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Chapter 9
She opened the phone again and navigated to the group chat. And yeah, there was Tina, in cutoff jeans and a Blondie tee shirt, hard hat pushed back on her head, rose-tinted aviators . . . Look at that smile! Bette laughed now, her view of the photo blurring slightly as her emotions welled up. ‘So cute,’ she whispered. And as the car wended its way through the streets of West London, Bette closed her eyes and let her mind go back . . .
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Emotions had been running high the night of Alice’s wedding shower, and the next day, after breakfast, once they’d made sure Angie had had enough to eat, and she felt well, Tina came to Bette’s room.
‘Hey,’ she said, looking very pretty in a long seersucker sundress in beautiful gradiented shades of cobalt, turquoise and sky blue.
‘Hey.’
‘I . . . I wondered if you had a minute to go for a walk?’
Bette did have a minute. She had lots of minutes. But she also felt tired, and increasingly not okay with the idea of Angie having a child at this point in her life, and all she wanted was for Monday to come so that they could get her to a doctor and find out for real whether this was happening. Everything else was just so much fucking drama.
‘Is this about something specific, Tee?’ she asked. ‘Because that conversation last night—’
‘I know.’ Tina put her hand up. ‘I know I just . . . unloaded on you. And I shouldn’t have, and I’m sorry, but . . .’
She pressed her lips together, and Bette could see how troubled she was.
‘I just don’t want to argue with you,’ Bette said softly.
Tina nodded. ‘I don’t want that either.’
And so Bette had gone for that walk. She rolled up the bottoms of her jeans, put a floppy sunhat on, grabbed her phone and sunglasses, and met Tina down on the sand.
They walked west. In the distance ahead, through a fine haze, they could just about make out the famous pier at Redondo. On their right, the ocean pounded and surged to its perpetual beat. Bette said nothing. Just waited for Tina to start. And then she did.
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mightymouse says
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!❤
Largo says
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
Angel1981 says
Very complicated but still interesting story.
Waiting for the next chapter.
Largo says
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
Collins says
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!!!
Largo says
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