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Fly Away – Chapter 3
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Mercifully there were no signs of bug damage on her prized bushes. Tina knelt down suddenly, her bare hands pulling without care at the weeds around the roots of her bushes, yanking at the twining green shoots that threatened the blooming rose bush, spoilers that could choke the life out of them if they weren’t stopped. Why hadn’t Eric noticed this before? He should have told her, she never would have let this happen if she’d known. She gave a particularly vicious yank when she sensed movement behind her and heard a voice.
“Hello.”
Tina turned, startled, nearly losing her balance in her crouched position. She shielded her eyes again against the sun to look up onto the face of a young woman. Tina recognized her as the same woman she had seen through the window the night before, the one welcoming visitors into her home.
Tina didn’t answer and the woman shifted her weight slightly. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to bother you. I just happened to see you and thought I would come over and introduce myself. I live across the street. I’m your new neighbor.”
Tine scrambled to her feet so she wouldn’t have to keep staring upward at the woman from her awkward position. After she’d righted herself, she tried to smile. “Hi.”
“I’m Bette. Bette Porter.” The woman – Bette – held a hand out to Tina.
Tina hastily wiped her hand on her pants before shaking it. “I’m Tina Chambliss,” she replied.
“Nice to meet you. I didn’t mean to interrupt.”
“Oh. No, you didn’t,” Tina said, feeling painfully self-conscious. She pushed some stray hair out of her eyes and looked down at her bare feet, feeling conspicuous. Bette was neat and well dressed. Tina could only imagine how she had looked to the other woman as she was, on her knees yanking at her rose bush. She felt a flush crawl up her neck.
“They’re beautiful bushes,” Bette was saying. “I love roses.”
“Most people do,” Tina replied, searching for something to say.
"Yes," Bette said, seemingly caught off-guard by Tina’s abrupt reply. “I love the look of flowers but I don’t have the patience to plant them. I imagine they take a lot of upkeep.”
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I hope Tina will find a way to pull herself out of this rut very soon. It’s sad to see her this pathetic. Time to break away from the doldrums, Mrs Chambliss! Thank you for sharing this new story, omalley. I’m sure that at some point things will be better for Tina and she’ll finally get back on her feet. =)
Aww, this was so sad. Hopefully Tina gets a second chance to impress her new neighbor.
Wow! Tina has a long way to go to reach the surface. Deep in depression. Very curious to see what will happen!
its time for tina to start living again… lets hope her meeting bette will help and she does go over her house later on… i have a feeling eric will be working late and maybe that’s a reason she gets dressed and goes over… well lets hope…pps
Maybe this is the impetus Tina needs to get herself together and start living again. She should get showered and cleaned up and go to Bettes’ party, she just might enjoy herself a little with others her age. Great chapter. Thanks for posting.
Tina at least took two steps forward before her one step back. It’ll take time, but I think she’ll get there. thank you for posting. :)
Great new angle on the story and I’m curious to see where it goes. Great writing and please post soon!
Oh I feel so much for Tina. I hope she gets the nerve to go over to Bette’s in the evening. Great story. Thank you.
This is so sad.
Wow…this is a Tina that I never thought I would read. She’s a sad shell of what she could be. I can’t wait to read about her growth…and become the wonderful Tina we all know and love…strong-powerful-compassion-loyal-sexy.
I satrt to worry about Tina now. She needs to find a way to get out of this deep depression. PPVS