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Heartbeat – Chapter 4
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“I know what I said. I remember it word for word…that I had enough love for the both of us.” Andrea closed her eyes and tried to mask the hurt she was feeling. “But I was wrong. I wanted your love. I wanted all of your heart, not just bits and pieces of it.”
“Why did you agree to marry me, then?” Bette questioned.
“Why did you ask me to marry you?” Andrea countered.
“I don’t know… maybe because I loved you.”
“Yes, you loved me, but you weren’t in love with me.”
“I’m sorry. How many times do we have to do this? You’re divorcing me. You’re moving to Los Angeles to take that big offer.” Bette chuckled. “The irony…I can’t believe you’re going to be the script developer.”
“I’m still a script developer.”
“You weren’t when we first met… I must have been a horrible person in my past life to warrant this.” Bette opened her eyes to look at Andrea. “I loved you. Wasn’t that enough?”
“Bette…do you love me because you need me, or do you need me because you love me? Better yet…did you love Tina because needed her or did you need her because you loved her?”
“Does it matter?”
“Yes, because you see…” Andrea stood and walked over to Bette. “I think you loved me so that you wouldn’t be lonely, so that you had someone to come home to.” Andrea pushed the strands of Bette’s hair away from her forehead. “I think with Tina and I still feel this way…you’ll always need her because you’ll always love her…no matter how hard you try to convince yourself otherwise…I know she left you, but you told her to and she only did what you asked.” Andrea wipe away Bette’s tear. “You know what I’m doing is right. Don’t I deserve someone who will love me the way I deserved to be loved?”
Bette sniffed and looked at Andrea. “You’re right. I’m sorry I made it hard for you…loving me.”
“Bette, falling in love with you was the easiest thing I’ve ever done. Trying to make you fall in love with me was the hard part.” Andrea leaned down to kiss Bette on the forehead. “I didn’t notice a ring on her finger. Maybe this is your second chance?”
A respiratory tech pulled back the curtains and entered Bette’s room. He read the name on the slip of paper “Porter?” He watched the patient nod her head and checked the ID band on her wrist. “I need to do an ABG.” He pulled a needle and tube from his lab coat and pulled a chair so he could sit next to the brunette. “It’s very important that you don’t move your wrist when I do this, okay?” He proceeded when the brunette nodded again.
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Tina stopped at the nurses’ station and returned a patient’s chart in the rack. “Sue, what are you doing here?”
Sue looked up from the computer screen. “Your friend’s wife wanted some alone time with her.” She eyed Tina when she mentioned “wife”. “Ally, from telemetry called. They’re ready for her and respiratory was just here to do that ABG.”
“Thanks.” Tina raked her fingers in her hair.
Sue swiveled in her seat. “Are you okay? You know you can come to me if you need someone to talk to.”
“I know. Thanks. You’ve been a great friend over the years.”
“If I’m so great how come you never told me you were a lesbian? I would have introduced you to my sister, Jill.” Sue laughed.
“I’m a non-practicing lesbian. When I left Bette I made a promise she was my first, last and forever.”
“What do you for sex?”
“I have three jobs. I don’t have time for sex.” Tina chuckled.
tbc
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Wonderful update. Interesting twists. First you make the people hate Andrea, then like her. Tina is not the only guilty one in this story. Bette showed her the big stick.
I know you are a Tibetter and I hope you give “our”girls a second chance.Thank you very much,great update.PPS
ABG..is that an arterial blood thingy…. I had one of those done and it is bloody painful!! No wonder Bette is in hospital with chest pains.. I’d be stressed too with all this carry on around me! And (you only will know what that means) continue if you so wish…! ;0) xxK
Thanks for the update. Great comments from everyone. I love yours justkeepswimming. AH, the journey we take with other souls all throughout our life. WE do repeat performances until we learn what was wrong about them enough to make the changes. ENjoying the story so please keep it coming.
Great job.
So does that mean that Tina’s been celibate over the years ince she left Bette? She’s maybe having as hard a time as Bette truly moving on. I feel sort of sorry for Andrea. Thanks for the post, tg. :)
just caught up, love this story pps
This story is getting really good. Second chances don’t happen all the time and in fact it’s hard to get the lost love again esp if the root of the break up is cheating. The fact that Tina cheated with a man made me think that there could be a deeper reason/s why Tina made a liaison with a man instead of another woman. Interesting story T please keep the chapters coming(-;
Thats good
I know cheating is wrong, but in remembering the show and Tina’s relationship with Oscar-who had a wife,(they were in B&T’s theraphy group) maybe he was just trying to help her and Bette have another baby after, the son they had just lost, I know still wrong-but trying to lessen the blow of my Tina, cheating and sleeping with a man.
Great update. Thank you
“I told you when we first started seeing each other that I would not be able to commit fully to you and you told me you were okay with that.” Wow…tough start for Andrea to have those be the conditions for dating/having a relationship with Bette. I’d be pretty bitchy too if I had to compete with an elevated memory. The “approach-avoidance” conflict of past loves – you remember all the good you had with someone better than you remember the challenges. And it’s why we end up going back to someone over and over…Now having said that, it seems as though Tina’s one mistake was the affair with Oscar. Were there a whole pile of other problems? Are they forgiveable? Will we find out about their past together as envisioned by you? If no heart attack was it anxiety that had Bette drop to the track? I like the metaphor of Bette having a weak heart due to the history of lost love, but I would like to see her healthy and out of the hospital. Okay, shutting up now. Thanks!
Great update. It is becoming more clear with each post, especially this one. Wish Tina had not walked away but stuck around out the curtain to hear what Bette had said. Andrea is right this is their second chance. Thanks for posting. Agree with justkeepswimming.
I guess “affair with Oscar” really ruined this Tina for me. Plus the fact she walked away so easily. Bette seems so pathetic. I like Andrea much more than Tina, but it looks like she is history by now.
ok im catching on and loving it, oh how I wish Tibette, oh how I wish