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And Yet
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The agitated woman crossed her arms in front of her boldly. She thought in that instant that maybe she didn’t want to know.
“You don’t…” she started for Bette. “I think I know what this means.” Was the proposed outing believed to be enough to smooth away the implications of a decision already made?
“And what is that exactly?”
“I think you’ve decided and it doesn’t include…”
Bette interrupted quickly. “What do you want Tina?”
“What do I want,” Tina repeated.
“When we spoke weeks ago you said you needed to figure out what’s right for you.” Bette paused. “Have you?”
Did she risk waiting in silence? Not wanting to cause the rift between someone Bette may want more than herself. Wait until her ex revealed her own thoughts and feelings about their relationship? How much longer could she suppress claiming this woman as her own.
“I think I’ve always known.”
The woman who stood before her knew what she meant right? She had to recognize that Tina’s desires weren’t just for the physical expression of their connection. That she was waiting as patiently as she could for Bette to let go of Jodi and come back to her. That she wanted more for their child who was growing into more of an individual with each day that passed.
“So you’ve been keeping things from me.” Bette reflected, “We should really work on that.”
She was half-joking but both women knew that was critical to everything else. Certainly the open communication had improved but they needed to listen even more. Both women acknowledged their lacking. If only they could consistently hear what the other did not necessarily say out loud, all the heartache could have possibly been avoided.
“Bette please.”
“I told her my heart left her.”
“What?” a hopeful Tina responded blankly to the abrupt revelation.
“I told Jodi that my heart found its way back to you.” Bette continued with much emotion, “Actually, I don’t think it ever really left.”
The blonde’s eyes watered. She reached to touch the side of her lover’s face.
“T, I’m here because I want to go to the beach…with my family.”
They held each other closely and with a gentle touch, spoke of a reunion that they both wanted.
“Perfect.” Tina answered softly. “Because that’s what’s right for me too.”
The women kissed. Fueled by all the feelings that resurfaced along with a solemn promise of a tomorrow they would face together.
– The End –
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I loved it, timeline or no timeline.
Just as the first time you presented this story, I felt that you had a better handle on Tibette than the writers of the show. They need to take a refresher course taught by you.
Even better the second time around!!!! :)
Thanks for reposting the story in its entirety. I enjoy your approach to the characters and the explanation of motive is often what we don’t see. Thanks for writing, and I hope you have time to share more soon.
i love how you’ve put all the chapters together. it does give a better sense of continuity. and also gives me another reason to read it again (and again).
”…the timeline is not perfect. ” Never worry about that, lwordid. (*my feeling is that anyone who watches tlw has already been innoculated against timeline detail frets. ;-) _ thanks for writing!
aww…loved it and i read the whole thing again, it worked better this way :)
simply lovely……great “stolen” line too! thx for this :-)
12 pages and still not enough! Thanks for putting all the chapters together and allowing your readers to enjoy this story in its entirety. Great stuff, as usual. Thanks for this.
*sigh *exhaling *PERFECT