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The World Turned Upside Down
Bette sat in the hard chair in the chilly room, oblivious to her discomfort, mesmerized by the blurry images on the two pieces of paper she held, one in each hand. She turned her head back and forth, gazing at each paper intensely as she memorized its image. She wasn’t looking with her critical practiced analytical eye. It was a completely different type of gaze, one that bypassed her formidable professional expertise and connected directly to her heart.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were still here,’ Dr. Wilson apologized.
“They took Tina to do some blood work.”
Dr. Wilson paused for a moment and looked at Bette with kindness, “I know it isn’t how you had expected it to be.”
Bette’s eyes began to water, and she quickly looked down as she blinked them away.
Dr, Wilson walked closer to Bette and gently squeezed her shoulder in comfort, “I’m happy for you and for the little one. Whatever else, she will have two mommies who adore her.”
Bette smiled at Dr. Wilson in gratitude. Only Kit had been acknowledging her as a soon-to-be mother. Bette’s smile was suddenly replaced with a worried look.
“She’s OK? They’re both OK?”
“Perfect, Bette. Textbook perfect.”
“But last time…”
“It’s not anything like last time, Bette.”
Bette looked at the smudgy image in one of her hands, “She’s beautiful.”
Dr. Wilson smiled internally as she recognized the universal parental adoration in Bette’s voice.
“I think she has Tina’s nose,” Bette pointed to a spot on the image.
“You may be right,”
Dr. Wilson had a waiting room full of patients demanding her attention. Every moment she spent with Bette set her further behind on what already was an overbooked schedule. The doctor watched as Bette returned to staring at the ultrasound images in each hand. Since Tina had not mentioned Bette after her first appointment, Dr. Wilson had been surprised today when she had seen Bette accompanying Tina. Although she had quickly noticed the missing commitment bands, from their conversation Dr, Wilson knew that Tina had changed her mind about raising her daughter on her own. The doctor could also tell from their cautious interaction and Bette’s averted gaze as Tina moved on to the table for the sonogram that the couple had not reunited. On the screen today, Bette had seen her daughter for the first time, and Dr. Wilson could tell that it had clearly shaken her. The older woman felt a wave of compassion as she watched the younger woman experiencing at nanospeed the series of emotions that most expectant parents got to stretch out over the nine months of a pregnancy.
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Very sweet and clever.
omg this is so beautiful spumoni! it would have been so amazing to have been able to see this time that Tina and Bette shared together with their baby. But i am glad i can at least read it as you have written these snippets so wonderfully! loved the kick and tap game! :) Thanks! Will you consider continuing it please?! I would love to read more Tibette interaction during the time when they are expecting :)
OMG, that was so beautiful no one has ever thought to put into words what you just did….I’m speechless, thank you!!
Thank you!! I always wondered.
You definitely do not have a small imagination. All of your “space between” stories have been just brilliant, this being no exception. Look forward to reading your next juicy nugget.
This was so touching and beautiful. If I could give you six stars, I would.
Simply loving. Wish we had seen something like this from IC..
The end was really touching. I liked it.
If you ever change professions, maybe writing for one certain tv show could be an option. This is a beautiful chapter showing the love and changing emtions in two lost soul mates. No wonder Angelica loves her Momma B.
Great start, always wondered what they might have been thinking.You did a wonderful job explaining things. Thank you so much. Please contnue this story. PPS
Excellent. From Bette and Dr Wilson, to the stomach gymnastics, to the supermarket, to Tina playing that webcast interview… Really, just excellent. I do love how you fill in these gaps, Spumoni. I hope we see another space between tale from you soon. Thank you.
I loved it!
AWWW that was so sweet of Tina to let the baby know her other mom and Bette never even knew why she and Angelica were so close from day one.
Spumoni, that was so excellent. Thanks for your vision of that day. The headset was brilliant!
Very cleverly written, excellent. love bette and the baby playing in tina’s tummy so cute!!…
woww… that was so tender and so cute… :-))
quite a wee imagination there…
Holy cow – that was beautiful. Sorry for being so late on the comments ;O) but hey I need time to do that…love the new story and do continue….it is looking mighty fine to me. Post soon