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An End Has a Start – Part 6
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“Who was it on the phone?”
“The police.”
“And what did they want?”
“They’re done. We can go home.”
Tina absorbed this as she grabbed for her coffee. She finished off her drink in a few gulps, not looking at Bette. “Maybe that’s not the best idea, Bette.”
Bette raised her eyebrows. “What? Look, Tina, I know you’re upset with me, but I –”
“That has nothing to do with it. Do you really want to be going back there, Bette?”
“I…” The image of Jenny floating in the pool flashed in her mind’s eye. Bette shook her head slightly as if to clear it. “Yes, I do,” she answered.
“I see,” Tina said. “I don’t want to go back, Bette.”
“What? Why not?” Bette’s heart started to pound. “Are you saying you don’t want to go back because of what happened there? Or… or because of me?”
Tina shrugged, looking down and plucking at the duvet.
“Why didn’t you trust me, Bette? Just answer me that.”
“I was afraid.”
“Afraid? Afraid that I would believe Jenny,” Tina scoffed.
Bette raked her hands through her hair. “I… I guess that’s right. I just didn’t want to lose you, right when we were so happy together and about to embark on a whole new life…” she trailed off. She tried to put herself in Tina’s place. She would have believed Tina, probably. But this wasn’t about distrust, not exactly. At the root of it was fear.
“Haven’t you learned anything yet, Bette? In all the years we’ve been together, you’d think if there was one thing you’ve come to understand, it’s that dishonesty is all wrong. Things that you cover up always get revealed sooner or later. You can’t build a life on lies, Bette. At least not a lasting one.”
“I’m not lying! I have never lied to you, Tina. Never. Not even –” Bette stopped, not ready to bring up that part of their past, even though it loomed large in the room, even now. Not spoken of, but always there. Always there. “I told you the truth,” she finished quietly.
“Only when you ran out of options.”
“Fine!” Bette exploded, raising her voice. She jumped out of her seat and began pacing the floor. “But know this: whatever I kept from you was my effort to protect you and our family from Jenny’s lies, not mine. Nothing happened with me and Kelly, okay? Nothing! And maybe if you weren’t still holding the past over me like… like some executioner, waiting for an excuse to bring down the axe, I probably would have told you that Kelly came on to me the night it happened. So excuse the hell out of me for looking out for your feelings and putting up with Jenny’s shit and Kit’s accusations and fucking Jodi being judgmental for your sake.” She looked Tina in the eyes and stopped pacing, taking another shaky breath, trying to calm down. Bette felt her face start to crumble as she spoke again. “You can punish me however you want, just tell me that you believe me, T.”
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“What the hell difference does it make now? You know, I thought we were in a different space now with our relationship, but I see that some fundamental things haven’t changed and probably never will. You still lie to me when it suits you. You still confide in others instead of me. You have no faith in me, no faith in us, that we can withstand everything that comes our way. You played me for a fool and now you think that just because you finally told me what was going on – because you no longer had a choice – that it’s supposed to make everything okay? Well it doesn’t.”=> Sad as it may sound, I concur. So where do they go from here? Will they survive another monumental failure in trust and communication? Seems like their future together is very shaky. Thank you so much for another attention-grabbing, well thought out and well-written chapter, omalley! Your characters are racked by “real” emotions and speak such sensible dialogue. PPS! Cheers! :>
I don’t know what to say, but B&T are pretty harsh. Again, neither of them are listening to each other. I cannot wait til the next update.
aww poor bette. lol. Update soon!!!
Oh boy! What a mess! T is right ofcourse… But I hope LOVE will win at the end… Your writing is so realistic, I could really feel Bette’s heavy distress… Great job!! PPS!!!
Back again :) Maybe Tina will understand a bit better as to why Bette didn’t tell her right away if she knew that dealing with Marci not showing up was much more important at the time than talking about the KW pass. Please write the wrong of BP – she tried to do the right thing…it just doesn’t always work out. Thanks…
Sorry to hear about your hard drive being wiped…As for the story it’s not hard to stick around when you can’t get enough, so please don’t keep us waiting to long for the next one ;) Thanks a bunch for posting girl :)
I feel for you o’malley. Two weeks ago my 1,000 purchased songs disappeared from my iTunes playlist and it’s taken forever to get them back. I am still not back to normal. No rhyme or reason for it happening. Great writing o’m.
Bette needs to tell Tina about what happened with Jenny maybe that will make Tina believe in her a little more…trust her some. pps
Bette needs to tell Tina about what happened with Jenny maybe that will make Tina believe in her a little more…trust her some. pps
Oh this was so heartbreaking and heart wrenching. Bette hasn’t learnt anything yet and you would think she would have by now and just finished that sentence of what she said to Jenny. I have a bad feeling about this. But you will make it better right :) Thank you Omalley
So sad… I can understand where they are both coming from. What Tina hasn’t figured out, if Bette is so insecure in her place in the relationship, it’s something they both need to work on. Mind you, I understand why Tina is hurt, but she needs to listen to Bette. She wonders here why Bette doesn’t confide in her, it’s because she fears this… it’s sad – they both need to listen.
I know, in theory Bette is wrong for withholding information from Tina, but they just got back together. Everything is so new and unsteady, like a foal standing on its legs for the first time. I feel so sorry for Bette. Tina needs to find unconditional love and forgiveness in her heart for Bette. Sometimes you just love. You must love, no matter what. Thanks!
I totally agree with Deean, techgal, and toby4ever.
Omalley…Tina is so very absolute in questioning of Bette. She does a very good job of leaving Bette a little air to breathe. Poor Bette is scared to death of her own
(sorry)…voice; much less the roasting from Tina. But who acutally has more fears? Tina or Bette? Bette’s, we all recognize, but Tina’s is far deeper. Perhaps, she recognizes that during her light invitation to Bette. I would love to see where the conversation goes. It’s clearly not finished. PPS :p
Bette can never seem to catch a break, but of course she puts herself in these awkward positions. I hope that they can survive this latest situation.
Once again Bette makes a mess of things! She should have trusted their newly formed relationship. They’ve both changed, or have they??? PPS
Tina is being very harsh with Bette but I can see why. Bette always thinks she knows what is best for Tina and thier family when what she really needs to do is talk about her fears and be open honest and respectful of thier relationship at all times. PPS
After everything Tina just said I can’t believe that Bette is so stupid not to finish off that last sentence. At this point she deserves to get dumped, she hasn’t hit bottom to realize what she’s messing with.
Omalley – what a fantastic, heart wrenching, havoc filled chapter…love the dialogue – i felt all the tension, angst and fear of both of them. Tina is right…Bette needs to trust in them and hopefully you’ll show us that she has changed and they can get past this. Please don’t wait so long next time. I hate Vista too and I feel your pain for I’ve lost everything once two.
I’m back…why do i get the feeling that what Bette said to Jenny will come back and haunt her further?…she hasn’t told anyone yet…I wonder (please don’t do this :) ) if while they are having breakfast at the Planet, Duffy will enter, accuse Bette of murder, play her little threat (Jenny recorded that too) to everyone at the table and arrest her…
Worser and worser for our Bette… she’s got such a lot of making up to do. That’s if Tina lets her. But there was a glimmer of hope there, at least. Tina’s asked her if she’s coming with her to pick up Angie… that’s something. More soon please. thanks
Wow…I think that Tina is being uncharacteristically harsh. They both made terrible mistakes in the past, not just Bette and they haven’t been together that long again. Both of them have changed for the better, but for Tina or Bette to assume that neither will make an error in judgement again for the rest of their lives together is more than naive. The important thing is have they larned how to handle these things differently…do they run away from them or do they talk them out, forgive each other and move forward having learned something. Reading this…neither of them have larned anything. Really well written Omalley!
This story is the only thing that still keeps me in some way connected to what I felt was worth something in the show. So do keep going :)