Dare to Dream

A Tibette Beginning

Chapter 1

Tina came in, dropped her briefcase and collapsed on the couch.

“Hey how was it?” Kate asked.

“Don’t ever let me meet with both of them in the same day again” Tina groaned

“Crazy as usual I take it?” Kate snickered

“Those two are freaking nuts!” Tina let out a sigh expelling her frustrations of the day. “How were the girls today?” Tina asked trying to shift her focus from work to home.

“Skyler is out back playing, but Hailey wasn’t feeling well when I picked her up from school again, she is asleep in her bed.”

“Again”

“Yeah same thing tired and achy”

“I need to get her to the doctor the is the third time this week.” Tina said as she reached for her phone to call the doctor’s office, “Ok, just a second…. Hey Monday is your day at the office right?” she asked Kate

“Yeah until about 2.”

“Perfect…. Yeah Monday at 3:30 will be great” Tina confirmed before hanging up her phone.

“This is working out great…I never expected the studio to be so flexible.” For the last two years Tina and Kate had been splitting there time between the home office Tina set up and the office at the studio. They take turns going in to the office when needed while to other stays at the home office with the kids.

“I’m getting out of here Tina.. have a good weekend!” Kate bid Tina farewell with a smile as she headed out the door with her son Devon in tow.

“See you Monday Kate” Tina yelled from the couch too mentally spent to get up.

Skyler came running in “Mommy!” and jumped on the couch with Tina immediately cuddling up with her.

“Hi Baby… how was school today?”

“Good”

“That’s good I’m glad you had a good day Sweetheart”

“Mommy Sissy is sick”

“I know baby. Mommy’s going to take her to the doctor Monday. Let’s go check on Sissy ok”

“OK Mommy”

Tina and her more spirited daughter headed in to check on Hailey, It wasn’t long before they all cuddled up in the bed together. Tina and Skyler both wrapping their arms around Hailey and holding her close.

Tina had always been amazed by the connection between her twin girls they were not identical in fact at times they couldn’t be more different. But there was this connection. They had the twin language, Tina was often alerted to something being wrong with one of them by the other regardless of their proximity to each other, and most nights they could be found in the same bed curled up together in a ball. They had been like that since birth and it was a joy to watch.

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“Momma do I really have to go to the doctor Monday? I am not sick!”

“I know you aren’t Tiger but you have to get checked before you can start school.”

“That stinks” Colin hollered.

“Hey little man, that will be enough of that. Am I understood?”

“Yes Momma”

“Give me a hug then off to bed.”

Colin wrapped his arms tightly around Bette’s neck and kissed her on the cheek.

“Night Momma”

“Good night Tiger… I love you!”

“I love you too”

Bette watched her son crawl under the covers and drift off to sleep before exiting his room. Bette made the lonely walk down the hall to her bedroom where a cold yet familiar routine waited for her.

TBC – If you want it to be…