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Seventeen Reasons Why – Six
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The house was dark when she pulled up to it. She pulled in behind Bette’s car and sat for a moment in the idling car. She sighed abruptly and turned the car off. She really wasn’t sure what was going on. Or even why she had bothered to come.
She had her suspicions and she hated to think that Bette had decided that this slowly moving relationship wasn’t what she wanted. They’d had dinner together before so that wasn’t a big deal. All she’d gotten was a voice mail message saying that Bette couldn’t make it to dinner. And that was all the contact that Bette had made.
Bette wasn’t answering her phone. She hadn’t been at work and Tina had started to get worried. She could barely get any work done with her mind on Bette. She ended up leaving the office early and headed home to spend time with Angelica. But Angelica had been cranky and Tina realized they both missed Bette. They had both gotten used to spending large amounts of time with Bette, more so than usual, and now a day without seeing her was hard on them both.
“Well let’s go Ms. Sleepyhead,” Tina whispered as she got out and went about taking a sleeping Angelica out of her car seat and into her arms.
She let herself into the quiet house and headed for Angelica’s room. Once the baby was tucked in clutching her favorite bunny, Tina went in search of Bette. Bette’s bedroom was empty and so was the rest of the house. She checked outside by the pool last and was relieved to find Bette sitting on a lounger with a large glass of wine in her hand and a bottle at her feet.
“Hi,” Tina said quietly.
Bette took a sip of her wine before she replied.
“Tina. What are you doing here?” Bette asked not bothering to look at Tina. “Is it Angie? Did something happen to her?”
“Well, if something had it would have been hard to get ahold of you. Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. I just wanted to spend a night alone.”
“You could have told me that,” Tina murmured as she gingerly took a seat on the lounger next to Bette’s.
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This is a wonderful story. Very complex and deep emotional characters.
This was a great chapter, Speed. Letting them show each other that through all the problems and ugly stuff between them they still love each other dearly and even if they do not admit it they are IN LOVE still with each other. This should give them pause to think very carefully about their future. thanks for a wonderful story.
Thanks for a wonderful story, to give up each other would be like giving up part of their heart. Only half alive. thanks
Please do not delete this post. It delves deeper into Bette’s psyche and Tina’s heart. They both seem to reach out to each other despite their ongoing relationship problems.
I’m really enjoying the way your are crafting this story. The emotions are so plapable, and the feelings so threatingly near the surface. Hope you are able to post soon. Thanks for writing!
that was really good. I saw that you were really working to capture that flow and flux in bette and tina’s troubled minds…the dialogue really caught us in that entanglement which i totally appreciated. their relationship is so complicated and it takes a really good writer to go there in this kind of way. excellent, really!
What they all said–great job!
I see no need to re-write this. But I know we tend to be our own worst critic. PPS!
I’ll be lazy and mostly ditto what the others said. I quite liked it, anyway, and I think it’s well-written. Thanks for posting.
I only just caught up with this story, so behind. I like how Tina always knows where Bette is, what she’s feeling, when she needs her, and Bette’s finally realising that she does that, maybe that’s a giant leap forwards for both of them, thanks :)
I love how you set up scenes that work on so many different levels, that are ostensibly about one thing but also work to move the B&T story forward.
A agree with the others – this is a fine chapter deep and revealing – hope you get some rest and re-read and find it as wonderful as I do.
awwwww they r fuckin cute
This is a Great Chapter!!!! Do not change a thing. I am so loving this story. Thanks PPS
It’s like Melvin never existed on the show, so this in-depth exploration of Bette’s ambivalent feelings is immensely gratifying. Your portrayal of Tibette is equally complex and nuanced, and equally wonderful. What’s to rewrite?