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Chapter 16
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“Tina relax. I’m just kidding. Not everyone wears designer clothes to do chores. Why are you acting like this?”
“I just want to make a good impression that’s all.”
“I think she’s impressed. I don’t think you’d ever put her off. That is unless she didn’t know about me.”
“She didn’t and she’s quite upset.”
“Come on let’s go outside. I need you to show me where you want these.”
Tina, Henry and Mikey went out to the backyard and once she’d shown Henry where to place the speakers she went into the house to shower and change. Once the speakers were set up Henry helped Tina to put up the shelving in her study then they spent the rest of the afternoon as planned grilling burgers, watching movies and playing the new video game with Mikey. Regardless of the activities Tina wasn’t fully engaged. She’d been distant all afternoon. Henry felt they needed to talk. They left Mikey in the living room to watch a movie while he and Tina sat out in the back yard to share a bottle of wine. He didn’t waste any time once they were out of ear shot.
“Are you sleeping with her?” Henry asked
“No.”
“Why didn’t you tell her about me?”
“I don’t know Henry. It just hadn’t come up yet.”
“Were you going to tell me about her if I hadn’t walked in on you?”
“There’s nothing to tell besides she’s not interested.”
“Don’t bullshit me Tina. At least respect me enough to be honest. It might have served you well in your relationship with Bette.” That stung but Tina let it go.
“OK she’s interested and I’m attracted to her. I’m sorry Henry … it’s just …”
“Tina it’s fine. We’ve already talked about seeing other people. I knew you were still attracted to women when we got involved. You haven’t dropped a bombshell, but just promise me that you won’t string me along. Just talk to me?”
“Why did you ever agree to be with me Henry? I’m so fucked up. It’s been over a year and I still haven’t figured out what I want.”
“I’m with you Tina because I care about you and maybe it was a bit of ego on my part that I thought I could convert your renewed interest in men into a lifestyle choice but a part of me always knew that I didn’t have your heart; not fully. To be honest I thought you might leave me to go back to Bette especially now that you’re working so hard to forge a friendship with her and to get back with your family.”
“Bette has no interest in getting back with me and after the stunt that I pulled the other night I’ll be lucky if she’s even still talking to me. I may have blown any chance with her again.”
“I don’t know Bette that well but what I do know about her is that she’s very forgiving. Whenever we’ve run into each other at the center she’s been very decent to me even under the circumstances.”
“She is very forgiving but even she has her limits; besides she’s with someone new. She says they’re in love.”
“I’m sorry Tina but I guess you couldn’t expect her to just sit around pining away.”
“No I wanted her to move on. She seems very happy. She deserves it.”
“Well I’m sure you’ll work out whatever caused the rift between you and who knows maybe you’ll find what you’re looking for with Helena.”
“My dating Helena might be the only thing Bette couldn’t forgive. I’d lose her forever.”
“How so?”
Tina told Henry about the night of the party including everyone’s warnings against getting personally involved with Helena.
“I hope you know what you are getting yourself into Tina. It took a long time to rebuild that bridge and you’re just now starting to get your friends and family back. From what you’ve said it sounds like you’re on the verge of tearing it down again. Think about what happened when you gave into your impulse to fuck Josh Becker. You risked everything for nothing. If Helena is just a sex thing then think long and hard before you go for it.There’s a lot more at risk now. You could end up losing everything including Mikey and me. You better make damn sure that she’s worth it.”
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Hi Bat, thank you for this update, I didn’t have time to comment much in the former chapter. In this one I think in Tina’s POV, she didn’t know the big problem between Helena and Bette, she was ignorant of most part of conflict Bette didn’t warn her (and again Bette is acting overprotecting and underestimating Tina, where is the hand of Emma?), but I think Tina is acting with jealousy and try to hook with the first woman in her way, that looks nice to her; what I find unfair again is that everybody (the gang and Kit) are treating her as if she was a real bitch, Bette wasn’t the only one suffering, Tina was and still is very lost; and at the moment Tina hasn’t slept with Helena they just met the same day (as I mentioned in a former comment, I was hoping that Helena could be the tool to bring Tina back from hetero-Ville), what makes me feel very bad is the gang behaving as Bette’s entourage; as Bette was emotionally sick, Tina was/ is and probably worst and she fell even deeper but who cares, she doesn’t have real friends and now even Henry is treating her “You could end up losing everything including Mikey and me”, isn’t it a way to force people to do something? Well Bat, it only rest me to tell you that I love your story and it’s wonderful that you are posting every day, I’ll be waiting willingly for the next chapter. Sorry for bugging too much. Thanks again
Even if BETTE has moved on (supposedly)wanting to know all that was said and who said what is defeating the purpose for me.TINA is falling for HELENA but only in a gratuitous way yet if not careful she will become her puppet as the signs are showing when she found out someone other than BETTE is in TINA’s life.Tread carefully TINA even tho you don’t want to alienate the family or BETTE you are doing yourself a disservice by not admitting you want BETTE,back,you are gay,and you still love her.TINA needs some alone time.HENRY needs to back up and away from this relationship as he has served his purpose.Why does BETTE not tell TINA before the others ?is she leaving the door open on them or she’s afraid this would really be the nail in the coffin for TIBETTE and this isn’t what she wants.THANKS,ps.
Tina really is stuck between a rock and a hard place – and she seems to be hell bent on removing herself from her ‘former’ friends and family as well as her ‘new’ one. And I think Bette’s right she would not have heeded any warning from Bette regarding Helena. Perhaps Tina really needs to hit rock bottom before she is coming to her senses – we will have to wait and see, I suppose.
Hopefully Tina’s not doing something stupid if she discovers that Bette’s pregnant and starting her family with Emma. But on the other hand that could be exactly what she needs to get closure too. As I assume she still holds on hope that she and Bette could get back together after she eventually knows what she really wants.
Thanks for sharing your outstanding talent with us and looking forward to your next post.
Really don’t like this version Tina! Very immature. Thanks
As you know I really like Tina in almost everything you write but this Tina is far from the Tina that I care about. In the last chapter she was really being spiteful and a tad hateful. Bette is right, if she had tried to talk with her and possibly now she would not listen. Even though I never liked Henry, through no fault of his own, I’m really glad that he talked with Tina and hopefully with helenas’ bitchy attitude, just maybe Tina is seeing a little what she is like. Can hardly wait until Peggy shows up and strips helena of the position of being over the foundation and whatever else she is going to do to her. Damn, that will be great!!! Tina will really be shocked when she discovers that Bette is expecting, that will be monumental in their newly forging friendship, and at least Tina realized what a mess she created by taking helbitch with her to the party and how she reacted to everyone trying to talk with her. Really do hope she will listen to Bette if and when Bette tries to talk with her. Just maybe when Peggy shows up and strips helena there will be no need for Bette to talk with her. She will learn firsthand what everyone was talking about. For Bette, I hope everything works out well for her with the baby since that is what she has always wanted. As you know, I would always want Tina and Bette together with a baby. Emma should be a very stabilizing force for Bette. Seems Tina has lost any chance she might have had for a renewed relationship with Bette. Thanks for posting.
Also loved what Kit and henry had to say to Tina, hope she will listen to someone before she is in over her head and gets hurt. Thanks.