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The Adventures Of Bette Porter And Sissee Gardner After Yale (Part 2, Chapter 7)
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The Adventures Of Bette Porter And Sissee Gardner After Yale (Part 2, Chapter 7)
PART TWO: MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIFORNIA
Chapter 7
Bette put the cigarette up to her mouth, inhaled deeply while holding my eyes tightly with hers. Then she blew smoke out the side of her mouth and looked down.
“Sissee…,” she began in a more subdued voice.
There was a knock on the door. I went to open it. It was room service. A young man wheeled in a cart with our silver-dome covered food, wine and set ups. He wheeled it over to the round table and opened both bottles of wine. I told him to put the meal on my tab after which Bette handed him a generous tip on his way out the door
Then she helped me transfer the meal to the bigger table. She poured both of us a generous glass of Merlot. When we sat down we lifted our glasses to each other, tapping them gently.
“Here’s to you Sissee,” she offered with one of those intimate looks that were beginning to make me unravel.
“And to you Bette,” I replied in a near whisper.
“Here’s to Mendocino for starters and maybe T.J. and even Spain.”
I broke out into an involuntary grin. “Do you mean it?”
She nodded. “I do.”
“Fantastic!” I exclaimed, taking in a deep breath and letting out a sigh.
Bette looked down at the ashtray and snuffed out her smoldering cigarette. “There’s only one thing I need to tell you first…”
Since she hesitated, I asked, “What’s that?” As I waited, I took a long drink of wine in anticipation.
She seemed to deliberately stall, perhaps searching for the right words. She picked up the pack of Parliaments, slowly took out another cigarette and lit it, inhaling deeply again. Putting her head back, she blew the smoke up in the air, then cradled the cigarette in the ashtray, picked up her glass of wine and took several slow sips.
I was literally on the edge of my chair, mesmerized with her incredible cool, controlled demeanor. Finally she looked over at me very seriously and said, “Do you remember that night I had too much to drink and you let me spend the night in your dorm room?”
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I too enjoy this fic, because it isn’t a tibetter fic, and because it is very intriguing, but there is a difference between attempting to sustain interest in the next chapter, and ongoing teasing, which becomes frustrating, as has been noted by a number of commenters. I enjoy fics that offer the substance of plot in each chapter as well as the promise of more, instead of just being teased with the promise of more. Just my two cents as a reader.
Every chapter is incredible. And incredibly short. Maybe posting EVERY day will help us all get through this. See, thats what you get for writing such a great story, we all want more, more often. Nice job.
Oh, the sweet torture, I love this story Sissee. There is a name for people like you who give other a tast of the “stuff” just to get them started, a leave them wanting more….can you say pusher? No…just kidding…and a little fustrated…but I’ll be patient and good and just wait for the next chap.. I’m really trying to be better..Pps!
Great story – but I wish the chapters were longer or you posted more OFTEN!!!!! thank you!!!
Ok…You have totally got me hooked! I am so much a Tibette fan that I kept passing your story up, but all the writers I’ve been following haven’t posted anything current, so I thought, what the heck, I’ll read ch. 7 and see if it’s any good. You got me intrigued, so I started at the beginning. Love it!! You are very good at this. You are now one of my favorites along with Ann Ticipation and Justkeepswimming. You should read their stories when you get a chance. I read where this is a new site for you, so welcome and I hope to read your other stories.
susannah, Forgive me if I use this place as a blanket one for all you gals looking for longer chapters. I have tried it and the ends get cut off. It is very frustrating for me to have to go edit the thing down or, in this last chapter, I just deleted the last paragraph, which is why it ends in the question. Does anyone know the word limit or space limit?
artgirl, Thanks for that positive and encouraging post. I am putting out these chapters as fast as I can but trust me when I say I lead a very busy life in between. If I could, this is all I would do because I love writing this story about these two women.
And, what the answer to sissee’s question. These one pagers are killers. But the story continue to intrigue.
I thought I would not like this story, only cause it was’nt B&T, but I was wrong. I really like it and hope you continue………PPS
Probie, Thanks for your comment. You will have to read the next chapter to know how Bette answers Sissee’s question and be advised that most of my chapters will end that way, hopefully making you curious enough to go on. I love that you continue to be “intriqued” Please stick with me. It looks like I need all the help I can get.
legatoeff, I had been forewarned that fanfic readers are loyal TiBetters so thanks for giving me a chance. The reason I came here with my story is that I had been requested to by those who have been reading it since 2005 at another site and although my reader numbers are low here, I really like this format and am hopeful.
hope4tb, Thank you for your comment. I am working on the lenght but as I have said, they cut my ends off when I get up to 1000 words.
Yeah that was really weird, sissee, when I first saw the story it ended farther than it did the next time…but I don’t know why the ends get cut off..some people go on for pages and pages in their fics. But I am sure you are in good hands with those that post and are in the know!!
Bealschick, Yes, you are getting better and I am doing my best to make you happy – not by “pushing” not even by teasing but allowing the story to FLOW so that you just want to get on a big rubber dinghy and go with that flow!