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I Fall Behind pt.13
Previously:
“Bette, I hope you are aware that Tina Kennard is a
woman of loose morals, someone who would go to bed with any one who
could give her money. I hope you were not.. associating with her under
false assumptions. You cannot have any meaningful relationship with
her, by virtue of the fact that she makes it into her profession to
feign love, to feign desire.”
Feign love, feign desire? Bette felt weak. She had
to be alone. “Helena, I need to take the day off. I… I just
remembered I had to do something for Kit. An errand.” Bette noticed
disconnectedly that her speech sounded wooden and robotic. She
distantly saw Helena smile warmly, nod and felt her hand on her
shoulder. “I’m fine,” Bette responded automatically.
She walked on stilts out the CAC and got into her car. She felt something… at the same time, she was numb.
When she closed her eyes, she saw Tina smile. When
she opened them, she saw countless faceless women laughing at her. At
the frontlines stood Candace, cackling and slapping her knee.
She parked on the sidewalk, not caring if she would
earn a parking ticket. She got out quickly, forgetting to even check
her side mirror for oncoming cars that might sideswipe her. Instead,
she got out and slammed the car door.
What is this? What is it?! Bette wanted to scream
but knew that couldn’t possibly clear up the confusion and turmoil she
was feeling. Is this sadness? Grief? Anger? Humiliation? She just
couldn’t grab hold of any one emotion long enough to examine it. They
swirled like fallen leaves in a strong wind. Bette gritted her teeth
and started to walk. She hoped that by stalking around the peaceful
streets, she would come upon reason unaware and catch it.
I just want to be somewhere else, she decided. I
want to be somewhere that I am not myself. I want to lose myself for
once. I want to be someone else. I want to be no one. With that last
thought, Bette pocketed her car keys and started to walk.
*****
Tina walked into the house she shared with Jenny,
humming the last song she heard on her car radio. She was smiling and
bopping her head along with an imaginary beat. She took a quick detour
to the kitchen, peeked into the refrigerator and saw plastic containers
of different sizes and shapes piled high in it. She smiled approvingly
and took one of the smaller ones.
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(90 votes, average: 3.37 out of 5)
Damn that was beautiful and happy for them. Post soon please, thanks!
wow… loving this story… i have a feeling when bette wakes up… and sees tina laying next to her… well it’s time… bring it on…
I really enjoy this story. You are doing a great job!
leg warmers? where did that come from?..haha…and is bette really psycho? (u mentioned her pills)….post soon:)…this story is soooo cute:)
beautiful! thanks!
that was just so sweet post soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoa! Amzing!!!
That was absolutely beautiful!!I can’t get enough of this story!
adorable, beautiful and touching…great story, great writing, great pleasure
Great story!!!
tina to the rescue!!
There are very few stories that have such a huge obstacle for our B/T to cross…this one I’m not sure is going to be successful…how can you fight someones past to such a degree as tina’s….interesting times ahead!!!
There are very few stories that have such a huge obstacle for our B/T to cross…this one I’m not sure is going to be successful…how can you fight someones past to such a degree as tina’s….interesting times ahead!!!
Bette is really ill. I’m so sorry for my earlier flippancy. BTW “True Colors” – great song! check out ‘The Body Acoustic’, Cyndi Lauper’s new album. It’s great! Amazon has it (hint). Thanks for moving this story from the surreal to the sublime. Tina as Judy Holiday, the hooker with the heart of gold.
Thisis great. Just get rid of Helena & I will bea happy wizard
7..what a way you have. that was just beautiful.please give us more soon
But techgal, I LOVE flippancy! don’t be sorry :)
didn’t antidepressants get mentioned earier? i’m assuming those are the “pills”.
they have so much to work out but I know you will get them there. Wonderful
LOVE IT.GREAT JOB..THANKS.HOPEFULLY ANOTHER ONE SOON.RIGHT???
just beautiful…
This is a fantastic story! Post again soon!
I adore this story!
ahhhhhh. thank you.
The one common thing is the way the tenderness and love is captured between my favorite characters. You are doing a stellar job…this chapter…brought me some peace. Thank you