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    Let Me In – 8

    Story written on March 15, 2006 by tiff_duke.
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    Story Shortlink: https://lesfan.com/?p=59983
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    Phone tag.

    Possibility of actual talking. Was this for real?

    "Angelica misses you. And she loves you."

    Bette smiled. Her daughter. She would do anything for that little girl.

    Even forgive Tina, given how the blonde had treated her recently? And God knows what she’s been up to while she’d been away.

    "I know you won’t believe me, but I love you."

    Bette choked on the sip of beer she’d taken. What the hell–?

    "In case it still matters, I’ve missed you too."

    She has got to be kidding.

    Bette frowned at the answering machine. After everything, Tina was leaving messages that reminded her of the woman she’d actually married?

    And what the hell was up with her telling Bette that she loved and missed her?

    Bette made her way back to the machine, and played the message again.

    It was all there. Tina not wanting this to be a bigger problem than it already was. Tina wanting to give her what she would want. An apology. Offering Angelica. Asking for Angelica.

    Then those words again.

    "I know you won’t believe me, but I love you."

    I love you.

    Bette couldn’t help her disbelief, that the woman talking on the machine was more like the Tina she knew than the one she’d been living with lately.

    Where was she, anyway? She’d returned from her retreat to find the house empty, Tina clearly taking her ‘while I’m away I want you to move out’ request very seriously. All she’d left was a frighteningly orderly house: Laundry done. Bedsheets recently washed and dried, folded and waiting to be kept. Angelica’s toys in order in her room.

    The house was in order, but the people who were supposed to live in it in complete chaos.

    Two of whom were AWOL.

    If she would be honest, Bette would say she’d been overwhelmingly disappointed that Tina was gone. Because that meant she had given up, that she was really going to explore her options.

    She would also be a little grateful that despite their recent disagreements, Tina still respected her wishes.

    But she wasn’t going to be honest. She would give a variation of her honesty, and that although she was heartbroken, she believed it was for the best.

    The best.

    The best would be her and Tina being unbelievably happy with their small family, and Angelica would have two mommies and she was legally and officially Bette and Tina’s.

    This? This was best for… well, her guess was Tina, but what about her?

    This was too confusing.

    Bette remembered the last time such a phonecall from Tina had rocked her world.

    I just wanted to let you know that I’ve been, uh… thinking about… our baby. We conceived of this baby together and you should absolutely be part of her life.

    She remembered the hesitation in Tina’s voice in that message, the undercurrent of everything they were, and could still be.

    The awkwardness.

    The hope.

    Bette stood by the machine, and listened to the message one more time.

    "Angelica misses you. And she loves you."

    Then she deleted the message.

    If their relationship really meant anything to Tina, she’d stop playing phone tag.

    Bette paused, then smiled. This was still the most honest "conversation" she’d had with Tina in a long time.

    tbc?

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    9. I love when we get the reaction on the flip side of phone calls, it is so very interesting to get both point of views! As always, thaks for the great chapter!

    10. Bette should just go and get all the papers in order and go from there. Tina might have done something she is afraid of,and that Bette could possible get the baby. Post soon please thanks

    12. Tiff, more please! Please let them have a real “conversation” and no more phone tags. I forgot to mention in my comments for the last chapter that Tina’s message to Bette reminds me of Bette’s phone call to Angelica while she was at the retreat in the show. Bette was reaching out….and here Tina seems to be reaching out too. Thanks for posting.

    16. At least they are headed toward getting somewhere. And I’m glad Tina’s message was coherant. Mine would be like, “Uh yeah it’s Heather and uhhhhhhhhhh Angelica misses you and stuff. Yeah…I love and ummmmmm miss you too.” It would sound REALLY fake. lol

    19. stop with the ? marks…you know we want you to continue…it was wonderful to see bette’s response to tinas message (things like that never shown on TLW)…let them talk in person soon

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