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    Heartbeat – Chapter 5

    “My shift was over at seven, but the E.R. got slammed with a car accident with multiple injuries and one of the PAs was late and I had to cover until he showed up,” she glanced at her favorite watch, a present from Bette, “which was 20 minutes ago.”

    Bette noticed the silver watch Tina was wearing and smiled, “Is that the watch I gave you for your birthday?”

    “Yes,” Tina looked at the watch. “I love this watch.” Tina saw the gold band on Bette’s left ring finger. She felt a twinge in her heart that it wasn’t the ring she had placed on the finger, but someone else’s.

    Bette followed Tina’s line of sight and looked at the band on her finger. She placed her hand underneath the blanket, so that Tina wouldn’t get upset.

    Tina pulled a chair to the side of the bed. “How are you feeling?”

    Bette watched Tina. “A little better. I don’t know what happened on the tracks,” she adjusted her pillow. “I was feeling fine, doing my usual jog around the tracks and I started thinking about the rumors I heard about the board wanting to get rid of me and then I started to think about my divorce and the other failures I had and …”

    Tina heard the beeping on the monitor and saw Bette’s blood pressure start to rise. “Hey. Calm down." Tina didn’t want to mention Bette’s divorce. ”Isn’t this semester finished?"

    The brunette took a deep breath and released it slowly; practicing the breathing exercise she and Tina had learned during a yoga session.

    “There you go.” Tina smiled when she noticed the technique Bette was using. “Deep breath…good…let it out slowly.” The former lovers smiled at each other.

    “Yes, I have three weeks off before the new session begins. When do you think I’ll be able to go home?”

    Tina glanced at the monitor. “I don’t know. Depending on what the 24 hour monitor reads. You’re very lucky that it wasn’t a heart attack, but angina you were experiencing. Dr. Martin will come by tomorrow morning to see how you are doing so you can ask him. He’ll probably tell you take it easy and not get stressed.”

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    Comments

    1. Thank you for the great update. My comment to the previous chapter on Bette being guilty too was meant as a reply to other comments, and not directed to Bette.

    2. Can I assume the silent reaching for each other is an unconscious response to memories of their past together? Or is it a ‘time heals all wounds’ kind of scenario, and Bette is allowing her feelings for Tina to come to the surface? Cheating isn’t the endgame that some make it out to be…and for some reason Tina (in the show and seemingly in your story) is more ‘judged’ for cheating with a man than Bette is for cheating with a woman. I have more thoughts on the matter…but not for public consumption.

    3. I don’t know why I got that impression that Tina had been celibate… clearly not! That’s neither here nor there, though. It will be very interesting to see if they continue to seek each other out and how they’ll interact when and if they do see each other from this point forward. Thanks for the post, tg. :)

    4. Welcome to “down the shore”! Hope you put their house in Asbury Park! Gayest town on the shore! Great shops! Mucho Galleries! Craftsmen! and of course the famous boardwalk and coolest beaches and NIGHTLIFE! Lotsa music here! Come one…LoL

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