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Back Home Again 18
Tina sat at a table, picking at some of the various salads that she had put on her plate. Her appetite not improved by the fact that she had been joined by her mother and that her mother, in her own way, was bonding.
“You know, viewed a certain way, your daughter does resemble you.”
While it took effort, Tina resisted rolling her eyes. Instead she looked at her daughter, who was at another table, working on cajoling some sort of sweets from one of her distant cousins.
“Of course,” Marian continued, “she still has your nasty habit of sucking on her fingers.”
“She’ll outgrow that, mother.”
“Just hope she does before it affects her teeth. I hope you know what good orthodontic care costs.”
“She’s fine.”
“You do have insurance for her, don’t you?”
“Right now she’s on Bette’s insurance. The University had a better policy.”
“As long as it’s a stable position.”
“Bette’s a Dean. She was asked to apply for the position, and is very well respected in her field.”
“If you say.”
“Mother, if I were involved with the male Dean of a major university, you’d be beside yourself with excitement, and shouting it from the rooftop to the garden club.”
“Yes, if you were properly married.”
“So if gay marriage comes to California…”
“That’s not what I mean and you know it.”
“I know that Bette and I created that beautiful child that you appear to be becoming fond of. And with the child comes both of her mothers.”
“Sometimes I wonder what your father and I did wrong.”
“What if the answer to that is ‘nothing’?”
Marian gave her daughter a confused look and then got up from the table.
Although she tossed off a quick “I have other guests,” Tina knew that the older woman was knocked out of her element, momentarily. Typically her mother would be more formal in departure, excusing herself.
“How do you do that?”
Somehow, Bette had slipped back into the room without Tina’s notice. She knew that it must have been the friction with her mother, as Bette rarely went unnoticed by Tina.
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(65 votes, average: 4.32 out of 5)
pseud, so good to have you back! Another brilliant installment, and I love how you described the “dream.” Turning off the stove? Very nice touch. :)
Hey great to see your post. Still enjoy reading this story. Looking forward to more when you can.
Please don’t disappear for so long again! I love this story and the playfulness between Tina and Bette.
Welcome back and I hope that you will be able to continue to bring this entertaining story to light. Interesting scene with Bette and Tina in Tina’s old room talking about Bette’s dream that actually took place in the show. I wonder if one of them went back to the kitchen and turned the fire off before the house burned down.
This story is fantastic. The subtleties and nuances of their relationship and history really shine in your writing, as usual. Thank you for posting another chapter.
good to have you back, pseud. i think alot of us really wanted Bette to turn off the stove! please post update soon.
Great to see you found the time to write. I’m quite fond of this story and am looking forward to more. Maybe sometime you can explain who was watching Angelica during the Breast Cancer Pink ride. ; )
well at least someone saved the stir fry this time. LOL
Pseud, your writing is masterful, and this remains one of my most adored stories on the site. Thanks so much for this installment, I look forward to seeing what happens next!
I don’t know, why shouldn’t the kitchen blaze as brightly as the bedroom?
that last sentence put a smile on mine and everyone else reading… please let the night go fast and angie sleeping soundly… PPS
clever…made me want to re-watch 506, which i did :)
A beautiful surprise, it is alsways so good to see a post from you…..top notch as always. Tina’s mom seems to be thawing slowly..Thank you
pseud, glad you came back. At least you let us know Bette turned off the stove. Love they way these two are interacting with each other, can’t wait for the next update, hopefully we won’t have to wait as long, but will be here either way.
Thank goodness you brought yourself and the story back! I loved the update and how you blended her dream into the story. I hope Angelica is conveniently taken care of soon… I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you find the time to post another update.
Brilliant, I’ve missed this story. Please don’t make it too long before your next post!!!
thanks for the update!!! Loved it!!
I’m always happy to see a post from you. Please come again!
Pseud, I miss you when you’re not here. Great update, I love the way you had Bette and Tina talking with each other. Fabulous just fabulous!
And a great story continues…I do understand being challenged in finding time to write, but whatever you are able to make time for is always appreciated!
That was wonderful, please more, thanks!
I am glad that bette and Tina are not holding grudges. Love how you incorporated the shows path as the dream in your story.
Is it too early to start nudging you again?
tease, tease, tease…
i think they should role play this dream. :)PPS
Love this story Pseud!! Hope to see the next chapter soon
that was great! and yes welcome back! and here i was thinking id never read your stories again. you’re one of the site’s best!
omg..I just caught up.. haha what an amazing story and this chapter was insane! Angie is so cute with her ‘no’s’ Bette and Tina are also cute (but when aren’t they) and Tina’s mother…GGRR I could seriously hurt that woman. Wonderful..PPS
I am not one to nudge too hard, cos that’s just… let’s just say I haven’t the slightest right to go there. That said, I’m bloody pleased to see another post from you, pseud. I’m hoping the teasing is a sign of things to come… and I hope Angelica bridges that chasm that still exists between Marian and Tina. Small steps, I guess. Glad to have you back, and post when you have time. Thanks
thank you for a great way to start/end/continously a monday. though im not fond of dreams of late, i enjoyed this one. thanks for taking the time.
Hmmm… That dream sounds familiar. I think we’ve all seen it a thousand times before. But Bette’s dream in this chapter is far better because she had the presence of mind to turn off the stove. LOL! Huge thanks, pseud!!! :>
Hey Pseud, Wonderful to have you back and posting more of this favorite and much loved tale. AWesome, how you got OMFG 2 into the play. I could just imagine Tina’s facial expressions as Bette open up her heart and showed Tina her real self. The love between them just glistened like the stars at night. Shining examples of what dreams and hope can achieved. Just perfection is too short a post. More please. Many, many thanks from Your Loyal Fan.
Good to have you back and with such a great post. Been waiting for another chapter of this story. They need to be sure someone is taking care of Angie overnight and get on with the re-telling of this dream. Great update. PPS