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I Need You Here – 5
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"T, please. I need you to stay here."
Tina hesitated. She knew she was right in making Bette come to terms with her grief, but did she really want to leave Bette tonight?
Truth was, what scared her most was how quickly she was falling back to old habits. How easy it was to be Bette’s source of support, to be her sounding board and be so happy that things were fine that she was willing to ignore the obvious.
Nine months of living in New York City and she was never more scared than she did right now.
Because it would be easy to just return to Bette. This was what she was afraid of. She was afraid that she was too weak to deny Bette. She’d been too weak to deny her when they started, too weak to confront her throughout the years. She’d been too weak to just walk out on her the night of Provocations, and she’d been too weak to just walk out of Bette Porter’s life. When she left, when she said Bette could write to her as a friend, she’d been taking the easy way out. She was in the vast grey area of their relationship, and she was getting tired.
So here she was. Here they were. Bette asking her to stay, and she was ready to say yes.
"T," Bette said softly. "Please don’t go."
Bette had this look, when she was at her wits’ end, when she was on the brink of falling apart. Dozens of emotions would show on her expressions, her eyes pleading for redemption, her heart and soul bared in what she did not dare to say.
Tina had witnessed this expression many times in the past, and she knew Bette didn’t realize it. Bette Porter did not know that it only took one look to see her heartbreak.
She wanted to run. In both directions. She wanted to leave, and forget about this attempt at… whatever the ***** she was doing here. At the same time she wanted to take Bette in her arms and assure her that things would be better from this point.
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This just keeps getting better. The give/take between B&T…how each uses their own weapons — the affair vs. the death of Melvin. Nicely done.
Bette is going to lose it big time. Question is will Tina catch her?
Blast the angst!! I think this is a pretty realistic take on B and T’s communication problems. I can see even in this reunion of theirs that there’s so much to talk about. Bette needs to stop being so stony about her emotions…grr…makes me mad to see that pushing Tina away. fabulous story though, keep going!
Oh yeah, Tiff-duke, that’s what I’m talkin’ about!! (I meant every word, ya know…keep going ’cause it’s all good)! Love the pace of this story. Thanks again.
amazing, god the angst is killing me, but keep it coming anyway. great update.
wow really nice…i hardly read anything about Tibette but your fic got me hooked. Very interesting they sure need to deal with all the communication issues…very nice!. Keep going!
Wonderful and sad. Great chapter.
Looks like Bette Porter has found her true match. Go Tina! I love listening to Bette and Tina converse there is tension in the air yet love still lingers. Please post soon I can’t wait to see where your story goes.
I’m continuing to love this story, please post more as soon as you can!
Wow. I don’t really know what to say. I just read the 5 chapters and I’m blown away. Not only by the story line but the fluidity of the story itself. The emotional conflict for Bette as well as Tina. I am indeed a fan…if this writing continues you are definitley up for a FanFic award.
All I can say is wow! The reason I say this is I see sooo much of myself in Bette. So before you’ve even written the next sentence, I know how I would react…and what do u know? Bette reacts in the same way. It’s scary, but through this amazingly-drafted story and the comments it provokes, I am realising soooo much about myself. Thank you…
OOOh the tension, the desire, you could feel the electricity from the sexual energy between those two. Shit they need to just start yelling, cussing, tear each other clothes off and have hot sex… i bet that would relieve some of the stress they are both feeling. Then they could really start talking and get a chance to start communicating and move forward in rebuilding their relationship.
I have just now discovered your story but this is good. It has a lot of tension which is always good.
This is getting good
Good chapter. Man this is sad and emotion. Bette and Tina need to stop pushing each other away and tell each other how much they missed and love each other. Post soon, thanks!
Wowwee!
Awesome!
Brilliant!
Tiff you have managed to capture all of Bette and Tina’s insecurities: the lack of trust, poor communication, desire to manipulate each other, inability to open up and tell each other truthfully how they feel. And that you have done it with such honesty and sincerity just blows me away. Can’t wait for the next chapter.
A Fan.
Bette needs to let go of her emotions , and let Tina take care of her, and see the real Bette for once.She needs to Show Tina that she is Vunerable and that she really does need her. Lovin this story, it is so well written, you have brought the characters to life very well :)
i love the way T replied to Bette. I could have slapped Bette when she said this!again, can’t wait to see how it goes.i love it.thanks
oh I am really getting into this story, please continue! Thank you for writing this.
well.i dont know what to think cuz i think Tina could give more support to Bette now and talk about the past later..post ral soon please
Hoowee You write Bette so well. I can just see her on the edge. This Tina is something else. I’m looking for the next chapter already!