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Starting Over (32)
“What do you think? Should we let him in?”
Ellie made a face and smiled.
“Oh, I guess so.”
Joe smiled as he entered the room and walked to the coffee machine and poured himself a cup of coffee.
“Well I guess I’ll take that as an invitation to join you.”
The ladies giggled and took their seats. Tina looked over at Joe.
“So how’s your schedule this week?”
Joe came over to the table and sat down before he responded.
“Well I have a pretty easy load between now and Christmas, but I should probably show up this afternoon for a few meetings. How about you?”
“Well I’m off today but I have to be back in full swing tomorrow. We have that fundraiser on Christmas Eve, but then I’m off for two whole weeks.”
Joe smiled. “Well, I guess you two will have to figure something out to do today, then.”
Joe took a moment and then continued.
“Ellie your Mom and I were thinking that with her working you will probably need a car. Do you think you would like us to rent one or do you think you’d like to have your own wheels at school?”
Ellie looked at her parents.
“Really?”
Joe and Tina smiled at Ellie and Tina spoke.
“Yeah, your Dad and I talked about it after you left. It’s really hard in LA without a car and we have been planning on getting you a car for Christmas but we thought you’d probably like to pick it out yourself. So what do you think?”
“I think it sounds amazing.”
Joe smiled at his daughter.
“So how about you and your Mom spend the day together and then tomorrow we can go car shopping and maybe you can help me out with my Christmas shopping?”
Ellie looked at her parents and looked down at her coffee mug before she spoke.
“So like…um…does Dad still live here?”
Tina quickly responded.
“Sweetie, your dad moved into a beautiful condo on the golf course, but we really want to try and spend as much time with you and together as a family as we can. We are really trying to do this in the best way possible.”
Joe joined in.
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Omg…it’s out there now. Ellie better act right about this. She’s a very lucky kid. I hope she doesn’t give Tina shit about her life.
Oh no, Tina should not have told Ellie about Bette this soon. She doesn’t owe Ellie an explanation and it should have been put off for awhile. Ellie and her emotions are too raw right now to have a good reaction about this news. Just my opinion, after all this is your story and you know where you are going with it. Can hardly wait for Ellie’s reaction. Hope it’s a good one. Otherwise, Tina will look like a crazy woman and Joe will look like a saint. Thanks for posting.
God I hope you have your next post ready – it´s so not nice to let us hang. It´s such a great story. Thanks. But no cliffs.
I saw how Tina was trying to get a feel if Ellie had come to terms with the break up and all. Maybe she felt Ellie was ready, I’ll wait for the reaction. Thanks for the great post.
So good. What a pleasure to read. I can’t wait for the next chapter when Ellie picks her jaw up off the floor. PPVS.
AGH!… I think you are missing the next page of this???PPS thanks!!
You can’t stop it there….get back to writing!
OMG THAT WAS TOUGH I BET….CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT POST….THANKS
Well, Ellie had made a quite possitive comment about her mother working in WeHo, so let’ s hope that she is not totally unfamiliar with the scene. And, she admires Bette! Of course people react when something as “different” as that happens to their family-or their mother!- but we keep our fingers crossed and hope you will let us know soon!
OH GOD THE SUSPENSE!!!! AHHHHH! Great post! I’m glad she fully explained to Ellie everything. Ellie deserved it and hopefully she accepts everything and will still be involved with Tina and Bette.
I think that you have Tina handling it very well. As far a timely, it is very natural to be curious, so I actually expected her Ellie to have asked that previous evening. Anyone, in Tina’s set of circumstances, would be scared to death to tell their daughter that she was in love with a woman and not her father. And as open as I think this Tina is she most likely raised her daughter to be some what open minded. But when it’s your own mother it could be a little bit of a challendge to deal with. I think ultimately children want to see their parents happy. But Ellie already thought Tina was happy. This is still my favorite current story. Can hardly wait for an update.
Well, I don’t think Bette’s gender is going to be a problem. Hopefully Ellie doesn’t think that somehow, despite what Tina said about her heart aching, Joe’s cheating “turned” her mother, or that Bette broke up her family. Her idea of what her family and parents’ marriage was has all turned out to be a lot different in reality. It’s a lot to take in, but her parents at least, have always been there for her. Hopefully Ellie has the maturity to just be happy for her mother, that she’s getting something more out of life. Ellie maybe won’t really understand though, until the world stops for her someday. Anyway, great chapter! Thanks for posting, DnA. :)
OH WOW-ITS OUT THERE-NO GOING BACK. FACE UP ELLIE.
A cliff hanger! Please post again soon. Ellie kind of backed Tina into a corner with trying to get more information so that she could understand her parent’s breakup. I kinda think Tina didn’t plan to tell her this soon. Well, Ellie wanted an explanation….let’s just hope she handles it well and accepts Tina’s relationship without giving her a hard time.
Hanging……hanging……hanging! Like Vegas513, it is OUT there for Ellie to chew on. Will she explode or will she be mature and accept that her mother is so happy in this relationship (more than with her dad). Whew…. heavy for a teenager or any age for that matter. Waiting to see what happens…..
Hello D&A, I have just caught up with this fabulous fan fiction. I am loving your take on an older B&T getting together. I do hope Ellie is going to be happy for her Mom. They have both been through so much recently. And just imagine how delighted you would be to have Bette Porter as a Step Mom. Mmmm, just savoring the moment. More of this entaining and exiciting tale. A Fan.
Kill me now lol. I hope Ellie will give them some credit and not act odd.PPVS
Wow! Excellent update. I hope Ellie doesn’t freak out. Thank you :)
Its about to go down! Ah shit