
My my Tina there is nothing to worry about, great update P.
Thank you.