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Chapter 9
‘Oh,’ Tina said, ‘I’m sorry.’
Bette blushed and pulled her shirt across her breasts. ‘It’s okay. I should’ve closed the door.’ Tina stood awkwardly with the glass. ‘You can just . . .’
She indicated the nightstand, so Tina came into the room and put it down. Then she hesitated, pushing her hands into the small of her back and looking down at her feet.
‘I . . . I just want to say how pleased I am that we’re all together,’ she said. ‘And I hope you had a nice birthday.’
Bette looked at her. Her hair had fallen into her eyes in a very becoming way. And she wondered how easy it would be to just take two, maybe three steps, raise her hand, brush that hair aside, let the back of her fingertips graze her soft cheek, tilt her chin up and kiss her?
‘Are we there yet?’ she said, as if in a dream, very, very softly, under her breath.
Tina knit her brow. ‘What?’
Bette blinked. ‘I said it was brilliant.’
Now Tina smiled. And Bette smiled too.
No, not yet.
***
The next day Angie had some contractions. Mitch assessed them calmly, discussed them with everyone, Angie spoke with her obstetrician, Dr Yang. No action needed.
The day after that, Mitch had to fly to Stanford to meet with one of his college profs. He’d transferred there during the summer. He didn’t want to go, but Angie insisted, and they compromised on his not staying away overnight. While he was gone Tina got a physical therapist to come over and give Angie a massage, to ease her sore back. Bette got her calves seen to as well, and Tina her hamstrings.
Everyone was feeling nice and loose, sitting around the pool just before dinner, when Angie suddenly winced and grabbed the arm of her lounger. Bette looked up from her book.
‘Shit . . .’ Angie muttered.
Tina sat forward in her chair. ‘Angie?’
Angie just said, ‘Ow.’
Bette could see sweat beaded on her daughter’s forehead from ten feet away.
‘It’s okay, it might just be the same as yesterday,’ Bette said.
‘Yeah,’ said Angie, sitting back again. She puffed her cheeks out. ‘Just ignore it.’
Tina and Bette exchanged a look, but then tried to do just that. Bette read. Tina worked on her MacBook. About ten minutes passed and then the same thing happened. Then again.
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(10 votes, average: 4.60 out of 5)
Awwww… Blockbuster chapter, Largo! B.R.A.V.A. It took an eternity for Bette and Tina to find what they were looking for and to find the right balance of courage, acceptance, surrender and open- heartedness to give in to that lovely kiss again. Wow, what a journey, what a lovely family and what a love story! Thank you so much for this feel-good, sunshiny chapter and this lovely story, Largo!❤
Hi mightymouse! *waves* Thanks so much for reading and commenting. I’m really delighted you enjoyed this chapter. Good things come to those who wait, right?? I got all gooey writing about that wee baby! Nice.
Thank you gain for your support. It truly means a lot to me. Have a great week.
L
Very complicated but still interesting story.
Waiting for the next chapter.
Hi Angel 1981! *waves* Thank you so much for reading my story and leaving a comment. :-)
I wanted to write something in which B&T ‘fix’ themselves before they reunite. We’ll probably not get to see that on the show, but I think that’s one of the things fanfic can do, is let us explore things we don’t get to see. I liked using my imagination to try and work out how they might change.
Your support is much appreciated. I’ll try and get the last chapter up at the weekend.
Have a great day
Largo
OMG!!! You made me cry – that was so moving & it hit squarely in the middle of my chest – direct hit to my Tibette heart!!
We’ve chatted at length about this story & gone up & down for the reasons why, but in the end – all that really mattered is family – their family. which is a little bigger now with a son in law, a brand spanning new baby boy & two other grandparents that could just be the right fit too.
This chapter was well done as per your usual brilliance. As mightymouse stated – BRAVA!!!
Bette & Tina path has been clouded, stressful, unclear & certainly long, but finally, FINALLY, they have made it back home to one another.
I know you mentioned that you might also grace us once again with a possible continuation of The Real Tibette Watching GQ – but I sure wish you coulda, shoulda been on the writing team for GQ3 – hell all of GQ in its entirety!!!
Thanks for all your effort in creating this nugget of perfection.
As always, a simple thing in life – having the love of your life in your life is all that matters.
Hears to Bette & Tina & forever!!!
P.S. – five stars pal!!!
Hello Collins, my friend! *waves*
Thank you for sticking with this story and for commenting so positively – that means a great deal to me. :-) Glad I made you cry, too, lol. I do think the end of this chapter might be the very sweetest thing I’ve ever written for B&T. I just LOVED this idea of them reintroducing themselves. When it popped into my head I just felt the emotion in it and knew it would work.
I still have one more chapter to write. Might see if I can get that done today, in fact. Quite a dreich day here in Edinburgh (what else is knew, haha)
Thanks for the 5 stars! That’s funny, in light of our convo. :-)
Thanks for all your support and friendship – I promise I will catch up with DOH one of these days. Keep writing!
L