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Chapter 1 – Tina’s Engagement
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My hope is that this story lifts your spirits and applies the balm needed as result of Gen Q…. I apologize for being so detailed and lengthy… but if you get through this, it is my hope you see and feel the characters of Bette Porter and Tina Kennard as if they were members of your family just as I do.
A New Life
Chapter 1 – Tina’s Engagement
Tina came to Los Angeles at the request of Angie’s urgent text message, to help her and Bette after the attack at the school by Tyler Adams. The arrival of Tina on Bette’s doorstep was a complete shock to Bette as she was working with her mayor’s race election staff to determine the next course of action. Angie had been sent to stay with Shane for the day and possibly the night until the press abandoned their vigil of watching the Porter residence to get an update or a response on the incident which had disrupted the mayoral candidate’s day at a school event.
The following day, Tina and Angie were reunited and spent time together catching up on Angie’s life. Tina and Bette spent time together discussing the current events of Angie’s life. Bette expressed doubts that she was doing the best job with Angie with her misadventures in the previous few months. Angie had transferred schools after she ditched class for a day to be with her new friend Jordi, smoked pot on their self-declared holiday and announced that she wanted to live with Mama T as a threat to Bette’s authority, punched a girl at school and been suspended as disciplinary measures. After hearing the stories from Bette, Tina had agreed that Bette had handled the matters with the proper amount of discipline and wisdom as appropriate but was not happy that Bette had not informed her as the events were occurring. Tina, as co-parent, believed that she should be kept informed of Angie’s life on a timely manner so that she can assist Bette where needed.
On the evening before Tina was to fly back to New York, Tina asked to have dinner with Bette. During that dinner, Tina told Bette that Carrie had purposed marriage, and she had accepted. This came as a jolt to Bette as Tina’s announcement was not expected. Although Bette and Tina had been talking on the phone on an almost daily basis, the subject was always Angie. They seldom disclosed any information on their own personal lives. Sometimes Bette would update Tina on what was going on with Shane or Alice. Tina would sometimes talk about her work schedule and locations but never said much about her personal life. The only time Tina had said much about her personal life was when she had called Bette to inform her that she was filing for divorce which was two years ago. Tina and Bette had separated almost 3 years ago where Bette had assumed the primary parental responsibilities of Angie. Angie was 14 years old, and the family was living in New York City.
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Hey Martha,
Good to see you back.
I’m in for the journey you will take us..
So far if I’m honest i find Tina selfish, now i know they always have had trouble to communicate but to just leave, file for divorce without even giving Bette an explanation or a chance to work on their marriage, not showing up when Kit died, only a little note, very very harsh.
What did Tina and Carrie expect, that Angie would be happy? She doesn’t have Tina much in her life and now with the marriage announcement i would react the same way and big applaus for Bette pointing out what she thinks is the reason why Angie reacted that way. Are Tina and Carrie that blind and selfish?
Look forward to the next chapter, i can’t promise to always comment but will try to read it when you update. Promise me there will be a happy Tibette ending, if not I’ll not read it, I’m a diehard Tibette fan and with the spare time i have i can’t invest that in a well written story that doesn’t end with Tibette together.
Bibi28,
Thanks for your comment. I will deliver on your wish.
Angie’s response to Tina and Carrie’s announcement in Gen Q was always a mystery. When Tina is living in Toronto, when did Tina see Angie? And in the early teens when children are transitioning from childhood to adulthood, these are the years of big change. And with a part time relationship with one of your parents, that relationship will change. No relationship is going to maintain its closeness with telephone conversations and occasional visits. Anyone whose parents were divorce during their childhood years know this intuitively. Yet, Gen Q assumed the opposite.
Thanks for reading.
Welcome back, Martha! Very happy to see your story posted. I recently reread your epic Ten Years story. Thank you keeping the site viable during this traumatic time. A little escape has been needed.
Now to your current post. Tina has got to be the most selfish person in the universe. She surely can’t think that bringing another so called parent into Angie”s life is `a good thing. contrary to her feelings that Bette was taking much so much space, It
looks like she gave Tina more rope than she deserved. Its was unforgivable for her to avoid Kit’s funeral. So selfish for her to just walk knowing the importance of Kit in Angie’s and Be1te life. Then to blow back in town like nothing happened is crass. even Carrie sees that no good end is going to come with her decisions.
Thank you gain for posting. Happy Birthday Too.
majicspider60
I didn’t intend for Tina to appear selfish, but obviously that is how you and Bibi28 see her. So, I may have screwed that up a little. It was my intention to show that Tina has so little involvement in Angie’s life that she simply had no clue as to how Angie would respond. She simply does not know her child as she believes she does. Tina and Angie get along well when they are together, and they do truly love each other. Tina just fails to realize that as time goes on and with limited contact, people change. People develop different interest and have experiences which causes people to change their perspective and approach to life. If Angie had a fairy god mother, the one thing she would wish for is that her parents were still married and lived with her in the same house. She wants them together. But that is not what the reality is for her.
I also wanted to show that this response was somewhat of a surprise to Bette as well. But once she saw it, she knew the reason for the response.
Thank you for the comment. I hope you stay with this story. I am posting the first few chapters as they are short.
And thank you for your comment on my Ten Years After series. Since there are so few comments and there is no counter as to views, it is difficult to know if anyone is reading it or not. But that is life… and so we go on.
Thank you again.
WhoooHooo for another trip around the sun. HeHeHe!!! Now leave me to toast ya w/a bit of vino & a little gig
Thank you DumplinT.
Gen Q is a mystery alright, but it is also nuttier than a fruitcake
Tina must be out of her mind to actually think that Angie would be happy that she is marrying Carrie, it boggles my mind how she can just walk away and don’t consider her wife and kid.
Thank you for your comment. I hope you will read my other comments and continue to read this story. Tina will explain as best she can what happened to make her behave the way she did. Let me know what you think.
Thanks for reading.