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The Thawing of the Ice – Chapter Twenty-Three
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Chapter Twenty-Three
As she drove away from ICE, Bette tried to get a handle on what she was feeling. Therapy had taught her to pause and reflect while the moment was refresh. There was part of her that was disgusted with how easily she’d been turned on by Candace. Their shared history had been the hanging thread to unravel Bette’s world. But Bette hadn’t been angry or bitter or even remorseful; she’d been horny. She couldn’t fool herself into believing that one dirty martini had given her the liquid courage to bump and grind with Candace Jewell. Bette had wanted to feel those curves. She’d wanted the sexy, addicting lips to kiss her in all the right places.
Even now there was still that ache between her legs when the image of Candace’s lips flashed in her mind.
After disgust and lust came a small bit of pride.
In the end, she’d been the better woman. She’d walked away from Candace and the ring on her ex-lover’s finger. That was progress. Bette had to admit that it was also self preservation. It would have been nearly impossible to rekindle the spark with Candace and simply move on. Their past had taught them that. It had taken Bette months to pry herself away from the intoxication of Ms. Jewell and she knew better than to restart that cycle.
By the time she pulled into her driveway, she was more relieved than anything. Proud of herself for not letting a knee-jerk reaction to Tina’s bullshit lead her into making a bad decision. She was stronger than that.
Shit. Tina, she thought, keys in hand as she walked toward the front door.
She’d tried to forget the jumble of messages Tina had been sending her. Thinking of Tina was overwhelming. She couldn’t separate the pain from the passion. Couldn’t get past the recent wrongs. Tina had said she wanted them to get along for Angie’s sake, but Bette knew there was more to it than that. The truth was written all over Tina’s eyes and try as she might to blot out any desire to get back with Tina, Bette knew she couldn’t lie to herself.
Tina had humiliated her. Hurt her beyond all that she could ever have prepared herself for. But she missed her. Missed being with her. Missed being Bette and Tina and easy Sunday mornings and the routine of a life built together.
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Nice. they both need a friend, and in many ways they’re quite similar. But….let’s leave it at friends, OK MTS? LOL. PPS! First two days in a row? I spend two much time on this site…
Yeah I vote for option two as well – beautifully written and an almost kathargic night of confession for these two. I hope their friendship continues to grow. Thanks for the update.
Amazing storytelling. So enjoyable. They are starting out the right way by first being friends then……who knows?
Friendship blossoming between those two. I’m glad Helena found a job. Bette neeeded a good friend and since Helena is Peggy’s daughter and Bette is like a daughter to peggy they will just click as friends…..Bette is in emotional turmoil with her personal life…. Tina is unable to control her true feelings and its too overwhelming for Bette, the hurt is still very fresh. Tina should limit her meeetings with Bette & just concentrate on being a co-parent and let Bette wonder why she never tried to get too close, maybe Bette will miss her more. With regards to Bette cheating, I think because of the strong attraction with Candace, Bette would’ve still cheated on Tina even if they were happily married. Bette inherited Bette’s cheating genes from Melvin….Great post:)
just friends is good… thats it…
i did suspected that helena and analisa were not lovers but i’m wondering why bette is curious about it..i do hope that bette and helena will just stay friends because their support could help them heal and i don’t think sexual relationship will do that
Love the blooming friendship…they need each other and have so much in common…great and authentic dialogue!!
I love your fic more and more with each chapter. I like how they’re building their friendship, finding some commonality. PPS!
Option two is good but a 2nd bottle of wine can lead to a drunken…. if so I hope it’ll be as awkward as it has been between Jenny and Dana…. XD
A second bottle and Helena has to do a sleepover anyway……Wonder who answers the door in the morning when Tina brings Angel over? This is so interesting and well done MTS.
Bette has had a long day.
I’m probably being cynical and given my feelings about Helena I’m sure I am but this part of the conversation scares me …”Wanting to be your friend sparked something in me. I mean…fuck….you’re Bette Porter. You are the living, breathing dream of my mother’s hopes for me. You have this aura of success around you and I wanted to be worthy of you.” …….. Helena smiled. “I don’t think that will happen any time soon. And I’m sorry for distancing myself. I thought that maybe…the distancing was for the best. I see now that it wasn’t.” ……… “I don’t know if I want to just be a distraction. I want to be your friend. This friend thing is really fascinating to me.” …… Sounds to me like Helena is obsessing on Bette again. This time she’s not out to destroy her – she’s now trying to emulate her to gain her mother’s approval, and she had to distance herself to get the wheels in motion. The other sad part is that she’ll never live up and she’ll start resenting Bette again. Helena still has to learn that her worth as a person and valued friend is shown by deeds. She doesn’t need to have a job or her own place to be a good friend to Bette, Alice or anyone else. I question her sincerity and I still caution Bette against this so called ‘friendship’ whether they sleep together or not is irrelevant, but sadly if they do I hope she’s worth it because either way Bette is going to get screwed.
MTS I agree with you about MTS I agree with you about the Candace part in your Author’s note. Never really understood why everybody hated Candace that much, other than that she was a minor part of breaking up TiBette for good, she did nothing wrong. As you said, it was Bette’s decision to make and she choose to cheat on Tina. But back to your story, Helena really has impeccable timing in your story, showing up just when Bette needs someone to talk to, is just great. And I believe when Helena said she wasn’t responsible for Bette loosing her job, it was never confirmed at the show, that it was Helena who had Bette fired. In addition I really believe that if she were responsible for it, she would have done it herself, and not let Franklin do it, it would have been much more satisfying to her seeing Bette’s reaction to it. There is definitely some subtle flirting going on between them, but not sure if I want them to have more than a friendship at the moment. Sorry just love BeLena stories with a happy ending and at the moment it doesn’t look like those two could last as Tina is actively pursuing Bette and Bette is still not in a place where she is completely over Tina and willing or able to start anything serious with somebody other than Tina. Great story, Thanks.
Just friends, normal friends..ok maybe good friends but no please no friends with benefits or something more. Please please just friends. Thanks MTS. I’m still reading & still sighing at the end of each chapter & will continue to read with all my fingers cross. You are the best!!
YAY finally they’re together!!!:))
Excellent update. Please let it be just friends with Bette and Helena. Thank you for this wonderful story.
Excellent chapter! Bette needs a good friend that she can talk to.
agree with most comments so far that H&B could be good friends but yah please leave it as that. I hope Tina doesn’t get too needy later in this story (please).
please, Please, PLEASE! Let them just be friends! Good writing, though! Thanks!