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    Chandelier – 22

    Story written on May 14, 2006 by tiff_duke.
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    Story Shortlink: https://lesfan.com/?p=60880
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    One Night Is Not Enough

    But at least she’d known Helena for over a month then. Henry had looked devastated when she’d decided he would be the latest victim of her bad judgment. Well, he was one from the very beginning anyway. And she’d known him a month, if that many.

    It was easy to hurt these people. People she barely knew, and she knew where to strike to make it count, sometimes without even realizing it.

    Whereas she’d known Bette for a decade.

    A decade.

    Tina frowned, that piece of information startling her. Ten years.

    Ten years was a pretty long time. It had its own name: a decade. Things with names were more important than others.

    Ten years, and she’d thrown it away for, what, a didn’t-happen with an ambitious young man, and a family man.

    Bette had succumbed to the seven-year-itch, which was an easy way to put it. Even though they’d never talked about it, Tina knew enough to know Bette had not gone into her affair with the same foolhardy behavior and mentality she herself had.

    She didn’t mean to hurt Bette. A statement that sounded hollow, especially now that she realized how good she was at hurting people she didn’t know. She didn’t have to make the conscious decision, the conscious action, to hurt Bette. It would come as easily as loving Bette did.

    So now she had to prove to Bette and herself that the two were not mutually inclusive. They could love each other, and just let it be true.

    Tina glanced away from the view, to glance at the clock inside the restaurant. She and Bette had agreed that Alice or Helena would smell blood if they were asked about their respective Saturday night and be in the same room, so they’d opted to have an early dinner at a beachfront restaurant. Nothing fancy, more family-oriented, even. Just to exchange Angelica away from the prying eyes of their friends, without the pressure of a romantic setting.

    Tina took a sip from her glass of iced tea, and again gazed out to the ocean.

    Here Helena had put the pieces together for her, telling her that her children, while not biologically linked to her, was still her family.

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    1. LOL!!!!!!! Loved the Great Fry Debate. Angelica is such a cutie-pie and Tina really is great with her. “You look good enough to eat.” Fofofo I do believe Bette won that round. ;)

    5. I kind of feel like Bette’s still an outsider to the family. And the idea of separating their love life from their family life is… rotten. Bette would never become part of the family by that way.

    6. GREAT AS USAL TIFF.BRING ON THURSDAY NITE ALSO AND LOVE THE INTER ACTION GOING ON WITH TIBETTE AND ANGEL SHE IS TOOOO CUTE FOR OWN GOOD!does this mean we have to wait till thursday for another one tiff?LOL

    9. Hopefully, Tina will realize that they can’t put their love life on hold again just because Angelica is now part of their lives. Hasn’t she learned from experience? Of course they’ll have to be more discrete in front of Angelica but a little PDA is okay. Great update. Please…more.

    12. You must spend time with children. I love how you have Tina communicate with Angelica. It is just not no, but she used visual aids to allow Angelica to see for her self that she has the smaller of the two hands. Thus she has the smaller portion of the fries. This is a story that I could never pass up and one that brings a soft glow to my heart. Both Tina and Bette are growing up in their relationship to each other. Thanks for the post on this important day that we celebrate our Mothers.

    13. I don’t know why I insist on taking trips into denialville, but damnit Tiff if you are the conductor I will gladly follow! :) Angelica is so adorable in this story. I actually like your tina, quite different from the show.

    17. this story is such a delight i can never have enough of it…the best dialogs ever…angie is such a cutie and i love the way tina is with her

    22. I liked the look inside Tina’s brain and how Bette enters and shakes up her thoughts again. They will be figuring out, changing and negotiating their roles (parents, lovers, professionals, friends) for a long time to come, and in your capable hands it should be very interesting. Cute chapter. On to the date!

    24. I freakin love how you write the Porter-Kennard trio <3
      And you portray Bette's occasional confusion with the Angie/Tina unique relationship so well! She's absolutely fascinated by the special understanding those two have. And is also absolutely adorable whenever Tina is forward with her or puts her in her place lol

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