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Broken Girls with Strange Frames (Ch. 21)
“That is nerve-wracking,” I said dryly. “I didn’t know that you were going as Spencer’s date.”
Kyle paused. “Well, we just thought, why not?”
“Ah, okay.”
He gestured to me. “Are you working or are you playing Solitaire?”
I minimized Solitaire. “Working.”
“Okay. I’m just gonna raid your fridge.” He got up and headed for the kitchen.
The two voices inside of me had seemed to settle their differences over the whole me being in love with Bette thing for the time being, and were now squabbling over whether or not telling Kyle was a good idea. One side thought that this was giving Kyle too much ammunition to make fun of me. The other pointed out that Kyle was my best friend-except for Bette, who was probably not the best person to ask for advice in this. I could just imagine that conversation: ‘Hey, Bette. I’m in love with you. What do you think I should do about that?’ ‘I laugh in the face of your love,
Or something
“Kyle?”
“I think your yogurt went bad,” he said, stepping out of the kitchen and sniffing a container.
“Uh, it might have,” I agreed, taking off my glasses and setting them aside. “But that’s sour cream, so…”
“Oh.” He set it down on top of the TV and joined me on the couch again. “What’s up?”
“I have to tell you something.”
“Cool.” He shifted so that he was sitting cross-legged and facing me. “Is it gross?”
“Uh… no.”
“Okay, but after this, I have a really gross story to tell you.”
“Uh, pass,” I said distractedly. “This is kind of important, okay, so can you…”
Kyle nodded and looked serious. Or gave a very good impression of serious.
“Okay, so. I stayed over Bette’s on Saturday-”
“Is this the story? Because I kind of already figured-”
“No, it’s not the story.”
“Okay.”
“Can I…” Kyle gestured that it was all right for me to speak. I sighed. Maybe telling him wasn’t the smartest thing. Maybe Spencer was a better prospect.
Oh, well. Might as well just-”I realized that I’m in love with Bette.”
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(29 votes, average: 3.69 out of 5)
Youch! Bette! It’s to character…which would make Alice’s “you can be a little bit cruel” comment rather kind.
Wow, I felt bad for Alice. I never thought I could feel bad like that for her…
Bette and I need to have a serious conversation about this thing she’s doing where she breaks Alice’s heart. That’s not cool. Always, your characterization and dialogue are just… flawless. And I can’t be too upset with Bette. She’s trying to do the right thing.
It sucks to hate Bette when JB is just so hot. The show should have a spin-off, focus just on Alice/Dana/Helena/Lara, with Bette just showing up once in awhile for a sex scene with no lines.
On a happier note: ‘I laugh in the face of your love, Alice. Ha, ha, ha, ha!’ was hilarious!!
Your dialogue is perfect but I loved this bit of description too:
“Another nod, this one a little more hesitant, as if it realized the ludicrousness of Bette’s speech and was ashamed to be attached to her.”
Oh. My. God.
Alice, Alice. I could practically hear your heart shatter into little pieces. My heart goes out for you.
I am stunned beyond belief. The things Alice went through in terms of Bette. And considering what she had went through and then still remained friends with her ex (later on) just stuns me speechless.
Rachel, your writing got me stunned, too. Four amazing pages of a rollercoaster ride. Amazing!
Please keep on doing what you’re doing because you are doing it so right.
Yeah, let’s kick her…to the curb. This is so real and so raw.
I can’t WAIT to see Bette get her comeuppance from Tina. Bette in love, that’s rich!
Really, I can wait. I love Alice in this story.
And it all comes full circle. Thanks for painting the picture that we have yet to see on TLW. Makes their friendship on the show have more depth and meaning now, given the history.
The last line was pricless!