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Every Glance Speaks – Chapter 10
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“What about you?” I ask, wishing to lessen the spotlight on myself. She considers the question for an instant before refocusing her eyes.
“What about me?” She questions coyly and I lean my head to one side with a raised eyebrow. She knows what I’m asking and the smile playing on her lips confirms that. Once again I find myself trying to evade the intensity of her eyes.
“I have a girlfriend” She says and before I can help myself I’ve looked back to the very points I was avoiding. “Alice” She continues, indifferently. An inexplicable weight shifts in my stomach.
Girlfriend. Oh shut up, Tina! You have a fiancé. You’re in no place to be jealous right now.
“We’ve been together about a month” she finishes.
“A month?” I attempt to sound casual, “is it serious?” I ask, trying hard to steady my voice. I so desperately want her to say no.
“I love her” she says vaguely, “but not intimately. Alice is..” Her eyes cloud for a moment and the corners of her lips are tugging upward, “Alice” she laughs. “We were friends beforehand and she’s an amazing person.. Truly unique. But we not in love like that.”
“So.. Why?” I quiz in a fashion very reminiscent of her own. She smiles at the imitation before answering.
“I don’t know, really. One day we just started fooling around, and the dating was just like hanging out as friends. It was just like it always was. We were best friends with.. um, benefits” She looked up, a smirk plying on her lips. “It’s mutual, the friend thing. I guess we’re both afraid that if we let go of the relationship, things will get too weird and we’ll lose each other for good” She says, honestly. She looks straight at me, the love for her friend is obvious. Her dark brown eyes are laced with something I can’t identify and I hold the visual contact for as long as she lets me.
She’s looking away, glancing around the near-empty diner. When she faces me again, the mystery has been removed and I see the manufactured guards she’s placed up.
“You don’t do this much, do you?” I say, instinctively knowing that this beautiful woman before me probably rarely opens to someone.
“What makes you say that?” Her attempts to lighten the question are thrown aside as she stops smiling and shakes her head. “Not really, no” With her avowal, a little of the nameless element creeps slowly back into her dark pools. She thinks for a moment, mulling something over in her mind. She obviously decides to proceed as she leans back in her chair and licks her lips.
“Neither do you” She challenges. Her eyes are reading me, undressing every secreted layer. I shrug and concede.
“Fair point”
The original admissions started something; we’re talking now. Really talking. She’s opening up about things of great weight; her sister’s struggle with alcohol, her mother’s early departure. In return I’m recounting days I’ve spent with Eric, things about my childhood. Again I talk about my beloved brother.
She smiles as I finish telling her of a day we spent together back in the south and I suddenly feel the heat in my cheeks.
“I know, I’m supposed to hate him, right? Sibling rivalry and all that? We never had that though, we were just best friends. He’s an incredible brother”
She smiles and it nearly knocks me dead.
It does every time.
“I’m a firm believer that you’re free to love whoever. Be it brother, partner, God, goldfish or.. Stranger, even. Love is love; it’s unfathomable and amazing in whatever context you find it” She finishes with a smile and all I can do is nod; her words leave me breathless.
Stranger.
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This chapter contains the most convincing explanation of the unlikely Bette-Alice pairing I’ve ever encountered! I love how your Bette and Tina are so finely attuned to each other’s emotional needs; I suspect the same will hold true for their physical needs when the time, uh, comes. Re your sadly ongoing insomnia, I’ve also found that sometimes the best solution is to make constructive of the time rather than fight it.
I love it. Love how genuine Tina and Bette are with each other and how you address Alice and Bette, which has always been interesting to me. PPS…oh, and sorry about the insomnia, sweet-ums…be constructive with it, rather than destructive
Very good, please post again…..hmm, today!
WOW!!!! I just caught up. I so liked the way you put Alice and Bette pairing. I like this story. You rught very well. Thank you PPS
ok not too certain if i ever commented b4, so today I am and that comment is …… THIS CHAPTER WAS WAY TOOOOOO SHORT!!!! u got some making up to do!!!!
Great update and, well, story cause I just re-read this one! PPS
Excellent chapter and story. More please!
AD, this was BRILLIANT! You crafted an incredible explanation to Bette and Alice’s “relationship” that was never quite explained away on the show. Hats off to you for being what I have found, so far, the first to really explain it away. BTW, SOOOOOOO glad you are putting my good friend Wildie on the hotplate with waiting so long to post. HEE HEE!!!! If you ever need to put her on the skewer and really roast her, let me know ;-))))) Keep up the great writing and I’ll catch up with ya soon.
my dear angeldana, i guess i must forgive you since you so wonderfully pointed out that i havent written since 2006…..lmao…..anyways, what an awesome chappy…..post more soon……and i will try to get back to writin too……thanx……hehehehe……
I just caught up with this story and it is very good!
wow… tonight, I decided to catch up with your story (was 5 posts late… hummmm)… and I find it really AMAZING… I love very much the alternate POV’s, and the way they interact… keep going please :-)
I am sorry to hear that the sleeping issue still exist. I know that feeling well. For the first time you see Bette opening up to someone. Tina is also opening herself up to another person. Can’t wait to read what comes next.
this is so good and hope Tina will dump eric soon!
I just started reading your posts and, wow, very very nice. Very poetic, flowing, a great read. PPS, when you have time, I know what a luxury writing time can be and how hard it is to find it :)
AngelDana… as usual a great chapter, as well as a great story, please keep up the good work and don´t leave us begging for much longer :) thank you for this story
excellent. Thanks for two wonderful posts. Liking the background stories and slow build up.
If i can´t hail I will bow to you!( Milovich bows to Angel Dana)Yes I enjoy it now i´m back to your stories! :D Has always great chapter and I hope again that Bette asks Alice´s help to do something to Eric! xDTFC :D