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How We Do Things Here – Chapter 11
Alice looked up at her friend and recognised the attempt to lighten the mood. She smiled, “With your collection?” she offered with as much mirth as she could muster.
“Hey, there’s nothing wrong with my collection, thank you!” Dana defended with a chuckle, dropping her arm to Alice’s waist, “How about you, Shane, you in?”
Shane took one look at the closeness of her friends and smirked, “Raincheck? I’ve got to be somewhere.”
“Sure. C’mon, Al, I might even let you choose what we watch”
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Tina closed her textbook and rubbed her eyes. With changing schools so many times, she often found herself ‘learning’ things she’d covered before. Catching up on the curriculum was tedious to say the least.
“Come in” she called in response to a knock at her door. Her brother, Michael, entered and handed over the phone.
“Eric’s on the phone” he said and turned to walk out.
Tina sighed slightly before placing the handset to her ear and lying back on her bed.
“Hello?”
“Hey, Teeny, I emailed you!”
Tina glanced at her laptop on the side and remembered the email she’d received before heading off to meet Bette the day before.
“Yeah, sorry, I was going to reply but I-“
“You’re busy, it’s cool, I get it. You’re probably going out with all your new friends, right?”
“Er.. I’ve been doing work.”
“But I rang yesterday and your mom said you were out with some people from school and your cell was off”
“I was, they were helping me on an Art project. Er- You called yesterday?”
“Yeah. And I know what you’re thinking, three calls, a few text messages and an email in two days. Bit excessive.” He laughed nervously, “I’m not going to be one of those clingy ex-boyfriends, y’know. You know I’m not like that.”
Tina frowned; that was exactly what Eric was like.
“Yeah, I know.” She lied, “Look, I’ll charge my cell and send you a text later, yeah? I’m starting on that Art project now so I can’t really talk for long.”
The disappointment was apparent in his tone, “Oh, um.. sure. You know you work too hard? Ha ha, yeah, um, well.. Speak to you soon.”
As the phone disconnected, Tina felt a little guilty and she reached over to switch on her cell phone. Her culpability dissolved as she observed Eric’s definition of “a few text messages”.
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Poor Bette…..she’s got alot to deal with, but that’s what sisters do, they’re there for you when you need them. Seeing Tina seemed to cheer her up & vice versa. Good luck with the job interview!
Happy to see you back posting AD! And two for one at that! I can imagine that this would have been a true glimpse of Bette’s life taking care of Kit and keeping up her facade. Tough on anyone, especially a high schooler. Dana and Alice are so sweet.
Yes Yes, you know I loved the story, AND I see you posted two. I guess my gentle nudge paid off huh? :-))) Have I told you how proud I am of you? I know you had some difficult decisions, and I also know that you were torn between societal expectations and love. You are a brave sould my dear friend for choosing the courage to love freely, and not be pressured by keeping up the image that others want you to. I applaud you, and as for Ash, all I can say is she is one hell of a gal, and I hope she understand the depth of your feelings in making the decision you did. Again, so proud of you Jade. When you start making big decisions at a young age, you can only imagine what you are preparing yourself for in the future. BIG hugs to you sweetheart, and one for Ash as well.
Glad that you are getting a break from school. I actually have a good job, just pay sucks but I do love my job. I can see Bette’s smile along with Tina running her hands through her hair and then smiling at Bette.
they have a lot to deal with, now let them talk!
AD would ya believe I almost forgot about this story,,LOL. But so glad that you back and as I always say, school comes frist!! I am glad that you are doind well and glad that we found out that it was Kit who was back to drinking again. But Bette has great freinds who helped her out, and at the end Tina and Bette had bad mornings and got to see one another and have a smile of a million bucks!! Great chapter
Nice story…more soon eh?
I know all about those bad mornings that just extend into bad afternoons. I just got back from LA not too long ago so I’m playing catch-up on my reading. lol