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A Long Walk – 4, pt. I
"How long were you seeing him?"
"Couple of months."
"And the engagement?"
"Three."
"What happened?"
"He, um," Tina hesitated, then smiled weakly. "He wanted to get married."
"Kind of the point of getting engaged," Bette pointed out.
"Yeah, but it felt so… final." Tina said. "Like, this was it. This was the guy I was going to be with forever. He was it."
"But you said yes to his proposal when you said no to all the others."
"Yeah, but I didn’t know it would be so…" Tina fluttered her hands vaguely.
"So why say yes?"
"Because that’s what you do, when you’re presented with a beautiful ring."
"And everyone else didn’t have a ring when they proposed?" Bette continued.
Tina smiled wryly. "You’re asking the wrong questions."
"What?"
Tina avoided the question, and approached a steel sculpture, with broken mirrors as its exterior. Suppose she had second-guessed herself, and had not allowed Bette to join her in the park. Their afternoon would have ended in the café, friends, and not continuing this conversation about why she’d agreed to marry a man then decided it was not what she really wanted. She had never really questioned that decision, neither had Sean. They had broken up amicably, they remained friends.
What was it about Bette that made her question everything?
Bette slowly approached the blonde. "It’s untitled."
"Gives someone the opportunity to make of it what they want to." Tina stated.
Bette glanced at her.
Tina kept her gaze on the sculpture. "Sean was good for me and Angelica. He was willing to be her third parent, and he understood that I had this other life, separate from what he and I had. When he asked me to marry him, it was an easy decision." Tina shrugged. "What’s marriage, but love, and commitment? Respect, trust, honor and admiration. I felt all those things. He understood what a family with me and Angelica would mean, how Angelica had another parent in LA. He understood all these things, and he made me feel loved, and wanted."
"But it wasn’t enough." Bette surmised.
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You did not just stop there. Come on please, you have to get these two together. I don’t believe in coincidences.
okaaaaaaaay.. now i think i get why u called this a long walk; but please you cannot just stop here! more please!
More…please?
It’s OK if you broke the chapter in two TD. Tina needed to take a breath anyway. She still squirms, she ducks, she weaves, but at least she hasn’t run away from the questions.
GO Bette….maybe it is their time again. thanks tiff….and it’s not even time for me to go to work.
More Please Soon?
oh that is so messed up. Did you have to cut it off on such a crucial part? : ) hope you post soon
Great post. This story just keeps getting better and better. Anxiously awaiting your next post.
tiff duke … do not crush me. :)
Ooooo the plot thickens.You’re fun and you’re Tina is right on the money.
Dear Tiff,You want comments, but you don’t respond to comments. Hmm. Double standard?? Something in the tone of this story does remind me of several of your other stories, Now and Then, Chandelier. I love the intelligent and provocative dialogue between B/T, but I often I feel heart sore after a chapter. And then I wonder if they’re really right for one another…so much pain, so much sorrow…it’s not good for the soul. Cheers.
Tiff..you’re officially my favorite writer. Ur soo good. Suspensful, we want more Tiff. Feed the needy. I can’t get enough of your stories, so come back Tiff soon.
yes, wonderful…bette is single, tina is single and she did make one slip (well, at least the one i noticed) when talking about sean she said “And as much as I really believed that I wasn’t holding out for that perfect someone, that person whose hand fits perfectly into mine and take my breath away just by the sight of her, I didn’t want to compromise”…she did said HER and for me it only meant BETTE
This is the one and only time that I want to hug Helena because she broke up with Tina. Bette better not run away and from what I am taking from this conversation is that Tina is leaning towards Bette again. I hope in that long walk that these two can put the past away and start anew with Angelica and themselves. I guess I need to check out this movie that you are using as a reference. Please continue this long walk.
“And as much as I really believed that I wasn’t holding out for that perfect someone, that person whose hand fits perfectly into mine and take my breath away just by the sight of her, I didn’t want to compromise.” Tina finished… She said her!! Yea!! This is the only Freudian Slip I’m happy and care about!! If there was a rating system you would get 10 stars! Love this story!
I am loving this long walk-It’s very good-you have been able to create an extraordinary flow between these two characters. Keep it coming!
I’m not afraid of reading a extremely long chapter. Please post the rest soon. I guess I’ll like the rest part better since it’ll state Tina is not with anyone now, ha.
Keep your arms and legs in the vehicle – it’s about to get bumpy.
She wants Bette to ask her!
OK Bette, here is your chance…..drop down on one knee and ask Tina if she would do you the honor of becoming your wife, to love and to honor for the rest of your life!
I don’t know how you do it. You are so good at this. Perfect construction. Perfect.
hmmm…this is getting very, very interesting! I liked how Bette called her on being in Canada. I kept thinking how odd it was that Tina just sorta ran into her…Well, you have it all exciting now!!!
AH! Hope! God, I love this so much…
I enjoy your stories. Thanks for writing.
I caught the “her” thing as well. No one will ever outshine Bette in Tina’s eyes.
hmmmmmmmmmm interesting
no you dint do tht tell me you dint do tht..why would you jus hang us in there like tht hahaha i still love it would you post soon and get tibetty together again :)
I love the way this parsed, breaking the second page right at “I mean”, and carrying us over in suspense to the final page. Bette’s free, Tina’s free at the same time. Why not? Love this mature dialogue and romance! Thanks!
I am enjoying your story.
That’s right Tina, go towards the light! You never disappoint Tiff_Duke.
No more ducking and diving Tina, tell Bette you want her back, go on Tina, you know you want to…….love it Tiff. Thank you.
Soo was the “she”, the slip?. Anyway great chapter, maybe these two can figure it out. I hope this is gonna be a really loooooong walk. Thanks
This chapter reminded me of my ex. It’s like walking down to the memory lane. Actually it’s kind of sad when you saw someone you once really loved but at last things just can’t work out. All you could do is just wish her well. I guess B/T might felt bitter and sweet when they brought back those memories. Well, just like the taste of life. Nice as always :)
TD this was one hell of a chapter. I hope Bette now understands that this is her opportunity to ask Tina to marry her and have her once again as her wife and in her life forever, to have her family back. GO BETTE!!!!!!!. Please let it happen tiff. Thanks .
Tina is crazy and the only person that will be with Tina is Bette!!!!!
How cruel of you to stop here!! Give us the rest asap! I wonder whether B and T really will get together after all the hurt they have inflicted on each other, could be very difficult. But they both seem to be longing for one another…
HURRAY! hope!
Please more, more, more. okya, great chapter as always. opst soon
stop teasing!!!!!
LOL!i actually did saw this comin…was thinkin about it during shower. LOL. woohooooo~ not bad for a loyal reader! hee.
hehe…they broke up!
Man…writers and their need for cliff hangers…it’s…bittersweet.
YESSSSS Oh… Woops *blushes* That wasn’t very nice of me was it? *blushes even more…*
i am loving this story… u r doing such a great job! thanx! (“,)
YES! YES! YES! Helena broke up with Tina!!!!!!!1 TIBETTE all the way!!!!!!
Exceptional TD! You don’t need to reel us in, we’re already hooked. Please post your next chappy soon.
Tina is free, Bette is free! then? they just need a little push to be together! good post!
This walk is so good, so Tina is free at last…
Just love this story.