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Foundations – Chapter 2
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“Someone’s having fun,” she said.
“We are,” Tina smiled at her. “Are you?” She intended for this question to start a discussion on how she appreciated everything Bette was doing, but it made her feel guilty to see Bette being so joyless and rigid about it. She wanted to tell Bette that relaxing herself would do more good for Tina than anything else. Before she could find the right way to frame these words, she saw a little quirk pass Bette’s face. Uh-oh.
Tina looked down at her destroyed-ten-minutes-after-it-was-finished manicure and back up at Bette with a little shrug. “Angie got ‘em”, she said by way of explanation.
“So I see,” Bette said. “Well, that was a pointless endeavor,” she said smiling wanly at Tina.
“I enjoyed having the manicure done,” Tina lied. “That was the point, right?”
“Sure,” Bette smiled one of her inimitable Bette smiles at her, the inscrutable one you could take any way you wanted. Tina decided not to press the issue, and she let her little speech remain undelivered.
“Why don’t you take that nap you’ve been wanting all day?” Bette asked smoothly. “I’ll keep an eye on Angie.”
Tina wasn’t going to argue. She kissed Angie’s warm check and got up and left the room. She should have said something to Bette – she shouldn’t have just let the unspoken accusation that Tina wasn’t being appreciative stand – but she just didn’t feel like dealing with Bette’s passive aggression right now.
Tina stripped off her clothes and left them in a pile beside the bed, gratefully crawling under the sheets. She almost groaned with relief. All she had wanted was a nap; being allowed to sleep all day would have been glorious and all the spoiling Tina needed. She snuggled down into the pillow. Minutes slid by and she gradually realized how awake she felt, filled with a jangly disquiet that made her toss this way and that way on the bed, the rest she desperately craved evading her. She just couldn’t sleep without feeling that things were right between her and Bette.
She hauled her tired bones out of bed and pulled a robe on, making her way downstairs into the kitchen.
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Ooooooooo, another omalley post!!! I settled in my chair for a great read and was thrilled again. Thanks. I will wait impatiently for your next installment.
Bette’s trying so hard. I’m glad Tina appreciates her & told her so. Now, next chapter should be Tina showing Bette how much she appreciates her, right? PPS!!
AWE talking does wonders!!!! bette is trying so hard but tina is right she needs to chill out…. :) PPS
Thanks Omalley, that was really good! I dunno, if I was Tina I think I would have liked all that pampering,
Bette trying hard to do the perfect thing, Tina just trying to get a nap, and them both just frustrated. Amusing in that real life way. I am glad that Bette isn’t doing the anger thing and that Tina and her talked. This is a delight to read.
Bette is trying so hard and Tina being a mom to be just wants some peace and quite.
that was a nice surprise…I expected a little fight there. Thanks for the post
I’m over the moon you’re doing a sequel, and I’ve loved both parts of it so far. This latest post was just ace, ace, and to be thorough, *ace*. Thanks for the chapters!
Now, that is communication. Too bad it took most of the day for the issues to come out. Please post soon.
i know the feeling… and i’m glad tina was able to go back and rest… PPS
seriously humorous; it was beginning to seem like the day from hell!!! Bette in overkill mode…I liked T’s idea for spoiling B later though…PPS
Bette always tries so hard to be the perfect mother and wife to her girls, but Tina is right Bette just need to relax and make sure her family is alright but b in a calmly manner,, I love them as a family, but I am ready to read some spice *wink*