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First, Last, & Forever? (Version 2.0 – Chapter 20)
"Did you sleep with her that night? While I was out of town with our friends? Our family?" An edge crept into Tina’s voice.
"No. I told her it could never happen again." Bette broke their gaze, looking down at their hands, at their fingers locked together. Absorbing the absence of their wedding rings. A lightbulb suddenly went on in Tina’s mind.
"Bette, when I surprised you at your office the next day, I very distinctly remember you saying ‘I can’t’ when I wrapped my arms around you. Did you think I was her?" Bette let out a nervous chuckle.
"Funny, isn’t it? I used to be able to feel you walk into a room even if I was a hundred feet from the door, looking in the opposite direction. And that day, I wasn’t sure who you were when you were touching me." Bette was keenly aware how accurately her physical perceptions had mirrored her sense of the emotional state of their life together. By that point in time, she no longer knew who Tina was. Not even when she was standing right next to her.
"Did you really think it was her, or did you just somehow want me to catch you?" Tina was dreading Bette’s answer either way.
"I’m sorry, Tee.” Bette breathed in slowly, and exhaled at the same pace. “I wanted it to be you, but I really wasn’t sure. And yes, I think on some level, I wanted you to catch me, to save me from myself. But I don’t know if I really would have let you save me, Tina. I was so far gone at that point, I had already fucked up everything in my life except for us. And I had probably already fucked that up by then, too."
Tina was doing her best to fight back the hurt and anger rising from her stomach. They needed to have this conversation. Tina needed to do what she should have done in the first place. She needed to hear the answers to these questions if they were really going to move forward.
"You said you couldn’t, Bette, but obviously you did. So when did you have sex with her the first time?" Tina challenged, trying her best to minimize the pain reflected in her voice.
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Well written chaper, I love when you post.
Speechless…wow bette needs to keep going and tina gets her turn!
Damn, that was a downer. Tina is acting pretty saint like because I’m pretty sure if I was hearing that BS, even if its all true, I’d be way, way more pissed about it.
Tina did good she needs all the answers and then decide if she wants to work through them. PPS
well who the hell wants complicated sex! thanks.
Steph, this is an intense chapter. Infidelity is hard thing on everyone involved, and the journey back together for the couple, is a task in itself. These chapter evoke quite a bit of emotion for me personally. You are a brilliant writer if you can evoke such raw emotion, and that you do. Thank you for posting.
awesome as always!!! applause to the author
Some things should be taken to the grave. This Candace thing is one of them. Never, never in a million years would I tell my spouse the blow-by-blow of how I cheated, if I were to cheat. To the grave! And beyond!
Some things you talk about,others you try to keep hidden deep with in yourself. If Bette didnt tell Tina the guilt would eat her alive. It would always be in the back of her mind ready to escape. thanks
Oh it is intense… but unbelievably well written! PPS
Wow, I just caught up with all of this. You are doing such a fantastic job of getting them through all of this. Where were you when season 3 was happening? Your version is so what should have transpired and still should.
I do trust you, but it is hard to relive that time. It is what set all the pain from all the seasons in motion.
Wow…just wow… So intense, so painful for both. But they have to get past this to move forward together so they won’t dwell on assumptions about what happened and why. Another excellent gap filler!
I love your story and this chapter was quite emotional; Bette& Tina are doing a huge step to built a very strong relationship…Please don’t let us wait too long until your next post !! ;-)
whoa!!!! i thught tina would be disgusted by the cell scene…and btw i always thought it was significant that they put the white gals in one cell and the biracial/african-american girls in the other…anyway…pps
i hope they will get through this ;)
Wow! This is intense. PPS
I just love this story n wish u could post every day:)PPSHow do we support this site?
Very intense!
That was great and emotional. Please post more, thanks!
WOW!!!! That was very intense. I wish it would have happened on the show. I so can not wait to read more. Thanks PPVS