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    And it Started with a Phone Call Chapter 22

    Story written on August 19, 2005 by justkeepswimming.
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    TGIF

     

    "See you then."

     

    Tina picked up her phone and hit speed dial for the gallery.

     

    "Hi Helen, it’s Tina. Is Bette able to come to the phone?" Tina asked.

     

    "Sure Tina," Helen replied. "I’ll just have to put you on hold for a moment."

     

    "Hey Tee," Bette’s smooth voice was a soothing reminder as to why Tina was so enamoured of her. "What’s up?"

     

    "I’m leaving the office early and was hoping you might be able to get away too."

     

    "I wish I could," Bette replied. "I have a meeting at three, so the earliest I can be home is 4:30. Why don’t you stop by, pick up my keys and head over to my house?"

     

    "I think I’ll take you up on that offer," Tina replied, somewhat disappointed but not especially surprised Bette wouldn’t be able to join her. "Are you going to be able to see me for a few minutes when I’m there?"

     

    "Absolutely," Bette replied without hesitation. "I’ll see you soon."

    ___________

     

    "Hi, you must be Helen," Tina greeted Bette’s assistant with her hand extended. "I recognize you from the Catherine Opie show, but we weren’t introduced."

     

    "Tina, of course, it’s nice to meet you," Helen reached to shake hands with Tina. "It’s nice to put a face to a voice, now that I’ve talked to you on the phone so often."

     

    "Is she in her office?" Tina asked as she waved toward the back of the gallery.

     

    "Go ahead back, she’s got a good 20 minutes before her clients will be here."

     

    Tina hadn’t been back to the gallery since the fateful day she picked up her earring. She was feeling a bit of that same giddiness, but also fought a sense of discomfort at what the rest of the evening would bring. She knocked on Bette’s office door and opened it to glance around the corner.

     

    Bette was on the phone, but waved her in as she finished the call.

     

    "Well, I’m glad we could come to terms on that issue then," Bette said into the phone. "No, thank you for being so patient with this process. I’ll have Helen fax you the details. I’ll talk to you soon." She hung up the phone and rose from the chair behind her desk, a smile taking over her face.

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    3. Oh my, I wonder how poor Eric is going to react to this? I can’t help but to feel sorry for him. On the other hand, how cool that Tina’s boss is playing for her team! Great chapter…always love your writing!

    4. OK… so it’s totally normal for Eric to show up in Tina’s life again your worlds are not likely to change completely over night… but immediately after Tina’s made her first public declaration of being a lesbian – well now that was not expected.

      Bette will make it OK, right? Eric will not make a big scene, right? C’mon, coming out is hard enough as it is.

      Love the story, thanks.

    5. Hello Justkeepswimming……I am coming on board a little late but please know that I am enjoying this story very much. I am looking forward in seeing how you take us off this cliff.

    6. Big step for Tina, love that Bette was so understanding. He Boss made it so easy. Yet Eric will raise a little hell. I just hope he is man enough to just walk away and not to start any trouble. Thanks

    11. Great chapter, I love how Bette is so supportive of Tina and is not pushing her to come out. It is great that Tina mustard up the courage to intoduce Bette as her gf. For his oun sake, I hope that Eric does not make a scene or do something stupid. It appears that he does not realize that his host and boss is also a homosexual, therefore it really would be a BAD move on his part to let Mike or his ego force his into making a rude comment. I think that Tina should make sure that she returns the favor and introduce Bette to her Boss and his partner. Again, excellent chapter and I can hardly wait for the next chapter. You go girl!!!!

    13. OK, you’re bad, in fact you’re positively evil and I’m loving every minute of it. I think we had about as much chance as Tina of seeing Eric coming into this chapter – nice twist! It’s also nice to see Bette as the understanding girlfriend – who wouldn’t fall in love with that??? And as for Dec 2, it’s 5 days too early. Thanks for writing.

    17. And you could hear a pin drop…

      I LOVE the way you have with Bette’s dialogue. It’s so reasoned, so intelligent, so heartfelt. So…Bette (and in way, so JB-like). The bit of dialogue where she expresses her support for Tina – it’s just so lacking in cliche (sorry to express my praise in the negative).

      Why, it’s a revelation!!!!!

      What is Eric going to do? And you thought Mike’s comments were qa

    18. Tina’s waffling on whether or not to come out at the party was nicely done. It’s new to her and still a big step, for anyone regardless of the length of time they have known about their sexuality.

      Bette’s support and the candid conversation she had with her was the right thing to do. Tina needed to know that no matter what her decision, all would still be right between her and Bette.

      Now, I’m rolling along in the story having a great time and then WHAM! I was spewing my tea all over the place. Don’t know why I didn’t anticipate Eric…but now I have to go and clean off my monitor.

      Nice cliffhanger…even better chapter.

    20. first things first ur stories r so worth the wait and the second thing u r very evil leaving us hanging like that, a very good chapter and im very glad that tina had the courage to introduce bette as her gf now as for the eric thing this is gonna be interesting considering he didnt no that tina left him for her. the next chapter is gonna be so good. cant wait!

    21. Now there’s a hell of a toast! I love it!!! “To hot looking gay chicks!”

      I’ve been waiting so long. I was afraid you weren’t going to post again. Keep writing, Swim. I know creativity takes time. So I’ll try to be patient. ‘Cause it’s so damn good when it comes.

    22. Ymmärsit kysymykseni oikein. Kiitos vastauksesta. So would you prefer me to continue writing to you in Finnish? You could learn an interesting foreign language that way. LOL

      This was a great chapter. I’m so glad that Tina decided to take Bette after all and that Bette was so agreeable. Now it will interesting to see what will happen next with Eric. I’m glad that Tina’s boss is in the minority as well. =)

    24. The couse of true love …. huh ?!?! Wicked, go Tina !! Your characters rock, almost at most as much as their writer does. Thank you swim, lekker.

    25. so glad i was still up to catch this beautiful piece of ff. jkw you are fantabulous. love how bette speaks. thats shes so supportative and thoughtful. aawww tina trying to be the brave little toaster. this is a nice way to go to bed. cant wait for the other shoe to drop tho. eric, what? thanks.

    26. OMG! this is getting interesting WOW! it’s intense too WHOA! it’s gonna be not good Bette is there and maybe Eric his gonna make a sin and it’s gonna be trouble and in embarrass to Bette and Tina OMG! Hey I can’t wait to read next chapter Please continue Post soon Thanks.

    31. K, that was good. I didn’t see that coming. I like Bette in this story. very good gf. But it’s good to see that Tina has more than just one ally in the room, so if Eric acts up, someone will put him in his place. at least I hope so. great story.

    35. JKS,
      Oh lordy, looks like the cat is well and truly out of the bag with Eric then.
      How will he deal with this news? How will Tina react? How will Bette respond?
      A worthy installment to this marvelous melodrama. Brilliantly plotted and observed.

      It brightens my day to see a new post from you as it means that I get to see more of you terrific writing.
      Fabulous cliffhanger to taunt us all with.

      Please post soon and put me out of the misery of not knowing what Eric will so.

      Your Loyal Fan.

    36. Well I see you’re up late again…I’m starting to feel a bit like you’re following me. LOL This was a fantastic chapter…good to see Tina being honest about her fears and Bette being supportive instead of being upset that Tina may have felt a need to “hide” her. And of course you know I love the cliffhangers!

    40. way to go tee… loved this chapter.. and yes i am always here reading.. just can’t always comment when i read at work… loving this..please continue

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