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Not Enough Caffeine
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“Shane.”
Not a question. A request. One that Shane was not ready to accept. Not at the unreasonable hour of ten or whatever it was in the morning. Not before she downed the triple-shot espresso on the table in front of her. “Huh.”
“Shane.”
In an effort to reply with coherent word-like syllables, Shane picked up her coffee and directed it towards her mouth. Not that there was a high degree of completion expected, but she did manage to get in a few sips.
Bette seated herself at Shane’s table, clearly missing any indication that conversation might be difficult. “We need to talk.”
“We do?”
Whatever was on Bette’s mind was bound to come out, invited or not.
Shane settled for putting her nose over the cup, hoping that she might absorb caffeine from the fumes, if nothing else. After all, the aroma might help. “About what?”
“Why did you let Tina get so fucked up last night?”
“Excuse me?”
“Tina. At your house.” Bette set her bag down. “She was too fucked up to drive home. My tenth time being awoken last night came when Jodi was putting her to bed on the couch.”
This conversation was so not going to go away no matter how many times Shane might close her eyes and wish for an empty table when she opened them. Almost empty; the coffee was welcome to stay. “That was nice of Jodi.”
“That’s not the point, Shane.” Bette did not appear as if she was going to move until she got an answer.
“It was a party.” Obvious. “People enjoyed themselves.”
“I’m disappointed.”
So what was new? This time, though, Shane had no doubt that her friend’s concerns were misplaced. “Look, Bette, whatever’s going on between you and Tina, maybe you should talk to Tina.”
Bette crossed her arms, holding them tight against her body. “There’s nothing going on between Tina and me.”
“Right.”
“Did Tina say something was going on?”
Shane caught the almost-camouflaged defensive tone in Bette’s words. “Bette.”
“What? You can tell me.”
“She didn’t say anything.” Shane managed a sip of her coffee. “She didn’t have to.”
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Don’t you hate when the page breaks like this? This was very real, Pseud. I could see it happening just like that. And yeah, when it comes to eye-fucking,they do it the best, don’t they? Thanks!
Yoda knows all sees all and still manages to bring the drama to her own skinny ass. Thanks for a great response to last night. Who will Tina talk to?
I;m hoping that Tina talks to Bette, Like I said when Bette told Tina she was in love with Jodie ,that was a good excuse to get drunk,to try and drown her feeling for Bette. Eye=fucking that is a good one. thanks
I so sympathize with Shane. I gave up caffeine last July because it had progressed to hard core addiction. Eye-fucking. Great phrase. Oh Bette you’re so damn worried about what other people think, you’ve forgotten to worry about how you feel. Thanks Pseud!
there’s never enough caffeine LOL thanks, i like your little snipets from s5
Never enough caffeine indeed to keep up with these two women.
Excellent dialogue!!!! I could totally see them…in fact I could almost smell Shane’s coffee!! Thanks!
So good.
Bette has a PhD in misplaced anger. Enjoyed the post as always.
What a fantastic chapter, Pseud! We absolutely LOVED it! The scenes you described were just very real. Thanks. Sincerely, Lucero & Marsha – Your fans from Mexico City
LMAO@ Madcapper! “Bette has a PhD in misplaced anger.” Brilliant. Pseud, these vignettes are so awesome. Thanks!
did u hit the wrong keys at the end or r u just a tease? get on with it……….i’ll wait.
There are days when there isn’t enough caffine; I remember a few
There are days when there isn’t enough caffine; I remember a few
Hey Pseud, Thank you for this wonderfully written story. These little vinigettes are perfect self contained moments of time. Am loving them all. Many thanks for adding your spin on these recent events. How typical that Shane is the one to call Bette on her eye-fucking Tina every time they are in the same room. Awesome!!! More please. Many thanks from Your Loyal Fan.
it’s about time someone called bette on her ‘looks” when she sees tina! bowing to yoda,lol still wanna hear tina’s side??? she must have one hell of hangover…:)
loved how you brought our bettes hoping no one notices the eye fucking. thx
Remarkably my internet has permitted me to read your story. Was Bette Cleopatra in another life? Cause she sure has spent a lot of time in de Nile. Must be hard work for such an intelligent woman to blind herself to the obvious. She’s built great big walls to hide herself from a great big hurt. Even Oedipus wasn’t that blind after that unfortunate needle to the eyes thing. However, I don’t think Bette’s problem is an Oedipus complex.