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And Yet
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“She loves me and she’s encouraged me to be more than I was,” Bette continued quietly. “To view myself and want to be different because it mattered to her.” Learning from her experience with Tina. Wanting to be happy in who she was and be more for the one she was with.
Although some thoughts contradicted welcoming more of the disclosure Tina prompted, “I see.”
She conveyed more with what seemed to be a simple remark. There was an eagerness to really recognize Bette and accept her completely.
“I don’t want to hurt her in the way I fucked up with you.”
Tina tapped her index finger on her left thigh. What else could she say? Where did this leave them? She was just about to speak when Bette offered two words that meant so much.
“And yet…”
Tina murmured her encouragement. “What?”
“It’s almost impossible for me to think about you moving on. I’m excited for you and interested to hear about your… possibilities.” Bette reached to touch Tina’s cheek lightly. If the blonde didn’t see her hand move closer she would have doubted that it happened.
And yet…
Her eyes shut. She envisioned Tina with the heart surgeon. With someone – anyone. The outline of the person who could be her ex-girlfriend’s future was visible to her mind’s eye and it hurt. Bette wanted to burn the image away because it wasn’t anything like she hoped for Tina. For them. For herself.
“But when I picture you with anyone…”
Bette blinked slowly and retreated her voice to a mere whisper that made the rest of her admission even more poignant, “…with anyone but me it makes me so sad.”
So sad it made her insides ache with little reprieve.
The brunette inched away from Tina. Reaching up and around she grasped her upper arms with clammy hands. They looked at each other with a gaze that longed for simpler times.
She clarified after a few minutes of silence and a handful of heavy breaths between them, “Not because I don’t want you to be with anyone. I do. I want you to share yourself with someone. You have so much to give. So much love to …”
“Bette,” Tina stopped her. She touched her knee. With the very fingers that tapped on her own thigh earlier she stroked the material of the university Dean’s slacks.
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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