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Letting Go – chapter 17
‘Oh *****! The options are over’ Bette was still contemplating whether or not to hang up. Since when did leaving a simple message become so nerve-wracking? No more time to think, times up.
*beep*
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Still lying on her bed with her covers over her face, Tina heard her cell phone vibrate against her dresser. The ring tone that she heard was for unrecognizable numbers. An unknown number, who was on the other end?
‘Oh damn it, how annoying CAN you be?!?!’ Tina opened her eyes and lifted her blanket off her body to reach for her phone. As she stared at her caller ID and watched the mysterious number flashing before her, she thought ‘Who is this?’ Maybe it was Eric, or maybe it wasn’t, but she wouldn’t take the chance of picking up her phone. Too many times she fell for that trick. She’d pick up thinking it might be someone else, it might be an important call, but for the most part, it always ended up being Eric on the other end. No, Tina wasn’t going to fall for it this time, she’s going to be smart today.
Her phone finally stopped, and her room was silent again. Tina lifted her covers back over her body and tossed her cell phone to the other side of her bed by her pillows. She was determined to sleep today, and no one was going to change her mind, no one was going to make her do anything today.
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‘Oh *****,’ Bette thought, she better speak quickly before she sounded like some kind of nut with the message recording the sound of her loud and excelled breathing. Bette took a deep breath, and in a nervous higher pitched fast tone, Bette spoke into her phone leaving Tina a message that sounded like it had no space in-between the end of each word.
“Hi Tina, it’s Bette…I heard you weren’t feeling well so I just wanted to see how you were doing. I’m outside your apartment right now but I guess since you’re not home I’ll see you later. Okay sorry bye.”
Bette hung up her phone and let out that breath she’d been holding as she walked toward the elevator.
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(53 votes, average: 3.79 out of 5)
well when she tells eric, NO. it willb e very difficult but she then has bettes strong and supportive arms to comfort and protect her, right? im telling ya, stop selling yourself short. your doing a great job and just keep posting and thanking us. its a two way street with ff stuff. you post we thank and you thank and then post and around and around it goes. so thank us and post again asap.
Smile, this is great. I’m anxiously awaiting your next post. I understand lazy days, and it’s a holiday, so I’m just grateful you decided to post when you should be relaxing, like the rest with the day off. I’m glad that you got these two together. If Tina didn’t get to Bette in time, it would’ve been disheartening. But, they’re together now, and we’ll just see how they navigate from here. Post soon.
sweet!
Nice chapter! Can’t wait for them to spend some time together. Oh..and I love the Happy Bunny t-shirt!!!!
Another great chapter. You really do a great job. This is one of my favorites on the FF site. Always looking for another post from you. Not new to your story, I just haven’t had time to comment or even breathe for that matter. Very busy lately, so I’m catching up with alot of my favorites. Unfortunately, I’m not commenting like I should, but I wanted to say great job. Love it.
To answer your question, Mechanical. You haven’t disappointed me yet and I don’t expect you will, this story just keeps getting better and better. You really are a talented writer, along with a few others I have found on this site. I wish all stories were this good maybe then I wouldn’t be afraid of starting my introduction to Short Fiction course!! Calculus I can do, but literature, uggh! Try and take it easy and good luck!
‘Skool makes you sooper smart’… hahaha… I almost burst out laughing and I think one of my colleagues caught me with this huge grin on my face and I tried to cover it :P
Yeah, I was busy with work last week and this week I’m more like… trying to relax a bit :P although I have another assign that’s gonna due this thurs :S
Hahaha, well… hmm… should set a lower temperature or shorter timer to prevent the toasters from burning? :P
I need more spoilers… hahaha… it’s not ruining your story… I swear!! :D
Woo-hoo! That was great!!! Keep going… Thanks!
If I tell you that I don’t feel well, will you send Bette (or Tina for that matter) to my house? Still loving the story…..
Hey Smile Thanks for posted again Whoa! it’s getting better and really nice that Tina catch Bette LOL! Tina she really funny she really trying hard to catch Bette Wonderful written Smile anyway so your not really far from my MOM that was great I Love old town Alexandria I always call them small Georgetown look alike it’s that right I just guess anyway Please continue post soon THANKS.
K
Wonderful! Just love this. Bye Eric! Please! lol Can’t wait for more.
Wow Tina is awesome she run after Bette, that was so cool, they are so perfect together, love it. Now let see what’s next, thanks!
Another great chapter…Thank you very much… looking forward to the next one… keep it up smile you are doing great:-)
I love this story…love it. Just keeps getting better. Keep up the good work. I can’t wait for the next post.
Glad to see another fantastic update from you smile….Tina catching up to find Bette…giving her her coat to warm her up….waiting for the next one smile…post soon
This story is just so fucking cute. Tina runs after Bette, Bette just wants to take care of her, they finally kiss what more could you ask for. But Tina has got to let Eric go, its not right to keep him hanging, and she really won’t be able to move on with Bette until she does. Maybe Eric could stop by to check on Tina, find Bette and thenTina could just kinda let him know that way. Nah, thats mean. Hey, you do what you have to do with work and school, will be checking in to see if you’ve been able to drop in.
silly me…i mean labor DAY! =)
Wonderful chapter. I especially loved the part on Tina running after Bette and leaving everything to catch the love of her life. Great job.
I hope you Americans could enjoy your labor. After all the horrible news of Katrina it would be nice to be able to relax a bit. Just know that the rest of the world is praying for you and will send you relief efforts now that Bush has asked for it. Kiitos!
freakin jezze lol yay im soo happy for them but eric needs to go and go now lol sorry i havent commented in a while my comp was down …i was just gonna start all my stories form their latest post but when i got your yours i had to go back and read it all lol your just that amazing lol well thankx and post soon!!byeness<3389375893759
Bette’s gotta feel pretty confident with that chase! I love this story and the way you tell it!
JESUS are u trying to kill me i read the summary and nearly fell off my chair geez. thank god she was saying yes to bette now all she has to do is say NO to eric. very good chapter and it should hopefully hold me off for the rest of the dat seeing as i start skool 2day and i have to go a whole day without reading fan fic or going into chat and ill probably be thinking about ur story all day everyones gonn ask y im smiling so much. POST SOON!!!!!!!
Thinking back to last night, Tina remembered the expression on her parents’ faces, they were happier than she was, they were more anxious, and hell, they would’ve said “Yes,” and married Eric.
** LMAO! I had this thought when reading it.
Smile, there are so many of us that are enjoying your story. I sincerely hope that you continue writing it.
What albeez said, in essence is very true….you write, we say thank you…great job. Your writing is a way of telling your readers, “you’re welcome ~ and here’s another chapter!”
Which leads me to….so where is it?
YAY! That’s TOTALLY something I would do. . .and have done-run outside wearing close to nothing with no shoes in like 20 degree weather. . snow on the ground. . .buuur. Pleeeeaaase post again soon! I feel bad for Eric because he’s so romantic. . .well, not really, he’ll find someone else, bring on B&T!
Great chapter! Tina really needs to end things with eric soon so she can move ahead with bette.
You’re working 2 jobs,going to school AND writing such splendid stories??? Good grief and i thought my 1 job and school were hard!! I’m impressed!!Well, I definitely understand the need for rest…but uhhh, I’m kinda addicted to the story…I’ll trade you 2 hours of my sleepytime for another chapter..whad’ya say??
great post!!!!!!!!!!!! Bette would make anybody forget to put on clothes to get to her!!!!!!!!!!
I am not disappointed with this chapter just makes me want more so post soon plz
loving it – sorry I couldn’t post back for a while but just read the last 4 chapters and loved them. Girl you got it going.