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After loving you – c 12
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After loving you
chapter 12
.all the king’s men
Tina
The next few days after the conversation with Bette, she was very busy at Alphaville. There were scripts to read, people to supervise, people to answer to. She tried very hard to finish her work at the office so when she came home she could devote herself to Angie.
She couldn’t think about Bette in fits and starts although she knew that she would have to find some time to think long and hard. That finally came on Friday night after she had put Angie to bed.
They both were going to have to come to an understanding of what they felt. Then they could try to resume their relationship or they could make plans to move on. She knew Bette was dating Leigh Ostin, but didn’t know how far that had gone. For herself, she hadn’t been interested in anyone since that silliness with Robert. Sometimes it really frightened her when she thought that not only would she never be happy with Bette again, but would never be happy with anyone else.
She went out to the swimming pool area, but kept within earshot of the baby monitor. Tina paced around the pool, thinking, thinking. Every once in a while she sat on one of the chairs, only to rise in a few minutes and continue her pacing
Bette
Bette was also stressed those few days after the talk. She buried herself in her work; she had always been good at that. She still managed to see Angie at noon, but asked Leigh for a little space. That made her feel guilty because she knew Leigh really liked her, maybe loved her, and she thought she was being unfair to her.
“Leigh,” she had said the day after talking to Tina, “I need for us not to see each other for a while.”
She saw Leigh wince slightly and then hide her disappointment quickly and skillfully.
“Because of Tina?”
“Yes.”
Leigh moved forward and embraced Bette and Bette relaxed into her arms. Leigh was falling in love with Bette, but she knew Tina might always be a barrier between them.
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i’m getting a really bad vibes right now…i’m thinking that you are splitting them up and then we can ask questions 5 years from now when they moved on and have other relationships…well i only have one question to both B&T if it will happenen: WTF were you thinking when ruining the best relationship that ever happened to either of you? sorry, i’m depressed…love the chapter
FUCK!!!!…I’ll come back later.
Please don’t split up Bette & Tina, I wanna see them back together in the fanfic, the ‘real’ story of season 3 is already so devastating…:( I love your story!!!
Oh, dear. I cannot feel my left arm. The wine symbolism had me stumped. And I’m a supposedly educated woman. I so desperately want the two, B&T, to reconcile that I am crossing everything — fingers, toes, legs, eyes, etc. — that I can possibly cross, for luck. BUT. But, at the same time, I have this dreadul feeling in the back of my mind, which I don’t like one bit. Arrgh! Emotional rollercoaster ride aside, Pancha, I love your fic so much. Makes my day yet breaks my heart. Cheers!
OMG….your really going to break them up I can’t believe it,have to go lay down now and think of some questions…
As much as I would love these 2 to be together, I really don’t see it happening unless it was several years later. Right now they are getting used to standing on their own 2 feet without really relying on the other. They may not be IN love with each other, but I think there will always be love FOR each other. In time, maybe they could become friends, but from personal experience, it’s nearly impossible to forge a platonic friendship with someone you were with romantically. Maybe tonight I can come up with some questions to ask.
OH the heartache… But i honestly think Bette and maybe Tina!!! but definatly Bette is at that stage of a hard breakup where the hurt is for want of a better word easing!im not sure how to describe it…its still hurting BUT there is clarity,there is almost acceptence that maybe its the time to let go of what you had hoped would be forever,and really if there isnt complete forgiveness,then something will always be missing,I think Bette knows that neither herself or Tina could live happly like that,im not sure there is a “Forgive and Forget” when the hurt goes so deep…ok im rambling and could go on…until even i dont know what im trying to say…lol it sounded right in my head..lol If i was in any way depressed this may tip the scales…BUT!… and there is always one!!! I really get this story, i really love what youve done with it,youve turned from what could have been sooo very hard to read to something sad, but with definate positive qualities,Life will go on..
Please don’t break them up. Please don’t break them up. Please don’t break them up!!! Okay, if you HAVE to break them up, please let them get back together at a later and be STRONGER and BETTER than EVER!!!!!!!
I could see the breakup coming but did not want to believe it. As a diehard B&T fan I ALWAYS want to see them as a couple, loving and taking care of each other and their family. This is fiction and we can make them do whatever we want and in my mind they will always be together no matter what your story does to them. The show is bad enough and I feel that the show is going to go the same way your story has and I don’t like it one bit. That’s why I can turn off the tv and I can choose to not read the story. I don’t like the adverse actions for the two of them. Thanks for the post.
Sad, but beautifully written as always. Thanks Pancha.
ok if the interview will be 5 years later and there is no Helena that means that this is not like the beginning of Last kid’s “as time goes by” LOL.. Lady since you and lastkid seem to have something simillar in mind I really got suspicious.. Well at this point I think you’re doing exactly what you want which is confusing us.. Did you talk to IC? did she give u all the, maybe they will, maybe they want speech? LOL.. Bring on the last chapter.. I’m ready..
another great chapter… I sense you will split them and that our only question it will be “Why have you done that?” … lol… thanks
We have one more chapter.I can’t even think of a question,nor can I aanswer why this is going to happen. I just want the two of them to be happy with or without each other.In a story that SpartaJones wrote ,Bette said I quote and I quote”ILOVED YOU FOREVER AGO,AND I’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER AGAIN” Lets hope she can say this to Tina this time and Tine can say it back, thanks
Hi Pancha: I’ve been trying to catch up and comment for awhile now and finally did. You have such an emotional and thought provoking story here and you write wonderfully. Throughout the chapters however, it seems like you’re attempting to disrupt my flow of breathing though. ;) Greatness…
Pancha, Your story is so great!!! I think what you are doing with Bette and Tina is the way to go. They say time and space can heal all wounds. Do you have another stroy in mind? For after the last chapter. Can’t wait to read it. Thank you for your great stories.
if you break them up dont send one awayand leave the other in LA. i think they can work it out if they have some timeapart because if they get into relationships with other all they going to think of is what the other is doingand do they have anyone else.
Pancha, the thing I enjoy most about your writing is the maturity you bring to it. You have real insight into the inner workings of people and it seems to me that your characters are growing and maturing and beginning to obtain that kind of insight for themselves. This is not a bad thing. Let’s not forget that Romeo and Juliet were a couple of unreflective teenagers who died from their intemperate actions. Whether these two rejoin or seperate for good, the way you’ve done it I think it will be exactly that: for the good.
Damn this is bad, and hope they will have a happy ending. Ok post soon please, thanks!
Now….Bette is pondering her life in relationship to the wine. Here is where she realizes that the bottle has been sitting on the shelf for too long. If she values the wine, she will properly decant it. Bette may realize that she can survive without Tina but, does she want to. It is evidenced by the statement that the two of them could never be friends, only friendly because of their daughter. Why would that be???? Because it would be too painful to be around Tina and not have her. For Bette it is ” I love thee to the depths and breadths and heights my soul can reach when feeling out of sight”. For Bette it is poetry, for Tina it is a song “No Other Love”. LTR’s have ups and downs, sometimes major. The trick is, not to bail. For me, it would be like saying that I had wasted the past 24 yrs of my life. How could I admit that I was that stupid to stay that long. It wasn’t stupidity that kept me here, it is the love of all the good times, which far out weigh the bad. B&T will come realize that, I have faith!
have faith! even if it needs to go thru rough times..
For me, it’s like Tina didn’t really love Bette before. She just fell in love with the successful feeling of owing the most beautiful women of LA ‘s love. I think Bette had been truly loving Tina. Now they both seem not wanting get back together with different reasons. For Tina, she has already owed Bette’s beauty for 7 years and it’s enough for the self-validation thing. For Bette, she’s hurt to much to turn back. Maybe it’s a little harsh saying Tina so, but that’s my kind of conclusion on your Tina. =P So I guess now is the time for Bette and Leigh to start their new life. And I don’t think Tina would mind a lot.
Please please please please dont split them up I am with alot of people this is the best relation any of them will have they belong together
OK … another one of my favorite stories. Why, well …1) Great writng is like great sex … you simply can’t get enough of it.2) Your storyline is one of the few bold enough to explore exactly that which we fans DON’T want to see (much like lastkid’s phenominal story did) … the reality, however unfortunate it may be, that great love often results in even greater loss. As far as the interview goes … love it. I’m sure your view of the world will be just as delicious as lastkid’s.
I have this awful sinking feeling that it’s all over for my favourite couple. All along Bette has needed and begged for Tina’s forgiveness, but seems incapable of forgiving Tina in her turn and sadly, I really can’t see these two being friends after such an intense love. So sad. But great writing.
Yes and there has been the hottest of heat and the iciest of cold not to mention the intense pressure and hideous of influence of stress but all those things can make a beautiful diamond. Can’t we use that analogy instead of the wine. Thanks panch for such a great story. It’s just the wishful thinking and desire for a happy ending. But it’s your story.
Pancha,Although I love this story, in a way I am glad this story is ending because I am a romantic at heart and want them to be together. The decision that Bette makes I think will be good, I have said before and I will say it again, they can’t be together right now. Tina needs to forgive and she is struggling with it. Bette lost herself and is regaining that back. IF she goes back to Tina her identitity will be in peril once again, beccause Tina has not forgiven her. Tina also has more soul searching to do and needs to do it without being Bette. If she can’t forgive Bette and find her own self worth she would be unable to an equal partner to Bette. I hope your next story is of happiness with little angst.BTW- I still can”t see Bette with leigh…no chemistry..but als it’s your story. Thanks for the read!!
Don’t have any questions right now, maybe next chapter! Well it depends on what you are going to give us next post! Loved this chapter!
I have this horrible, sneaking suspicion that the next chapter is going to be very not-happy…and that your interview questions will be quite outraged. Hmph… Even so, it’s a marvelously-written story. I can’t wait for more from you, Pancha!
AwwwH Man! I said it would be Ok, but I was wrong. I want them back. Sorry, great chapter anyway.
Great story but too sad and I can’t deal with their breakup. I think it is all on Tina. If she will truly forgive Bette then I believe Bette will come around. Bette just can’t take the constant humiliation and dogging. They will never be friends just cordial for Angie’s sake. Tina is too immature, if you truly love Bette then forgive her b/c she is human but you don’t necessarily have to forget. If Hillary Clinton could forgive Bill then Tina can forgive Bette. But IMO, Hillary has a far more secure and healthy ego than Tina. Tina looks for the approval of others for her own validation. She is emotionally insecure. She really won’t be a good partner for anyone b/c we all make mistakes. If she can’t find in her heart and mind to forgive she will be alone for the rest of her life. She needs someone even less secure than she so she can be the alpha in the relationship. They need serious and prolonged counseling.
As much as it breaks my heart, sometimes love isn’t enough. I have a feeling you are not going to give us a happy ending with B & T reuniting. Preparation for S3 I guess. As depressing as it is, sometimes you have to walk away from someone you love so that you don’t end up hating them. You don’t lose the love, it simply changes to something not meant forever. So, I guess a question would be: What was the determining factor in deciding it was truly over? Pancha..Thanks for the update. I’m a bit melancholy now.