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They stood silently for a moment that seemed to last an eternity.
“Leaving your keys wasn’t a ploy?” Bette asked apologetically.
“No, it wasn’t,” Tina replied. “I’m doing my best to be open and honest with you. It’s the only chance we have to be a family. And I do want my family back.”
“I’m sorry, Tina,” Bette said contritely. “I thought you were being manipulative because you know you’re my weakness.”
“And you’re mine,” Tina replied. “You have no idea how much I want you physically right now. But I’m not going to jeopardize the potential of forever with the promise of one night.”
Tina took Bette’s hand.
“This is worth so much more to me than you even realize,” Tina said, her head bowed so that Bette couldn’t see the moisture forming at the corners of her eyes.
She tilted her head up quickly and kissed Bette’s cheek before walking out the door purposefully.
Bette turned and called after her.
“I’ll see you tomorrow?”
“I’ll be there. I will.” Tina stopped at the doorway of the bedroom, but remained with her back to Bette. “I’m not playing any games Bette. I’m really not.”
With that she left, picked up her bag and shut the front door, taking the steps two at a time as she felt the tears finally fall, burning a trail down her cheeks as they escaped.
Bette remained standing in her bedroom, already wishing the night away so that she could see Tina again, and convey to her the promise that she too, was willing to try.
Chapter 3
Tina stared up at the ceiling. While technically it was morning, it was certainly not the hour she typically got up on a Sunday. It had been a fitful night. Various thoughts competed for her attention. She knew she had a long way to go in order to win back Bette’s trust. And she thought she’d finally come up with a way to demonstrate what her intentions were. The price was a night of sleep, but when she showed up at the Planet that morning, there would be no doubt in anyone’s mind.
“No sense in just lying here,” she said aloud as she sat up, frustrated at her inability to sleep. She opened the top drawer of her bedside stand and pulled out a picture of Bette and Angelica. She was sure Bette didn’t even know she had this picture. Once, when Bette was out of town, Tina had spent her week with Angelica at the house, rather than disrupt her with the back and forth pattern that she was typically subjected to. Tina had taken a few pictures that were on display and had them copied before Bette’s return. Just so that she could have the assurance of their presence in her life. She realized what was happening as soon as she did this and knew she had to break up with the woman she’d been seeing. That had been three months ago now.
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Oh my God!
I am so happy that you are back!
I love your stories, i read them more than once over the years.
But i don’t have time to reread this story, have to work very early in the morning , but i hope to read it when i am back tomorrow. I am looking forward to it!
You are a incredible writer and i do hope that you will find the time to write more! For now, thank you again for returning!
I was so happy to see your name again, I love your stories, off to read now,, but please continue to post more stories.,, please post soon.
Thanks for the shoutout! You’re an incredible writer with a natural style that pulls the reader in and makes one sorry when the chapter/story ends. Your writing demands rereading many times. It’s just that enjoyable. :-)
Brilliant, thanks so much for this. 62 Pages of pleasure.
Enjoy your stories which are good to read more than once.
Look forward to keeping on swimming :-)
I love this story, as I always enjoy reading your work!
Loved it, thanks so much. You are such a good writer!
Glad you are back,I love your stories.
I certainly remember this story and I love it more now. Thanks for updating the language so the profane language is present. It’s not that I am a complete potty mouth but let’s be realistic. Several of the stories that have transferred over have blanks or asterisks instead of the actual language. In my opinion, when this happens, the stories lose some of their authenticity and the characters lose their edge. I realize that it takes effort to fill in the blanks especially in longer stories. So thanks for doing that.
I find stories harder to read with the asterisks inserted…it’s like a jolt of reality interfering with my escapism. I had to get to the task of editing them out. I do plan to work on more stories; some easier than others because of where the files are. This story was first posted almost 10 (!) years ago, so the digital file was more challenging to retrieve. I’m not much for cursing, but the occasional well placed F-bomb can really get someone’s attention.
@JKS I can’t believe this story is almost 10 years old! It reads now as fresh as it did then. I really love your stories because they are so well written with realism, humor, sarcasm and authenticity. It also helps that for us ORs (Original Readers), it follows canon for the characters and storylines. :-)
WOW, what a fabulous surprise seeing you back here, JKS! So glad you found your way back here and have even edited! Let me know if you have any questions or need any help!
Wonderful story. Thanks for sharing again!
Thanks for your effort of editing and for giving us this wonderful story again.
It’s still as beautiful as I remember it from reading your story for the first time a few years ago.
Finally I managed to finish reading!
I was slowly reading this story.
And I confess that it was a great trip.
Pretty and wonderful.!
And to think that have passed since the 10 years, but
It remains very current.
The entire universe.
Don’t remember seeing this before and it was wonderful, took me back a ways. So great to have you back giving us something to read from you. Wish other former writers would come back to us, all of you are valued and missed greatly. So many of the stories are not completed, would be so nice if they were. Again welcome back, looking forward to more. Thanks.
Loved this! I love your writing. I’m so glad I’ve come across your stories, be it years later but better late than never lol