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Angels Never Came Down 13
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Shane stood up to get a bottle of wine from the kitchen. Alice just stared at the wall.
"Here. Let’s get shit-faced drunk. That always makes me feel better."
"I don’t think a little alcohol’s going to solve my problems."
"Who said anything about a little?" Shane poured Alice a generous amount of wine on a coffee mug. Alice stared at Shane’s offering and shrugged. How much more weird can it get?
"Listen Al," Shane started after she’d settled back on the sofa. "This whole thing with Bette and Tina, I can’t begin to understand. I didn’t even know Bette was in love with Tina. No one knew. so forgive me if I’m still trying to wrap my brain around this new development."
"No one knew, Shane. I didn’t know. I just found out after Bette and I got involved."
"Bette’s good at keeping secrets, huh? I might have to take lessons."
"She’s damn good. She’s good at a lot of things. Keeping secrets, pining away for an absent lover, using other people as place-fillers…"
"Hey, hey. She loves you."
"No, she doesn’t. I was just a convenient fuck."
"Shit." Shane got up and quickly embraced Alice. "Don’t talk that way, Al."
"In all our time together, she never said I love you. Well, she did this morning." It was a lifetime ago. "But she didn’t mean it."
"You don’t know that." Shane consoled.
"What am I supposed to think? She carried this dumb letter from Tina for four years. Four years, Shane. A letter! Had it in her purse all the time. Even when we would go out on dates."
"She showed you this?"
"She told me. After we were together for a couple of years."
"She’s honest, at least."
"I always knew. I never had illusions. Then she had to lie and tell me she loved me. What kind of fucked up person does that?"
"Maybe someone who was hopeful?"
"Fuck that."
"What kind of person stays with someone who didn’t love them for four years?"
"So you think I’m stupid?"
Shane sighed and kissed Alice’s forehead. "Look, Al, if Bette doesn’t appreciate you, there are a lot of other women who can and who will."
Alice looked at Shane quizzically.
"Not me." Shane stated emphatically. Alice looked relieved.
"I’m just saying, in a general, non-specific way, not pertaining to anyone really, that there is someone out there for you. Who has loved you forever, the way you say Bette loves Tina."
"I’m staying away from that dynamic."
"Are you going to be okay?"
"Shane, I’ve been preparing for this moment for four years. It’s incredibly painful. I want to wrench out my heart and stomp on it. But I’m prepared. I’m not yet ready, but I knew this would happen. I just knew that if Bette were ever to see Tina again, I’d be history."
"Why’d you stay?"
Alice swallowed hard. Tears started to pool in her eyes. "I’m too fucking stupid to live."
Shane looked at Alice closely. "No, really. Tell me."
Alice leaned back and drained the coffee mug filled with wine in one swig. "I was someone who was hopeful."
TBC
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I kinda have to agree with rbabe’s first statement and did_inept. Tina seems incredibly selfish and reckless and at the same time unsure of herself. She ran because she wasn’t ready to face her feelings for Bette and I understand that, but I wish she could have been sure of who she is before she decided to come back.
Interesting chapter. I expect to have some darts thrown at me after posting this comment. Personally, I think Bette gave up hoping for Tinas return too soon and threw the letter away. She should never have been with Alice in the first place, Alice just kind of insinuated herself in Bettes life. As she said, “she was someone that was hopeful.” She should have stuck with being the best friend. You don’t get hurt that way. Tina is comfortable because she knows she loves Bette and wants to be with her, she just has to look the part of a girl now until her hair grows back. Wig City here she comes. Dana should have told Alice how she felt about her instead of leaving it for so long then it was too late to say anything. Now she has her chance and she should take it. Bette and Tina are meant to be, they are destined and they both know it and will now try to make something happen. It won’t take much to make it happen. I feel sure Tina was talking about being a full blown lesbian and looking like a girl. I’ll just bet she will be wearing a wig and something girly the next time she sees Bette. I would stake everything I own on that proposition. I could be wrong, I’ve been wrong before but, its rare. My children hate when I offer that little idiom. But in this story it fits. Can hardly wait for the next chapter to see what happens. Thanks for posting. PPS
Ummm…so far Tina hasn’t done anything untoward to anyone on her return to LA. Why can’t SHE have her hopes like apparently everyone else in this story has, with the possible exception of Shane (that we know about so far, loved the “androgynous at best” bit!)? Evidently Alice knew what the score was although hoped otherwise. Bette wasn’t supposed to try to make the best of her life after Tina split? Why?
Despite the communal hangover to come, I think Max had the best outcome of them all.
Oh Dear! Too sad. Great update. Thank you.
This is very interesting and hope they will see each other soon and have a talk. Please post more, thanks!
Bette maybe should have made that call… to Shane’s anyway. Just to see if Alice was okay. But Alice clearly isn’t. Dana isn’t, Bette isn’t. Tina seems to be. Okay or not, though, everyone seems hopeful. Alice shouldn’t totally knock it. It might lead to good things. Really good things… thanks for the chapter, 7. :)
sad emotions all around, everyone is going through something dramatic, except for Shane…i wonder what change is Tina talking about? grow her hair back? become gentle, soft but more confident Tina? so many possibilities in this story
Not liking Tina At all. Bette should just let go of the past and be happy with Alice. Alice shouldn’t give up that easily.
Interesting story. The only content person is, unsurprisingly, Tina. Looks like she doesn’t care about anyone except herself (and Max). Everybody else is a complete mess, and they will be more miserable, for sure. Feel really sorry for Bette, and, for the first time ever, Alice.
Wow, I feel so badly for both Bette and Alice but in the end, this is for the best. They don’t belong together no matter what ends up happening between Bette and Tina.