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It was a sombre and slightly drunk Bette and Tina who arrived back at the blonde’s apartment just after 9:30. Tina went and opened a bottle of wine while Bette stretched out on the sofa
“Does this remind you of anything ?” Tina said sitting down with the open bottle of wine and two glasses
“What ?”
“How fed up we were after we had been out with mom and Helena the other week?”
“Yeah “
“When we go out with other people like your folks or Peggy or James and Gavin – do we come back feeling so miserable ?”
“No – no we do not “
“And when we used to just go out with Helena we all had a great time “
“True “ Bette accepted the glass of wine and sighed “Its depressing “
“You and I have even had some jolly evenings with my mother on her own”
“Are you going anywhere with this or are you just drunk and rambling ?”
“Well I could be doing all three “ Tina admitted “In fact I probably am. I just think its too fucked up – mom dating your best friend is just too complicated. We have tried to make it work and it is just a bad mix “
“Dad said once that the two of them together is like dynamite and nitro-glycerine and semtex all mixed up “
“But they arent – they do seem to love one another – it just seems to be when they mix”
“They cannot have a long term relationship without mixing with other people – well they could but it would a crazy situation “
“I am drunk – ignore me “ Tina said waving her hand
“I could never do that” Bette replied leaning over and kissing Tina on the lips “Plus you taste too damn good “
“Did you mean what you said earlier on about Helena using mom as the ultimate – I am a big girl now gesture to Peggy ?”
“I don’t know – James said stuff today that just got me thinking. Helena has never really broke free of Peggy – she works with her – she answers to her. They have a complicated relationship “
“But “ Tina began “I don’t know “
“You are drunk “ Bette said kindly “Look all I know is that for as long as I can remember Helena has been looking to break free of her mother. I remember her telling me that she felt stifled by her when I first met her at college – that was over a decade ago. James just pointed out that 30 is a milestone age “
“But she loves mom “
“She does but your mom is not exactly ideal partner material in Peggy’s eyes. You know what she told me about wanting grandchildren “
“This gets more fucked up by the day “
“And we are getting caught in the cross fire “ Bette reminded her
“I know – I am going to tear my mother’s damn head off for the way she spoke to you “
“Tina – stop having to apologise for her “
“I know but she needs to realise that I am not messing around – you would win “
“I don’t want to come between the two of you – its not a call anyone should be expected to make and it’s a position that she should not be putting you in “
“The thing that I feared when I found out about them sleeping together was them splitting up and us having to take sides – they are together and I feel that we are being pushed into taking sides. Tonight could have got very nasty “
“It was bad enough “ Tina said “My mother doesn’t take well to having her plans thwarted “
“I know that – I didn’t like missing out on the original “
“But things worked out better didn’t it ?”
“Well a painting has been created that wouldn’t have if I had landed the original and its certainly brought a lot of joy to Peggy “
“So – isn’t the beauty of the painting important here as well “
“It is and it’s a great piece – better than the original “
“So – my mother got screwed by paying way over the top for a painting that Helena will like but not as much as Peggy likes her painting. Just because my mother’s ego has been slighted doesn’t make what you did wrong “
“Good point “
“Now why don’t we go to bed and sleep otherwise we are not going to get anywhere near the log cabin in Maine that I have booked for us “
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I’m proud of Bette that she didn’t fight Emma, but moved away and had a fun night with her parents and Tina.
Emma showed her true personality and that is not a good one. She doesn’t make friends with how she blamed Bette and certainly not by calling her a bitch with her parents, Tina and Helena standing by.
She is an arrogant woman who cannot look beyond her own self, her own interests. She reminds me of a very spoiled child who always gets what she wants and goes crazy when it doesn’t go the way she wants. She’s been making fun of herself and I think the friendship between her and Rosemary, Melvin, and the one with her daughter has been severely damaged.
I feel sorry for Helena, she was so surprised with what happened and with Emma telling her side of the story, she doesn’t get the true story. I hope she shows that she is the adult woman she wants to be so much and also listens to Bette and Tina.
For now there are two losers, Emma and Helena.
I look forward to the trip from Bette and Tina, they deserve it and it is important to keep working on their own good relationship.
So far they know how to deal with this situation and I hope it stays that way.
Thanks for the quick update!
Bette handled the situation as well as could be expected. Emma embarrassed Helena in front of her friends and her mother, but she has yet to realize that. Helena will now hear the situation again from Emma’s point of view. It will be next week before she will be able to hear Bette’s story. She will then have to choose between her best friend of twelve years and her new budding relationship with Emma. Can Helena handle a lover who sees everything as a competition and no empathy for others. Helena has a long history of loyalty to Bette and when Bette apologized and went to bat for her and Emma’s relationship with her mother, Bette was restored for the most part as most favored friend. Emma with her behavior has started a fight in public with her friend, her lover’s daughter and was witnessed by all those people she worked with, Bette’s parents and worst of all her mother. I wouldn’t be surprised if Helena asked Emma to apologize for the disturbance she made. She may not ask her to apologize for the way she handled the acquisition of the painting nor question why she wasn’t using Bette for the transaction. But this incident foreshadows a lot of future problems between Helena and Bette and Tina. Emma has already marked Bette as an enemy and Tina as her number one supporter. Rosemary and Melvin may not be extending a whole lot of social invitations in the future. Peggy certainly will not. So this will be highly disruptive to Helen’s social circle. How will Helen respond?
Emma’s comment to Bette that she is jealous of her and Helena was just over the top projecting. Bette has done all she can to defend Emma and Helena and hopes it goes well. But she does not see the “forever” qualities she feels with Tina. So who is really the one who is jealous? Is that what this relationship is for Emma with Helena? A competition to show her daughter that she can have a wonderful relationship too? She can get a sweet, young beautiful woman with money on her arm too? Is she jealous of her daughter?
Emma is beginning to seem like she needs to get some counseling in a big way. How did Kate ever put up with her?
Thanks for this chapter….. love it.
I think Bette handled the situation well. She kept her temper in check. She was right; that was not the time nor the place. Who’s really the jealous person here though? I think Emma showed her true colors here.
Thanks for two chapters within two days. Nice treat for the weekend :-)
Seems like my comments on the last chapter weren’t that farfetched after all. I stand by all I said about Emma: the jealousy, the missing style and manners, the spoiled child behaviour. Emma would stop at nothing to win. Very off-putting character trait. I hope that Helena will ask Bette’s side of the story and see what damage Emma did to all of Helena’s relationships.
Hope for more Tina and Bette time in the next chapter. They seem to take a backseat in all the H + E drama.
Looking forward to more.
Well, at the risk of repeating myself, I really love this story and this partnership of Bette and Tina! Always a sucker for TiBette in partnership against the World!
Thanks for posting,so looking forward to where you are going with this. I may not like it though because I. do like Helena and wanted to like Emma.
Stay safe and well
SG
Agree with all comments. Great story. But would love to get back to Bette and Tina. Their story seems to have taken a back seat to Helena and Emma. Now my take: If Helena breaks with Bette that will be beyond sad. Bette and Helena are closer than sisters. I stand by what I wrote before: Helena and Peggy may have a complicated relationship but they both share a powerful love for John Peabody. I simply cannot fathom Helena being anything but deeply sentimental and happy about the painting for her mother. As Bette and Tina told her – look at the painting! Look at Peggy! This was arranged by Bette for Peggy. If Helena joins in on the attack on Bette it will make no sense. Also – we don’t know what happened after Bette and Tina and Melvin and Rosemary left. Emma was worked up. Somehow I imagine or just plain hope her whiny spoiled tantrum to Helena cannot go over well. How can Emma possibly come off looking like a victim when a beautiful painting of Helena’s father now exists and hangs nearby? How can Helena not see how much the painting means to Peggy? How emotional her mother is? How much it effects her as well. So what if there are two paintings? That is a GOOD thing. How can Helena not question Emma as to why she did not hire Bette? This is a big one for me. She saw her best friend as well as Melvin and Rosemary who she adores all very angry at Emma. I hope all of this and a few choice comments from Peggy may give Helena pause. Maybe Helena does need to break free for a while but not with Emma. I was thinking that if Bette has the artist do a portrait of Kate it will mean the world to Tina and only anger Emma. What does that say?
Also – does anyone else think the weekend trip to the cabin will not go as planned?
Great story! Can’t wait for the next chapter. I am with Billy, I do not think the trip will go as planned. Would not be surprised if H/E show up on T/B’s door tomorrow wanting to hash it out. No way Emma lets this simmer – she is not a simmer type of girl, she likes to be right all the time and she will want to hurt Bette more for taking the spotlight from her. Can’t wait. PPS
Emma blaming Bette for the painting that included John was totally OUT of Bette’s hands as far as we know right? She didn’t know that the Artist would include him. As far as we know Bette did NOT provide any photos other than the original which did not include John.
The Artist knew Peggy & John so seems like adding him to the painting was his idea. A way of blessing Peggy. And it worked. Far as we know he was NOT told to hurry up and complete the painting prior to Helena’s bday (i.e. to steal Emma’s thunder in surprising Helena with the 30th bday gift).
I agree that Emma is DEFINITELY jealous of Tina. That she found her soulmate, 4evah love and is totally committed to a life with Bette. Tina has chosen Bette over job, money and possessions.
God I hope Tibette gets to have their exclusive, intimate weekend far away from everybody . . .
Bette sent the picture. She had it. But even if Bette rushed the painting for Peggy who cares? The point is that the painting includes Peggy’s deceased husband and Helena’s father. That’s all that matters. If Emma had a heart she would be happy for Helena that the memorial exists at all. She could care less about the sentimentality behind the story of the yacht. To Emma the painting is a thing – an object she can give Helena. Nothing more.