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The Thawing of the Ice – Chapter Twenty-Four
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Chapter Twenty-Four
Tina couldn’t stop smiling. Her plan was coming together and though she’d stumbled the night before, she knew she was back on track.
It was too awkward. Too much too soon. I need to be patient and ease things along, she thought to herself, as she balanced a wicker basket of fresh pastries and fruit in one hand and Angelica against her hip with the other hand.
“Ready to see Mama B?” she asked.
Angie smiled even harder than Tina as Mama Tee kissed her irresistible cheek and rang the doorbell. It was early, but not too early and Tina was confident that Bette would be awake. When Bette didn’t answer after the first ring, she hesitated a moment before ringing again. By the third ring, Tina was chewing on her bottom lip.
As her finger approached the button for ring number four, the door swung open and Bette’s bleary brown eyes squinted out at her. “Tina?” she asked, her head pounding.
Tina’s eyes swept over Bette from head to toe. She took in the messy, dark curls, the tired eyes, and the slight sway in Bette’s stance. “Are you okay?” she asked.
Bette tried to smile and she perked up a bit at the sight of Angelica in a cute pink sundress and matching bonnet. “Hi boo! You look so cute,” she cooed.
“We wanted to come over and have breakfast with you,” Tina said.
“Breakfast?” Bette repeated. The idea of food made her stomach storm and she placed a hand on her abdomen.
“Yeah. It seemed like last night was a little rough. We came to cheer you up.”
Bette smiled at a grinning Angelica. Though she could feel her brain vibrating against her skull, she was still pleased to see her baby girl smiling at her. “You didn’t have to do this.”
Tina felt it then; that familiar desire to take care of Bette. The comfort of that feeling and the warm memories tied to it made her stomach flutter.
“We wanted to,” Tina replied.
Bette smiled. “Why don’t you two come in?”
Taking the basket from Tina’s hand, Bette led them into the kitchen and immediately began brewing a pot of strong coffee.
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Man…I don’t know about this. I’m NOT liking Bette and Helena ‘together’…I sure as hell hope that’s not where we’re headed. I’ll stick with this a little longer. Thanks.
Yes! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the Bette and Helena interaction in this story. I would love it even more if they did get together! More more more more more! PLEASE! =) Tina is working my nerves for some reason. I’m not into her at all. However, which ever way you decide to go with this story, there will be those of us who like it and those who don’t. Eh. Such is life. PPVS!
you certainly don’t disappoint…all of their emotions are palpable…well done!!
Oh good grief MTS2…… You’re toying with us aren’t you? have all the fun you like, just…………..please don’t go there…
This story is fun. Bette and Helena together are clever, charming and amusing.
I don’t get it. Last chapter it seems bette knew tina wants more than just a friendship. But in this one, she suddenly didn’t understand why tina got upset. She had a 7-year relationship with that woman. But she has no clue of why tina behaved in that way. Oh god, only explanation is everything tina is doing now annoys her. I need to say it again: I never like the idea of pairing helena with tina. It is so wrong. Anyway, thank you very much for the wonderful story.
I am sorry, correction for my last comment: should be “I never like the idea of pairing helena with bette.”
I do think Bette andHelena are better paired off as friends, still no harm in a little flirting – but then again I am not liking Tina. Making plans how to ease herself into Bettes life again just irks me. Face facts Tina, deal with the chaos you create and then maybe – Thanks for a great update.
Part of me is enjoying this torturous journey and another part of me just wants it to be over. Bette’s school girl crush is killing me, Helena’s saccharin sweet personality is giving me cavities, and poor Tina’s relentless pursuit is breaking my heart. Angie is the only bright spot – hope Bette has sobered enough to drive responsibly with this precious cargo. I guess Bette is taking Helena for a test drive to see how she deals with the kid since she’s now part of the equation. I don’t want Bette and Helena together but if they need to just have sex to get it out of the way then please just do it – I don’t think I can take anymore of them skirting the issue.
Wonderful update but I’m still weary of this Bette and Helena interaction. Please let it be friends only. thank you.
Speaking of “bombs” the three of them were dropping enough of them around Angie. Don’t be surprised, B&T, is Angie starts effing everything!. I like B&H together, but I’m leary. I don’t want them to end up in bed. Thanks!
Lets just get one fact clear, it was Tina who was cussing while holding Angelica, Bette on the other hand took Angie and put her out of the firing line. The only one using cussing words was Tina, neiher Bette nor Helena used any swear words.
I will chime in once again (emboldened by BatnAA_2009 and jp22’s comments) that Tina’s pursuit of Bette right off of Henry’s bed is idiotic, and not in character. Tina wanted her (much-derided) autonomy and in the show she actually did live it post-Henry (one of the few parts that IC got right). The Tina of this story is coming across as one of those silly women that must have a partner – any partner – at every moment in their lives. If events had conspired to throw B&T together and they had then rekindled their desire for each other, I would have no qualms. But here Tina is deliberately chasing Bette without thought or reflection almost from Henry’s bed. That is not Tina. [Para} Also, Bette the “reserved” one, “smiling softly at Helena’s text” and wanting Helena to hang out with her for the weekend – who is this? Bette has always been a bit of a loner, which is why her total dependence on Tina has been so compelling to watch. As I have understood her, the only time Bette seeks out company is when she needs something, which is either sex or some professional perk. Don’t get me wrong. Bette enjoys social interaction, but she is more comfortable in interactions where (a) she is in control and mostly closed off, or (b) when she is with Tina who bears most of the social interaction burden with ease. So this Bette who wants to “hang out” with Helena at home, when (as I read the story) there is no sex or professional favor involved – who is this? I would have found such behavior with the Analisa chick more credible, since there Bette was trying to score and therefore in her alpha mode. Please make this wimpy Bette go away soon. [Para] I am not against Belena, provided they both recover the personalities that the good Lord blessed them with. This wimpy, somewhat-simpering version is putting me off a bit. (MTS – see the passion that that your writing arouses? Sorry for ranting so.)
wow…Helena 1 – Tina 0…i did enjoy Bette and Helena interaction in this chapter but they still struck me just as friends who do mild flirting because it’s fun, and i still don’t see them more than that…however, Tina didn’t make things better by acting so jealous and making plans to get back into Bette’s life…i think apology should happen and then Tina should do something to show Bette why they deserve to be together, right Bette’s not seeing it…thanks
Tina really should know better than to try to control who Bette is socializing with or seeing for that matter. When Bette is backed into a corner than she will lash out, and she is right in my opinion, it is non of Tina’s business and it is now Bette’s home and not Tina’s any longer. In addition Tina should think about showing up unannounced on Bette’s doorstep, it could have been much worse than just Helena sleeping in Bette’s guestroom. I said it once and I have to say it again, Bette has no obligation to Tina other than her commitment to co-parenting, and if and who she decides to see, date or just have sex with is non of Tina’s business as long as it doesn’t interfere with Bette parenting Angie. Tina didn’t ask for Bette’s permission to introduce Henry to Angie why should Bette not have the same rights. Loved how Helena calmed Bette down and am so enjoying how they change from serious to playful flirting. There is nothing wrong with Helena spending the day with Bette and Angie, it will be good for Bette to enjoy being with Angie and at the same time having some adult around to joke with and take her mind off of her problems with Tina. Tina really needs to take a step back and try to win back Bette’s friendship and trust first, and that’s not going to happen, when she continues to push Bette, or even worse tries to control her. Thanks for posting.
This is my fav chapter!! Love how Bette and Helena took it slow….nothing happened, subtle flirting, bonding:)) They could go for a long shot this way, starting properly, dating etc. Really loved it! And loved how Tina’s persistent, finally….but she needs to do a lots and lots of amendments to fix things..if she can fix it at all, although I believe there’s too much nad there..Just think how much Bette tried – T’s like…on the beginning of the beginning. Too bad she realised only now it supposed to be her life. Anyway, love the belena story, it’s progressing slowly and stable and very realistic. Think they could be very good for each other, I dare to say even perfect match.Loved this chapter, great job!;)
What I don’t get about the Belena scenario is how could it work. I know some lesbians don’ t have problem to be friends and “very cozy” with every woman who has a pulse but a Belena scenario, is unrealistic. Unless you people are so good that mother Theresa is a very bad person in comparison to you. What I mean is that: let’ s think about ourselves for a minute. If you tell me that you could get down and dirty with the person who was fucking your wife of seven years, and you claimed that she was the love of your life, while she was pregnant with your daugter then what are you doing in powerful countries? You are so good people that you would made a difference in countries who struggle everyday. And I guess I am the most evil lesbian around because I swear that the only touchy feeling I would want to have to someone who fucked my wife, even if we weren’ t together (so my ex- wife really), would be my hands around her neck. Not without a struggle, I can understand the “just friend” scenario more than a Belena relashionship. Let’ s see a little ahead of time when Angelica is a curious teenager. “Helena, how did you meet my moma B?””Oh honey, I wanted to destroy your moma B because nana Peggy had a higher opinion for your moma than me. So I was fucking your moma T while she was pregnant with you just to annoy the hell out of you moma. But gess what? Your momma B is so incredible that I fell in love with her.” Actually, I am very mad right now so please don’ t take my comment too seriously. I just wanted to take it out on someone and your story was perfect. I don’ t critisize you or your story, which I like very much by the way. I just have an issue about Belena as you can think. I’ m sorry if I annoy the hell out of you whith what I said. I will keep quiet for now on. Kisses and again sorry
Iam totally addicted to this story. Bette is my favorite and I love this Bette centered FF. I love seeing Bette and Helena as friend. Maybe friends with benefits ;). But at the end, B&T belong together. Tina just needs to start acting normal again. And Bette needs some time to realize she can’t live without Tee.
Similar to when Tina met Helena she went from being dealing with the hurt from her ex-lover to becoming a malicious, vengeful bitch in 0.2 seconds. Helena seems to be having the same influence on Bette. Tina needs to back-off from the romantic pursuit and maybe even question the co-parenting. Right now I think Henry was the better option over Bette. Bette needs to get over herself and stop acting like a complete asshole, and Helena just needs to crawl back into whatever hole she’s been hiding in. I can’t believe the disrespect and the bad language they use especially in front of Angie. What type of moral example is that setting for the child. Bette doesn’t sleep with Candace because of Angie – something Angie would never know – but she’s OK with cussing and disrespecting her mother and flaunting her ***** (whatever Helena is) in front of her. Tina needs to stop acting in desperation – if she would open her eyes to what Bette has become I don’t think she’d be so infatuated. I never saw Bette with Helena but this version of Bette could very well be a good match – just please take Angie out of the mix. Maybe Alice can babysit.
This story is wonderful and wonderfully written, of course. However, I don’t understand Tina’s pushiness. Twelve hours after her disastrous “date” she shows up uninvited for breakfast? I always understood Tina to have both intellectual and emotional intelligence. Yes, she has the habit of “falling” into sex with Bette time and time again, almost against her will, but on all other occasions she has been rational and un-impulsive. I found it difficult to believe that she showed up so soon. [Paragraph] While Bette’s friendship with Helena is fun and nicely written, that, too, stretches credulity for me. Neither Bette nor Helena are acting per their character as I have understood their character to be. Bette is not the instant-friendship kind, no matter what trauma she has been through. Her prideful pig-headedness, combined with her endless almost-against-her-will love for Tina and Angelica, is what we find so compelling. Take any element of that away and you create an unlikable, pathetic character. Yes, she can change, but giving her a personality transplant is almost as heinous as IC giving Helena a personality transplant in Season 3. Please don’t make Bette pathetic. Please leave her pride intact. Her hanging out with/clinging to Helena feels pathetic and inorganic. This story is slowly slipping away from me. But my respect and admiration for the writer remains solidly intact. And I am going to read every word of the story as it progresses.
I love reading this fanfic story partly because of the comments. They are fantastic! I couldn’t help but laugh and nod and get all worked up banging my head as I scroll from one comment to another. All from a story!
Please don’t rip me for commenting. I know I risk it since there seems to be so many Belena fans on this one. But I just get so worked up from this story. It’s so good right? Anyway, since these are fictitious characters…I wish I could tell them…Bette – “Yes, I get it now. I do. You have really moved on from Tina. How else could you be laughing and sharing special moments with the woman who used to F*&k your ex-wife and who used your ex-wife to get to you? And it seems like you really think Tina is a major pain in the ass now. Oh, and congrats, I see you are getting stronger. I can see your old self back again – you know the one where you would no qualms about talking over the people whom you said mattered to you. Yup, only that Bette could talk to Tina like that especially because Tina says something out of line. (especially since Tina was a bit loony, and was generally so vindictive and have no right over you now?) So good for you eh?? Wow, I wasn’t aware that you thought so little of Tina until this episode in YOUR house. So why did you stick with her for 7 years again? You sure she was the Love of your life? By the way, since you need to sleep with someone, why not do it with Helena? She is pretty, smart and you and her have such great chemistry together. ) #*&*Tina – “STOP IT. Please, dignity dear girl. Yes, yes, you are jealous and angry but do you really have to be so…desperate and so out of control? PLEASE WAKE UP. Can’t you see how much Bette doesn’t love you anymore? I really think she doesn’t even like you now. And don’t behave like you are still a wife when you aren’t. She doesn’t like it and really she has changed. CHANGED. (just like you have). She doesn’t think you are anything more than a co-parent whom she has no choice but to be civil to. Now that Bette has spoken to you and shown that Helena is currently more important than you, surely you must realize that she has moved on and she doesn’t want you in her life anymore? She has made it clear. It’s her house, her life, her friends, so butt out. Really, please don’t be so desperate anymore ok? I’m afraid…You are a heartache to watch. I don’t know which is worse, the doormat-you in S1 or the desperado-you here.. And oh, please don’t use f**k in front of Angie. It just shows how little hold you have over yourself.”Am so miserable now. Still addicted to this story but I really need to down 2 shots of vodka before the next chapter. LOL
Tina is soooo jealous. I love it!
Hey MTS, This story really is creating much controversy amongst all its readers. I love it.First, it was fun to witness Tina’s reaction when she sprung a surprise visit with Angie on Bette. Only to see Bette hung-over with an overnight guest. Since Tina moved away from the gals she has lost touch with much of what has gone on.I don’t she was aware of the change in Helena’s personality after her sudden dis-inheritance.It would be very tough to see you ex-wife getting cosy with an ex-lover especially that ex-lover contributed so greatly to your relationship dissolving so completely.Tina’s reaction was all over the place. The jealousy monster took hold and all reason flew out of the window.The real shame is how it then affected Bette and Tina’s conversation. Tina fired all guns indescriminately while Bette defended her choices. This meant Tina stormed off and left Bette holding the baby.They really do need to keep Angelica away from these moments as it can be unsetting for a child to see and hear their parents arguing.Helena’s calming influence was wonderful as the tentative flirting between Bette and Helena continued.Again I state my case that Tina needs to woo Bette and prove that she too has changed and is ready to reunite this family for once and for always.I do believe that while Helena has grown up substantially she is still too much of an Alpha female to accept the compromises a full-blown love affair with Bette would require.Yes let them have some fun if only to allow them both to reassert their attractiveness and show them that they still have it. Perhaps a brief spell as ‘Friends with Benefits’ would be suffice.I am ever hopeful that the crimes of the past can be laid to rest and a new bright future can be built particularly when you have accepted who you are, what and who you want from life and how much you will do to get it.I think Tina has much fence building to do with Bette. Hopefully this will lead the way to a stronger and more balanced partnership between them and a great family for Angelica.MTS, it is your great ability to get under the skin and provide the inner workings of each character that allows each reader to make their own mind up and therefore comment so readily.I just love your wonderful words, honest emotions and plausible scenarios.Just brilliant and ever so addictive and entertaining. You rock my world.Your Loyal Fan.
Oh come on Bette! you cannot talk like that to the mother of your daughter infront of the baby. Tina might have assumed that she & Bette are in a good co-parent and felt comfortable to bring goodies for Bette, after all, they were together for 7 years & co-parenting. Her reaction upon seeing Helena is just normal. I didn’t liked it that Bette just brushed Tina’s feelings off after she left and continued having fun w/ Helena. For me, this means that she doesn’t really care anymore if Tina gets hurt….. it’s time that Tina should also give Bette a cold shoulder and don’t even try to befriend her. Bette telling her that she has no business with her life, home and anything to do w/ her is more than an insult. She has to remind herself that Tina let her co-parent w/ Angie so, Tina still have some rights to medle w/ her life. Maybe Tina should just distance herself and not to even step in Bette’s door, since Bette told her she has no right to stand in her home. Bette is also accusing Tina of making her life miserable is misintepreting Tina’s jealousy. Can Bette be a little sensitive? What if Tina didn’t give her the right of being a mother to Angie….. And also, I think it was insensitive of Helena that she is causing Angie’s parent to have this misunderstanding. She have to remind herself that she used Tina against Bette and now she is being one sided and just let Tina left feeling hurt…… I did’t like Bette’s treatment with Tina in this chapter at all. The insult, cold treatment and assuming that Tina want her to be miserable, very insensitive. Maybe Tina should’ve controlled her emotions and not to react with what she saw, but she is feeling all the stress & cannot see clearly trying to control her feeling w/ Bette. Can Helena just go back to Alice’s and clean up her mess in Alice’s living room instead of hanging out w/ Bette and Angie. LOL!!Helena’s flirting or being a friend is very confusing. Thanks for making me comment….LOL:)
Poor Tina, the tables are turned around now! She, really needs to pull up herself together, give Bette some space and regain her self esteem, the dignity she showed in S4 when she put “her true love” interests before hers and understood that if she’ll ever have a chance to win her back it’ll be by giving her the right to choose. I don’t expect her to help Bette getting in Helena’s pants though, like she did in the show for Jodie, that would be gross! It seemed to me that Bette was a bit a Drama Queen. Was it to cover her drunken state or her anger and meanness were a reflection of a lingering hurt? Is her perception of being in a permanent state of misery is a subtext auto punishment for being the first one to cheat and destroy her family? Maybe a visit to Dan will help her move on and also see what Tina went through, like they did in S2? Helena is very confusing, what’s she up to? A moment she tells Bette that “”That’s only what you see. That’s all you can see, I’m afraid.” ” and moments later asks her “”What would I wear underneath?””. Am I reading too much in Bette’s answer? I’d like to read about Tina’s thoughts on what happened that morning, her hopes/plans shattering, her reactions at finding Helena and Bette’s response to them and more importantly will she draw some conclusions and resolutions? Read your very LONG next chapter very soon. Thanks for your excellent writing.
Helena is now an angel-I dont get it.
OMG, what a mess. First thing, TINA NEES TO APOLOGIZE to Bette. She needs to tell her that the green-eyed monster rose from its hiding place in her heart. From Helena’s comments she seems to just wants Bette as a friend and I hope that is all it gets to be. They really don’t need to be lovers, that is just a bit too incestuous and a bit too much for all kinds of reasons, which we don’t have the time or space to go into. Bette just needs to get laid by someone else just for sex, no emotion involved. It doesn’t need to be Helena, maybe Tina, but I’m not sure of that either. Helena was on the verge of telling Bette that Tina is still in love with her and she should continue that conversation. Bette basically alluded to them trying again when she was talking to Helena but did not elaborate, her anger got in the way. They are both so frustrated and man they do need to talk bigtime. Neither of them is over the other and they should go to counselling together and just lay it all out. They can’t get over this without a third party and I don’t mean Helena. Helena needs to find another love interest so that Bette will let go of that thread in her mind. I can’t imagine why she has it in the first place. I’ll stop now. Thanks for posting.
Well well Tina can’t handle not bein Bette’s total focus…time for mia culpa T
I had to come back to read the comments. Just want to add DITTO DITTO DITTO to fortlw’s comment. These are my exact thoughts and I couldn’t have expressed them better. MTS thank you once again for a story that inspires. You’ve got the readers on as much of an emotional rollercoaster as the characters. I’m trying to stay on for the entire ride but some of it is hard to take.
double posted before I got to finish by saying … MTS, thanks for the chapter. cheers
Oh, Tina… you and the green monster do not good bedfellows make. I hope Tina uses the time away from Angie to get a bit of a grip. Her heart has thawed quickly, yes, but with the risk of a flood that’s she’s getting swept away in. Tina’s not given herself or Bette any time to react… and the results are becoming a bit disastrous. Patience, Tina. Let Bette have a chance to catch up. Hell, give her the *choice* to catch up. And be woman enough to accept that you may not be what she wants or needs right now. MTS,
Oh, Tina… you and the green monster do not good bedfellows make. I hope Tina uses the time away from Angie to get a bit of a grip. Her heart has thawed quickly, yes, but with the risk of a flood that’s she’s getting swept away in. Tina’s not given herself or Bette any time to react… and the results are becoming a bit disastrous. Patience, Tina. Let Bette have a chance to catch up. Hell, give her the *choice* to catch up. And be woman enough to accept that you may not be what she wants or needs right now. MTS,