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Chapter 4
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After a few minutes, she got a text from Alice asking where the hell she’d gone, and was tapping a reply when she became aware of Bette standing off to her left, waiting.
‘Hey,’ said Tina.
‘Hi.’
‘One second . . .’ She finished her text and then looked up. ‘We’re almost ready to head,’ she said. Then she noticed Bette was alone. ‘Where’s Pippa?’
‘She headed already,’ Bette said, leaning on the stone balustrade.
Tina blinked. Bette looked stunning, as ever, in a crimson Gucci pant suit with a cream silk blouse. In her lapel, a sapphire and diamond brooch in the shape of a dragonfly.
‘That’s pretty,’ Tina said without thinking, when she saw it.
Bette looked down at herself. ‘It was a gift.’
‘From Pippa?’
A beat passed. Bette looked sad. Tina had the impression all was not well. Also: she knew she was still a bit affected by alcohol. Drunk, the voice in her head clarified, helpfully. You’re drunk. Be careful.
Bette hadn’t answered. She seemed to be distracted by something, and then Tina became distracted by it too. It seemed that Vonda had been persuaded to come back and play a few more tunes, for drifting across the ballroom and out through all four sets of tall double-doors onto the terrace came a tinkling piano line that had both women transfixed.
Tina stared towards the sound. A woman’s voice began to sing.
For you . . . there’ll be no more crying
For you . . . the sun will be shining . . .
The blood in her ears made it hard to hear, but Tina’s entire body pulsed with anticipation. And then it happened.
‘Shall we?’
Bette’s voice was close. Tina turned her head and saw that she had moved closer and was holding out her hand. Tina took it. Moving like she was in a dream . . .
They held each other lightly. Politely. Bette only barely led. No eye contact. But then after a few bars, Tina felt her face turning almost automatically towards Bette, who inclined hers towards Tina’s cheek. Their mouths slack, wine breath mingling. And then they remembered, and pulled away. But Tina had caught Bette’s scent, and felt the warmth of her skin, and she closed her eyes as the words of the song swirled around them . . .
And I wish you all the love in the world
But most of all, I wish it from myself
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Hot damn, its on now! They are always meant to be together. Joyce is such a leech! PPS
Hi majicspider60! *waves* Good to see you here. :-)
Glad you ‘enjoyed’ Joyce, haha. I love writing her. She actually writes herself, she’s so vivid.
Will try and do another chapter or two at the weekend. :-) Thanks for the encouragement!
Largo, you nailed the Joyce character. So funny.
haha, thank you, my friend :-) She’s a dream to write, isn’t she? Hope you are well! Thanks for reading this and commenting. It is so appreciated.
L
Hey my Scottish pal,
Wow, another chapter so quickly – loving that. And I can imagine that Joyce does write herself!! Love Jane Lynch!!
But T & B – well, emotions do run deep, down to their very souls. Angie can see it, C saw it, now PP. Surely they can to. They ju st have to admit it & have the strength to face the inevitable- they belong together.
Great chapter & certainly hope you can compose many more soon.
BTW – did you happen to give Showtime your story outline???? I would worship you forever if you did & they took your advice!!!
Thanks for this little slice of heaven today!
Hiya pal! Thanks for reading this and commenting. They will wake up eventually, as you know, but not until the time is right ;-)
Not that I would, but I wonder if anyone has actually sent ff to Showtime?? I suspect they’d ignore it, not least for legal reasons. But yeah, you have to wonder by what route they are going to reach endgame…. I hope it’s not left till the very end. I would love to have at least a few episodes where they are actually coupled up, so we can get what we never got – happy, domestic, family Tibette!!
Anyway, take care – and enjoy your trip when it comes! Wishing you a lovely lovely time <3
L
LOVE LOVE LOVE This story. I meant to comment on the last chapter – Bette with the receptionist was classic and so well written. I love the slow draw, the long wait, the almost palatable foregone conclusion. SIGH. I could read your writing over and over. PLEASE for the love continue
BK
aw thank you, BK – you are the queen of Tibette and your encouragement and enjoyment of my writing means so much
I will definitely finish this story bc I don’t like leaving readers hanging! :-)
Take care
L
Joyce, still at the age of 70th is flirting away and Tina is so adorable when she gets shy and flushed.
It’s surely a slow path you have for our Tibette but the beginning is there, there is no way PP can’t see how Bette looks at Tina. Like Angie already saw, PP is on the way out.
I would love to see Tibette happy and domestic for a few episodes on GQ but knowing Marja she will string along the Tibetters only to get more viewers.
Look forward to read the next chapter!
I know, I could SO easily see how Laurel would act being flustered by Joyce. Those scenes where she’s flustered by Bette are *seared* on our eyeballs, aren’t they? When she’s composing the text to Jodie and when Bette is leaving for the airport and the kiss is a little more than Tina expected…. gah, so cute.
Thanks so much for reading and commenting. It encourages me to keep going! And yes, let’s hope we don’t have to wait the whole of S3 to see them together!
Have a great week, Bibi
L