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Lifeline – Chapter 13
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"Damn right. Well, not there. On the beach. I left her standing on the beach. She embarrassed me in front of all my colleagues. She thought I was flirting with another woman. It was fucking ridiculous is what it was. I was just dancing. I love her. I wasn’t flirting at all. Oh, whatever. It doesn’t matter."
"And she loves you?"
"We’re married. She’s my wife."
"And she loves you?" Melania repeated.
"I guess so," Tina replied sullenly.
"You don’t know?"
"She loves me."
"But she doesn’t trust you?"
"That’s just it. I really think she does. She’s just so fucking jealous."
"Does she say why she’s jealous?"
"She thinks I’m flirtatious."
"Are you?"
"I don’t know. You tell me."
"I asked you to buy me a drink and you politely agreed to."
"Yeah."
"I asked you to dance and in a politely round about way, you declined."
"Yeah. What about the ’round about’ part?"
"You were curious about whether gays were treated well in this bar. I don’t see anything untoward about that. Were you going to say yes to dancing with me if I said people here wouldn’t mind?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I’m married and I love my wife and you seem a little interested in me."
"Aha. There you go. I’ve got to get back to work but I’m going to sing you a song, if that’s okay?" The exotic beauty whispered something in her ear and gave her a little kiss on the cheek as she set her glass down and turned back to the bandstand.
The blonde swiveled her stool as she watched the curvaceous brunette walk away. She blinked a little fuzzily. She was definitely easy on the eyes, Tina thought to herself. There was no law against thinking to herself.
‘I’m a married woman. Married to a jackass, but nevertheless. Married. I love Bette. She is the only jackass…er…woman… I will ever love. There’s nothing wrong with looking. I’m not dead for godssake.
I’ll listen to this song and be flattered that someone is interested in me and then I will stagger…walk, that is…back up the beach to the party and go home. Tomorrow is another day. Another fucking day in paradise.
Maybe just one more for the road…It’s not like I’m driving. I’m walking on the beach. What the hey. Why hurry? I’ll let Bette cool her heels awhile longer. I’m sure she went home anyway.
I’m kinda hungry. I can’t rememberr if I’ve eaten anything today. Poor Caitlyn. If I had my phone I’d call her. Wait, I came to the party with her. She must wonder where I got off to. Nah, she’s probably dancing her ass off back there. Oh, well.’
The music started to play as Tina smiled toward the singer waiting to hear the song she chose to sing for her.
"I’d like to dedicate this next song to a beautiful and charming new friend of mine. She’s had a rough day and is in need of a few simple pleasures. Don’t we all long for that sometimes?"
Her voice is like butter, Tina thought dreamily.
"This next song is a favorite of mine, but before I sing it I want to thank you all for coming out to my little establishment tonight. I appreciate your patronage and I hope you’re having a great evening. I know I am, thanks to Tina."
She smiled warmly and Tina felt the blush crawl up her face again for at least the second or third time since meeting the beguiling Melania.
"I dedicate this to you, Miss Tina, and Georgie, her drinks are on me."
She winked at the blonde and the music kicked up a notch before she started to sing.
TBC…
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Oh, Nell, I hope you won’t leave us hanging for too long. Can’t help but wonder what Melania is going to sing to Tina. Will she try to lift up Tina’s spirit by rendering a ukulele-heavy “Over the Rainbow” or croon her way through “Jealous Guy”? What about Sade’s “Smooth Operator”? Sorry for the wild guesses. Just can’t wait to find out how that beach bar scene will end up. (Btw, if Bette saw Melania flirting with Tina especially that small kiss, I’m sure she’ll go ballistic and bite off that singer’s pretty head. Nice job shifting to multiple viewpoints, Nell! =) Don’t stress about the errors, this is fanfic. Imo what matters most is the story and how you’re telling it. And you rank high on both counts in my book. You told this chapter so well that for a moment I forgot Tina’s still in coma and Bette’s still in great pain. I think my fellow readers have been distracted too. As I’m writing this, no one has yet pleaded for Tina to wake up, pronto. Thanks a bunch, Nell! Hugs and cheers! =)
Oh no, Nell – a little flashback cliffhanger! Did Bette find the bar?!It was great to read another chapter of your brilliant story and yes, it is wonderful to find out more about the history of Bette and Tina. The different style of story telling worked really well. As Merlion and mightmouse have said, the multiple viewpoints flowed beautifully. And as LuRocks and lodeerca said the scene on the beach is very filmic – you can really see the argument on the beach and the scene in the bar, and the dialogue is excellent. Thank you, Nell – and carry on writing now you’re in the groove!!
i could see bette being that jealous… now lets hope bete didn’t hear the the girl say this song was for tina… nice place to stop… thx… pps
It’s so good to see an update on this story. I love it.Tina is playing with fire here. I think she needs to end her evening before she gets herself in a situation she will regret.
Wow, a lot of emotion is going on in this chapter. Hope they work out their issues and soon.
That was just wrong…you’re such a tease! Please post soon. Love this story. Thank you.
Oh no! …. So what happen then? I hope Bette wasn’t witnessing that kiss (no matter how small it was) and misundertood.. Nice story Nell, and I do like this new writing style, combination of the diallogues and pov is flowing beautifully strong :-)Looking forward to your next post. PPS & thanks! :-)
This is sad and hope Tina not drink anymore and hope that Bette will find Tina soon and take her home. Please post more, thanks!
This story is so rich in detail…It’s live watching a movie…you feel every single thing the characters are feeling…I hope you post soon…the suspense is killing me LOL..as usual, wonderful chapter..thank you for this story
Hooray! You’re back! I’ve been plaintively reading and re-reading the previous chapters of this story in hopes that you hadn’t forgotten about it!
WOW!!! Thanks for the wonderful chapter. Please post soon!
This story is like watching a movie! Love it!
I loved the dialogue between all the characters in this story. Very realistic. Tina better not start something she can’t handle. It’s nice to be desired.
Aww, Nell…you seem like such a sweetheart and then you go and stop there! That’s almost cruel. So glad to see you posting and I loved the chapter, format and story. Your dialogue is just perfect. Can’t wait to know if Bette heard Melania’s dedication.
Don’t drink anymore Tina. Go back to Bette.
As much as I can understand T’s frustation, anger, embarassment and hurt with her wife being jealous and acting the way she did in front of her coworkers, I do hope the next update will show B turning up at the bar to see this latest encounter…and that this time B will calmly explain to her wife that while she gets that T may not realize her own attractiveness, or that she is innocently flirting without intent, that in this case to keep flirting is hovering around the line. T even said she was going to “continue the run.” Flirting can be fun but it can also be dangerous; I think that when you are in a committed relationship, each person needs to be aware of the other’s comfort levels with flirting with someone other than your partner and respect that/them….Truly enjoying this & hope we find out happens next soon!
Loved this chapter especially the fact that you are showing their points of view about what is/was happening. I just knew that Tina had seen Bette when she first walked out onto the patio and continued to watch Tina swim. Hope Bette has learned her lesson about the jealousy factor and that it does take away from the relationship and slowly kills it. A little jealousy can be interesting for the relationship but too much and too often just tears away at it. Glad Tina understands what Bette is feeling and why but they both must learn to not get all bogged down with it. Hope Bette now knows that she has not shown the slightest interest in Tina’s job and that she must start doing so and cut the jealousy. I think that Caitlyn has understood why Bette did not know that she and Tina were friends, I just hope that Bette figures it out and puts a stop to her behavior. Tina is devastatingly beautiful and yes people will hit on her, just because and Bette needs to remember who she comes home to every night and can’t wait to get in bed with when she gets home. Just hope Bette did not witness the interaction at the bar. Hope they meet up soon and Bette needs to apologize at once and beg all kinds of forgiveness. Great update, loved it.