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    Episode 7… Telling Angie.

    “No” she said again, louder this time.

    She watched as Mama T looked to Mama B for help, but no help was coming from that direction. Mama B looked like Angie felt, even if she tried to plaster a smile on her face, a smile that didn’t reach her eyes and looked stuck on her face. A smile that tried to say “yay wonderful” but instead screamed in pain.

    Mama B was never good at hiding what she thought.

    “No…”

    Angie repeated, and when Tina reached for her hand, Angie waved it away, stood and begin pacing… looking so much like her Mama B that Tina sat stunned, mesmerized by the perfect imitation of her other mother Angie was unknowingly performing.

    She even had the hands on the hips thing going and Tina glanced at Bette to see if she too noticed, but halted when she saw the worry in Bette’s eyes as she tried to get a hold of Angie’s hand. Bette was focused on her daughter.

    “Angie…please” Bette pleaded, unable to bear the pain on her daughter’s face, she could never stand to see Angie distraught, upset.

    “No.” And Angie turned to her Mama T and drew herself up to her full height, again resembling her other mother in her poise and her composure.

    “You don’t get to do this. You don’t get to breeze in here and tell us this news like you are announcing a vacation to Disney. Leave Mama T. I will take care of Mama B now.”

    And Angie had walked to the door of the house and opened it… holding it open for her mother to walk through.

    Tina hesitated. Her Heart skidded to a halt, alert. Heavy in her chest, as her Soul cheered in the distance.

    If she had thought Bette could take up space, she had underestimated the power of a teenager with a mind of her own. Angie stood at the door, crying, but resolute in her determination to escort her mother out.

    Tina looked down at Bette who remained seated, her head in her hands, unable to move. And her Heart could not deny the pull it felt now, the despair in Bette clear for all to see. Clear, finally to Tina’s Heart.

    For the two women she loved most in the world were now standing on opposite sides of the door, the click of the lock shutting echoing through the house as Angie came to sit next to Bette, taking her hand in her own.

    “She will come around, Mama B. I know she will. You just wait…”

    ***

    Later that night, Angie tucked up in bed after an evening of Mexican food and her Uncle Shane, Bette received a text, her phone buzzing as she lay in the darkness of her room.

    “B? Are you awake?”

    “I am”

    “I didn’t mean to… I didn’t mean to hurt her like that…”

    “But you did”

    “I know”

    “I didn’t mean to hurt you like that either Bette” Reason stirring, beginning to stalk Heart…

    “You never do. But you do”

    “Bette…” Heart contrite, cornered by Tina’s Soul.

    “Don’t you see Tina? Don’t you see that I always gave you everything you asked for, you could do anything you wanted… Helena…Josh…. Henry. The job in New York. The house we bought here. The divorce. Anything. All you have to do is ask…”

    And Tina’s Heart shifted. Something in those sentences nudged her Heart closer to her friend Soul and began to ache. To cry at pain inflicted, to seek another.

    Reason was in charge now.

    “I am not good at asking”

    “I know that. But it’s all you have to do…”

    “Bette?”

    “What”

    “Can I ask for something now?”

    “Yes”

    “Can we start over? From the beginning this time? Do it right?”

    ***

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    Comments

    1. I was worried that Heart would win over Soul but you put things right. A very hopeful ending.
      Divorce and engagement seems logical for Tina. I’m happy that Angie’s reaction helped Tina’s heart to make its way back to her soul.

      Thanks for sharing!

    2. “Anything. All you have to do is ask…” that is where Bette has been the entire relationship with Tina. Tina has always been controversy adverse and bottled up her anger, thoughts and goals believing that Bette should just automatically know what she wants or needs. And when it gets too much, she has always fled the situation rather than stand and request, demand, negotiate and cajole Bette to help her fill her needs. As this story says: it’s how she has handled her problems since she was a child – flee rather than fight. It’s the easier route even if it breaks your heart and the heart of those you love.

      And Carrie is beginning her relationship with Tina by making demands of her own. Even though it is understandable that Carrie wants Bette and Angie to know of their upcoming marriage as soon as possible, she is oblivious of Tina’s need to handle things as she sees appropropriate for her ex wife and child. In this story, Carrie is not being the supportive finance’ but a self-indulgent individual without a clue as to Tina’s perception of the how to handle the news.

      I found it nice that Angie decided that her Mama B’s well being became her top priority for the moment when she heard the news. She basically had no response for herself but immediately knew how this would be so devastating for Bette. Angie knew instinctively that this news would be a rerun of the divorce and as hurtful as the death of Kit. And seeing the surprise that Tina sees in Angie’s behavior is nothing to the obliviousness that she has to the fact that Angie is so aware of Bette’s devastating heart-break.

      Tina at this point is responding to guilt of devastating Bette and by association, Angie. Is Bette and Angie as a family really what she wants? Is she self aware enough and committed enough to do the work it will take to make Bette aware of her own needs and demands for career and personal fulfillment? Bette has always been willing to give Tina what she wants, but she cannot give her what she doesn’t ask for. In the end, this is only a first step in a million mile march to being happily together.

      In another story, there was a saying which I found profound : People treat you as you allow them to treat you. This is particularly true of Tina and Bette with each other.

      This story is really a good story. This is not the end but the beginning to a truly remarkable storyline. Thank you for writing this. I really enjoyed it.

      • Martha
        I so appreciate your thoughtful, detailed analysis of my stories – and others. You are so spot on and clearly pay attention to every detail and nuance of the story. I was trying to show the internal struggle within Tina that pushes and pulls at her when she is in conflict
        I remember that quote you referenced about people treating you the way you allow, it is so true and very apt for our Tina who marinates in her resentment.

        For some reason it did not post some of the ending so I guess I could continue it although that wasnt the plan. Might be nice to work on a story before they ruin it for Season 2 lol.

        Thanks!

    3. “Can we start over? From the beginning this time? Do it right?”..,.

      Lets hope thats what tina says to bette .. GenQ season 2.. last scene…. well i hope it happens season 3 episode 1.. well i hope we get a season 3

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