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    I am her mother too

    Story written on March 12, 2006 by Seahurst.
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    Story Shortlink: https://lesfan.com/?p=59942
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    “I don’t know what I will do if she takes her away from me.”

    Bette and her lawyer, Sheri Morgan had arrived at the courthouse early, because Bette couldn’t contain herself any longer within the confining walls of Sheri’s downtown office. Now, fifteen minutes later, Bette was driving them both crazy with her constant pacing up and down…up and down the echoing linoleum floors…the clicking of her high heels causing even the most patient of people to stare annoyingly at her. Twenty steps up…stop…turn…twenty steps back…the precision of her movements enough to make the toughest Drill Sargent proud. She knew her movements were angering those close by, but she had no choice…she had to keep moving. She was so terrified of what today would bring, that she knew if she stopped now, the stillness created would cause her body to react similarly to how it did when she would try to lay down when drunk…the room would spin, her stomach lurch…the scenario ending with her running frantically towards the privacy of the nearest restroom.

    “Sit down Bette. All this pacing isn’t helping anyone.”

    Bette’s eyes began to tear up. “I can’t. I need to keep moving.” She looked at her lawyer despondently. “What if he says I can’t see Angelica anymore? What if he legally takes her out of my life forever?”

    Sheri reached out and rubbed her hand up and down Bette’s arm through her perfectly tailored navy blue suit jacket. “We have a good case Bette. Given the facts, there is no doubt Angelica is your child as well as Tina’s. However, you know the law is totally discretionary when it comes to second parent rights for gays and lesbians. It is all in how the judge interprets them.”

    Locking eyes with her compassionate lawyer, Bette whispered. “I don’t know what I will do if she takes her away from me.”

    Squaring her shoulders, without another word, she turned around and started pacing again. And, although the noise of her heels was frustrating to say the least, no one sitting close by could bring themselves to ask the beautiful, but clearly distraught woman to stop.

    Blowing out a breath, Bette finally turned toward the courtroom door. “Bette?” Sheri asked warily, wondering what her client was going to do now.

    As she reached out for the door handle to the courtroom that her case was assigned, Bette gave Sheri a defeated look. “I can’t take this wait any longer. I’m just going to go in and watch. Maybe listening to the people in there now will distract me.”

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    3. Ouch, Seahurst. Did you have to go and grab my attention with your writing and then knock me out with a sucker punch like that? See…you’re kinda like IC&Co. in how you did that! (Kidding.) Anyway…I hope you’re feeling better soon. I also hope you write another chapter or another story, and I look forward to them. This season 3 is just nasty and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get any better. But I certainly hope you’ll keep posting stories. Feel better soon madam.

    5. That was so sad, but unfortunately it looks like that’s the way our B&T are heading on the show and it is heartbreaking. I hope you get better soon Seahurst.

    6. First, Sea, I think it will work out better than that. Second, I think you are suffering from the flu. Third, as usual you write such a compelling story but I so hope you are wrong about the ending of the custody. Hope you are well soon and writing more.

    8. So you’re cranky are you? Join the club when it comes to TiBette! I think the perfect anecdote is another chapter of your put it up to your ear story don’t you? I miss it for one. And it would probably help keep me sane you know…

    10. Gosh, Sea, feel better. Well written as usual but dayum, Bette’s going to have a rough go of it if she goes in front of this homophobic judge. I hope you’re wrong.

    12. I’m gonna blame this one on the flu!I hope the season line is not going to end like this chapter. Very well written but to hard and sad to believe it might just go like this.Thanks and i hope you feel better soon

    13. Wow. Seahurst, your singular post breaks my heart. And brings to mind one Frances E. W. Harper’s poem called ‘DOUBLE STANDARD,’ whose final lines (unfortunately) goes: “No golden weights can turn the scale / Of justice in His sight; / And what is wrong in a woman’s life / In man’s cannot be right.” Which is why it’s called double standard in the first place. Something most of us live through everyday. But not a lot of us go against, sad to say. Hey, yours is still a great post. Thanks. Cheers!

    14. Wow, IC might have enjoyed that one. Why not send it to her. I’ll just go back to your previous B/T stories. If splitting up Bette and Tina, and beating Bette down even more, was what I liked, then this was a great chapter. But, I’ll go back to the other ones, or wait for the continuation of “Put It To Your Ear…”

    15. Sometimes the truth hurts. And Unfortunately this story is the reality more times than not. Sea, you write it and I will read it. Wheather or not I agree with it doesn’t matter, your stories always have such a wonderful cadence to them. feel better soon.

    16. i want to no why tina wont let bette have joint custody of angelica she is being really cruel to bette. they were together for 8yrs some good and bad.angelica has stolen bettes heart and bette has fallen in love with angelica.tina is being a cold heartd(bitch)because shes into men now. why is henry with tina and her otherness he nows tina still loves bette because she told him that.until bette and tina can ressolve all their issues tina life with henry will be shortlived.u dont jump from pussy to penis thinkingeverything is goin to work out,i thinktina wants bette to fight for her but shes done the unforgivable and i dont think a reconcilation will hapen if henry and tina dont make it. i hope this custody thing in s4 goes bettes way because they conceived angie together not with henry. for bette to be the star of the show shes been eating a lot of shit sandwichs from tina its time for tina to eat some ot those sandwichs what goes around comes around. i no illene will have a hell of a story line in s4 about the custody thing.

    20. Sea, what is this super sized dose of reality doing in fanficland? I can’t put this up to my ear and there is definitely no giggle to be heard. All I hear is the truth. Damn…

    23. Seahurst – i truly believe this is what will happen to bette. She has no rights. She was in a relationship not santicioned by the law. Tina holds all the card.

    26. Asshat of a judge, but unfortunately very real outcome. Too bad shee didn’t have on video tape Tina’s antics in tha restaurant from the show tonight that illustrates how unfit she really is to be Angelica’s mother…

    28. I wonder what happened during that missing six months? B should have drug T down to the courthouse for a domestic partnership agreement ASAP after Angelica was born. How could she not? The ‘divorce’ Tina initiated in S2 should have taught her a thing or two about the law. We’ll never know, will we?

    32. Wow the ire you have brought forth. I think what you say is true to some degree but it is harsh. The question for Bette now is how do you move on? Thanks hope you’re feeling better

    35. OUCH!!! im assuming you have a rageing temp with that flu…cause that one really hurt!!!but unfortunatly i could see something like that happening!!!,loved your writting and really hope your feeling better…maybe an appeal would help..??lol Thanks enjoyed it..tho im choking a few tears back!

    36. Bette doesn’t have a snowballs’s chance in hell of gettng custody of that child, so I think your story is completely realistic. The law is not on her side and without Tina’s support Bette will be completely cut off from Angelica. She had better learn to deal with that.

    37. Yo Sea! I’m trying to stay off of the “Tina’s a B****” bandwagon, but you’re making it awfully hard right now!!! Jokes aside, I love your writing, though!!!

    39. Sea – you broke my heart but you are probably correct. Living through custody issues I understand and I belive you are right on unfortunatly. I truly hope you feel better and I hope you continue to write your stories. You truly are an incrediable writer and the one person that let tina/bette live forever in our hearts and dreams. Take care of yourself and get better. Sorry I missed you ! T

    40. Hey Seahurst I haven’t read this one, it’s too depressing, but I have a question, do you think you will continue with “Put it up to your ear…what do you hear?”…..I truly hope so, because it’s such a beautiful story. Take care…

    41. Ridiculous! Angellica is more Bette mother that Tina to me, she picked the donor, she is the same race with Angelica which would give the child a familiar life growing up, she practically raise her the first six months alone because Tina was always at work, and throughout the show she is always with Bette at her home…fucking unjustified law argh

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