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Random 16 – The End
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“Have you slept with him?”
There was a hitch in Tina’s movement as she reached for a container of herbs to flavor the halibut.
“I’m doing exactly what you said I should.”
Silence filled the room except for the distinct sound of a medium-sized flame from the four burner gas stove.
“Is that what you’re doing?”
“I shared what I felt and you told me …”
“…to explore your ‘feelings’ for men?”
Bette came to stand behind her companion, next to the sink where Tina leaned heavily against the counter as she twisted the top of a glass jar. There was a secondary flame in the vicinity. A fire present in the taller woman’s gut that needed to be doused with the knowledge of how much Tina wanted someone else.
“This man? The man of your dreams?"
“It’s not as simple as that.”
“Really.”
The younger woman hesitated as she realized how close Bette stood.
“Don’t make this more complicated than it already is.”
“How could I possibly make it more complicated Tina?”
“Bette, you know what I mean.”
The longer haired woman squinted in disbelief. Yet she had to know, “Did you fuck him here?”
An oral answer was withheld but the way her once lover tensed, how Tina held herself and tilted her head downward ever so slightly…she knew. Just like how the producer recognized her affair from one touch observed from a distance.
Tina knew then.
Bette did now.
“Was it good Tina?” She spoke softly. Her mouth was positioned slightly above the blonde’s right ear as both stood to their natural height. Feet bare, flat against the cool floor in the kitchen that started to fill with smells of an Italian olive oil and condiments heating in a stainless steel pan. It was Tina’s turn to prepare dinner and Bette had tasted this selection before. Distracted but for an instant, she wondered if either ravioli or eggplant would accompany the meal tonight. The one she had thoroughly lost her appetite for and would not partake.
“Was it everything you wanted? Did he take you…exactly like you needed?” A black band held blonde hair up so Tina felt Bette’s warm breath on her neck. “Did he touch you like I couldn’t?"
Her voice was almost a whisper as the persistent questions came one after another. It was impossible for the fair skinned mother to make out whether Bette was angry or hurt because the words came almost inaudibly and absent much inflection.
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Oh, that really hurt. It feels like a sharp pain in the chest. It feels doubly painful coming on the heels of a sweet, lovely intimate scene. But it’s well-written as always. No needless words or imagery. It’s one concise, compact piece on raw hurt. Though I’m clearly biased for happier scenes, I couldn’t resist reading this. Every line vividly describes Bette’s pain and Tina’s veiled heartlessness. Splendid as always, lwordid! Thanks a lot for sharing your unique talent, lwordid, and a big hi and hello to you too! =) Cheers!
i hope it’s not the end to your randoms because i need the happy ones to continue too :)
This chapter reached out and grabbed me around the throat and just kept squeezing! It brought back so much of the anger I felt all through season 3. When Bette suggested that Tina “explore her feelings” for men, I don’t understand how that equates with fucking a man in a bedroom she shared with Bette for eight years. And then trying to justify her actions by saying “you weren’t here.” Really Tina?! I mean really?!! So it would have been okay for Bette to bring Candace into your home and fuck her in your bed, just because you happened to not be home at the time? Too bad Tina couldn’t just be honest with Bette verbally and say “you don’t matter to me any more. I have no love or respect for you any more,” rather than show her how she feels by having sex with Henry in their room. Grrrrr LOL That whole season disgusted me!! I wouldn’t be so pissed off except your writing is so good it brought me right back there. This whole Random series was VERY well written. Thank you!!
How about we call it a lapse of judgement? A mistake? Ok, an ending if we must but I have hope because it’s there to be an ending for there to be a renaissance. Henry was a nice guy but he always seemed more like a convenience than perfection for Tina. So well written as always – two posts in one week, you’re on a roll, don’t stop now!
Wow, you’d never know english was my native language looking at that post – what I meant to say was: “I have hope because there has to be an ending for there to be a renaissance”
What Seahurst said. Especially more Randoms please!
No, it can’t end this way. Can we go back to the previous post, I really liked that one, Please can we skip this one?
I sure hope this is not the end of your postings. If it is please do not remove your stories from the site as many have done. If you plan to do so, please warn us before you do. Thanks so much for sharing your writing with us.
Thanks for this post. I’m also curious about what happened to Bette and Tina in “The Settlement”.
Oh, that hurt to read. I know there’s alleviation down the line, but the pain is fresh just now. Great writing as always. Thank you
Oh that was just so sad and hreatbreaking. Give us one of your happy randoms please. Great writing. Thank you.
nooooo my Bette will not give up. Not the end