What’s So Good About Good-bye?

Tina traces Bette to a beach house in Southern California.

It is evening and the sun is just setting, sending a carousel of colors across the sky. Bette is sitting on a blanket with her arms clutching her knees. She watches as the colors are portrayed across the sky. The yearning in her heart is intensified by the beauty of the sunset as she wishes Tina was there to share it with her. In her heart she knows it could never happen, especially since she finally realized that the love that use to be there has turned to hate. Bette moans to herself, thinking out loud, “I thought that love was suppose to conquer all”. If Tina can’t forgive me, I wonder how much she loved me in the first place”. Was I just seeing what I wanted to see. Tears moisten her cheeks, and the soft breeze blows them away. “I have got to pull myself together and try to pick up the pieces of my life”. How can I do this when all I can think of the love I’ve lost. Tyou were the only one to lay claim to my heart, now I must reclaim the pieces that are left if I want to survive.

The taxi pulls up to the last beach house. Darkness surrounds the house, inside and out. No sounds were coming from the house, there is a stillness, and Tina feels as if not only does the house seem deserted, but a feeling deep inside herself feels deserted also. To herself she continues to browbeat herself for the last words she said to Bette. She wanted to see the hurt in Bette’s eyes, to see if it matched the hurt in her heart. “I didn’t mean it, I was striking out at Bette, I wanted her to know the suffering I had been going through. God if I don’t get the chance to make her see that the love is still there, that the hate I tried to portray would have melted with just a touch from her. She is my soul mate and no one can ever take her place in my heart.

Tina walks around the house, it seems as if her heart is directing her path. As she stands on the porch looking out towards the sea, she notices someone in the distance standing facing the sea. Her heart skips a beat as she sees Bette standing naked on the beach. She can’t be gonna do what I think! I’ve got to get to her.