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“I should get going too,” Tina said. “Early morning.”
“I’m glad you could come over,” Bette replied. The qualification was soon to follow “Angelica loves having you here.”
“Just Angelica?” Tina asked.
“I’m still getting used to the idea,” Bette said. “But I’m glad you were here too.”
“You’d tell me if you thought there was no chance for us, right?” Tina asked. She feared the answer.
“I would Tina,” Bette said. “I wouldn’t be putting myself through it if I thought hurt feelings were inevitable.”
“You’re probably not ready to hear this yet, but I love you,” Tina said quietly. She continued to speak so that Bette wouldn’t have an opportunity to respond, even if she wanted to. “I’ll give you a call later in the week about Friday.”
“Right, okay.”
Tina turned to grab her bag from the kitchen chair and walked to the front door.
“G’night,” she said. “I hope you’re able to get a lot done this week.”
“I’m sure I will,” Bette replied. “Thanks again for taking her a day early.”
Tina felt inexplicably bold all of a sudden.
“So who are you going out with on Tuesday?” she asked.
“No one you know,” Bette replied. “Someone I met through the gallery.”
Tina acknowledged Bette’s response with a nod. That was one arena Tina felt woefully inadequate. What knowledge she had of the art world came merely through her interaction with Bette, and if Bette wanted an artist as a partner, Tina would not be her choice.
“I’ll talk to you later,” Tina said. The awkwardness had returned.
She turned the door handle and closed it quietly behind her leaving Bette standing on her own in the entryway, struggling with the emotions that had her hoping Tina would stay, yet thankful that she didn’t.
*************
Bette cleaned up the few trays that had been on the patio table before she reclined onto one of the lounge chairs in the shade. Just as she had made herself comfortable, the portable phone rang beside her.
“Hi, it’s me,” Tina’s voice, rich with a confidence that Bette was unaccustomed to hearing, came through the receiver. “I’m not disturbing you am I?”
“No, I’m just sitting outside.”
“When two people are kind of testing the waters of dating, I figure they talk on the phone now and then,” Tina said. “If you’ve got the time.”
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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