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I Fall Behind pt.13
There stood Tina, somber in black jeans and a black sweater. She was even wearing dark glasses.
“You with the sad eyes,” Tina started to sing softly. Bette stared.
“Don’t be discouraged. Oh I realize
it’s hard to take courage
in a world full of people. You can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you feel so small.”
Tina held a rose to her chin, pretending the full bloom was a microphone.
Bette’s brows furrowed but she couldn’t help the
bubble of laughter that rose at the sight of Tina clowning around. She
swallowed it as best she could.
Tina paused. She saw the tiny hint of a smile in
Bette’s eyes and gave a small smile of her own. She continued her
singing, the lyrics vibrated from deep in her throat.
“Show me a smile then. Don’t be unhappy, can’t remember
when I last saw you laughing. If this world makes you crazy
and you’ve taken all you can bear, you call me up
because you know I’ll be there.”
Tina reached out to hand Bette the rose. When Bette
didn’t take it, she lowered the flower and lightly touched Bette’s
fingers with its petals. Bette looked down at the offering, feeling an
unfathomable emotion start to open in her heart, starting to swallow
everything else beside it. She thought it might be a black hole, only
instead of incredibly gravity sucking in everything, this emotion was
light and it consumed all the darkness. Bette felt her throat close up
and tears warmed her eyes.
“And I see your true colors
shining through. I see your true colors…” Tina’s voice broke slightly and she stopped.
“And that’s why I love you.” Bette whispered, finishing for her.
Tina’s smile was heat and light and comfort and
succor. Bette stepped into her embrace, unresistingly drawn. Tina felt
warm tears track down her own cheeks.
“Do you know,” Tina whispered gravelly into Bette’s curls, “That that’s why I love you?”
Bette lay a cheek against Tina’s neck, willing
herself to be strong enough to pull away. But when Tina put a hand
against her nape, keeping her, oh God, keeping her, Bette’s will
conceded to Bette’s heart.
“Come inside Baby,” Tina murmured and kissed Bette
on the cheek. When Bette didn’t pull away, Tina pulled back a little
and watched her face. Seeing no tension or anxiety, Tina lessened the
distance between their lips, but left the final few centimeters to
Bette.
As though sleepwalking, Bette pressed her lips
against Tina’s. It was a chaste, closed-mouthed kiss. Tina responded as
lightly as Bette moved, knowing that whatever had happened that morning
had something to do with her and that she and Bette really had to talk.
But right now, Tina saw the dilated pupils and the
unfocused gaze, and knew that Bette was physically and emotionally
exhausted. She guided Bette into bed, tucked her in, and turned to go.
Bette’s hand shot up to grab hers.
Without a word, Tina climbed into bed beside Bette,
leaned tenderly over her, and kissed the tired eyes closed.
“Tina,” Bette’s faint whisper stilled Tina.
“Yes Bette?”
“I think you’d look great in leg warmers.”
“Uh, thanks.”
“No, thank you. And… I’m sorry…”
Tina replied by putting her soft lips over Bette’s,
catching the tail end of a moan with a quick flick of tongue.
“Go to sleep baby… I’ll be here when you wake up.”
TBC
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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