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Tina felt her smile wavering, and redoubled her efforts to keep a happy face on. She looked straight ahead. Bette wasn’t here. The woman she had once loved, the once she had once been so sure of was not here. The woman who had asked her about fate had, years ago, made it perfectly clear that she and Tina were not soulmates. It was Bette who had left Tina, after all. Bette who had broken her heart and left her in pursuit of something she couldn’t quite name, other than to say that it wasn’t going to work out between them and Bette wanted her freedom.
“It’s time to stop fighting for this, Tina,” Bette had said of their relationship. “Sometimes you have to face up to things that hurt you. Even if it devastates you, you have to accept it. We’ve been trying to make it work for so long. I’m tired. And I know you are too. So let me go, and we’ll both be free to live our lives.”
To this day, Tina still remembered every word, all those words that had lost their sting in the intervening years, but which she still felt an impact from every day, at the most random times. When she was sitting across the breakfast table with Michael and handed him the sports section of the paper. When she passed by a work of art and could name the artist, the artist’s influences, and estimate the year it was created. When the diamond on her hand caught the light, and she fleetingly recalled a very different ring she had once worn.
Bette had kept in contact with Angie, of course, and had taken a great interest in her education. She had been at Angie’s high school graduation, had taken Angie to Paris, and even had arranged an internship for Angie at an exclusive New York art gallery. Bette had fully expected Angie to pursue a career after school, and was willing to exploit her formidably extensive contacts within the art world to help Angie find her way. But Angie had different plans.
When Angie and Derek fell in love and decided to get married right after graduation, Bette had objected, thinking it was a huge mistake. Then when Derek had been offered a good job in a small Midwestern city, and Angie had accepted a job as an elementary school art teacher there, Bette had been crushed, trying every way she could to convince Angie that her place was in New York.
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Please continue, I’m intrigued.
Thanks… nicely written and interesting storyline.
Beautifully written. I hope you will either continue with this story or write others. You obviously have a talent for it. I can understand Bette leaving Tina and ending a bad relationship that just wasn’t working for her instead of staying and ignoring the problems but sad that her relationship, love and support of Angelica was so conditional that she would abandon her when Angie didn’t meet her expectations. It was as if she placed more value on her ambitions for Angie than Angie’s own happiness. Bette has her freedom but at what cost? On another note as much as characters are portrayed differently I never believe a Bette character would turn her back on her child no matter what. I’ve read so many stories where Tina takes Angie away and whether Bette knows of her existence or not she always has a heart for her baby so it was kind of hard to read that she wouldn’t be there for Angie on her special day even if she didn’t agree with her choices. Thanks for the story.
Interesting story here. It seems you turned Bette into the female version of Melvin. I can understand her letting go of her bad relationship with Tina but I could never really see her letting go of Angelica for anything.
Wonderfully written. thank you.
I’ve been waiting for you to enter my life green apple. You nailed the controlling part of Bette’s personality. Although, I don’t know if she would have ditched the wedding but you never know. So true on the relationship part, I agree with every word. Loved this, thank you
Very interesting. I believe that Bette and Tina share an extraordinary connection, but a part of me also believes that Tina would have gone the safe sane route post-season 1. You have a talent for storytelling. I hope to read more from you.
You must help them find their way back to each other.
good written story and intrigued! I’m a tibetter, so it’s the kind of story-line I rarely read. But still, I’ve been drawn to since first page. And it end well, sad but logical with understanding. maybe u will consider writing another story? thx for sharing
Thank you,sad story.
Loved the writing, but the circumstances of the story made me sad. I do hope Tina tells Angie that Bette was there after all (or, better yet, Bette herself). Thanks for posting. :)
No words can express the pain.in my heart i feel….that part about bette stopping then getting in the car and tina finally let go omg it kills me…and i agree i can never see bette disowning angelica in any way, her relationship with tina yea but angie of course not bette loves her in ways you cant express…i hope you write more and they at least be a family in the end probably not in the tibette way but family at the very least