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Tina paused and looked at her daughter. She seemed to be trying really hard to understand. She looked at Tina with questioning eyes and quietly asked.
“Mom, by enough, do you mean sex?”
Tina was taken aback by the direct question, but knew she had to answer the question with tact and honesty.
“Ellie, despite what your father and I shared with you last night, your father and I have always shared a healthy sex life. It’s just…we…it really maybe was that I never felt the world stop…You know?”
“But Mom, you never seemed unhappy. I mean, you guys would kiss each other, not a lot, but enough that you’d know you were a couple. You would even hold hands. Dad would always bring you gifts and he would always do those goofy little things like hold your chair or open a door, you know what I mean. Mom, I don’t even think I have ever heard you two yell or fight.”
Ellie stopped and looked at her mother with eyes pleading for her to respond. Tina smiled reassuringly at her daughter and then quietly answered her concerns.
“Ellie, you’re right, everything you said is true. But Ellie maybe it’s not such a good thing that two people who share a life don’t fight. Think about it. Think about the most important relationships you have. Me, Your Dad, Sarah, Mike, Jill, Robin, and some of the other people you’ve been close to. Honey, you fight sometimes. It’s part of life. When we care about someone a lot we can’t help but get upset sometimes. It’s normal. It’s healthy.”
Tina looked at her daughter before continuing.
“Sweetie, how many times have you been angry at Dad for having to be away?”
Ellie responded quietly.
“A lot”
“Honey, think about it. It’s kind of strange that I was never angry about it. It’s not that I didn’t care…It’s just…oh sweetie, this is hard. It’s just that my heart didn’t ache. I’m sorry for that. I know now that there is more and it just makes everything so clear.”
Tina looked pleadingly at Ellie to see some understanding.
“Ellie am I making any of this clearer?”
“I think so. Mom, what made you realize all this?”
“Honey, I really don’t want to hurt you with all this. I’m sorry.”
Ellie looked at her mother and responded.
“Mom, it’s not easy, but the more you tell me the more I understand… and somehow that seems to be making it easier.”
“Ellie, thank you for trying to understand. I can’t tell you how much it means to me.”
“So tell me what happened to make you realize all this.”
Tina looked down at her hands and spoke with a shaky voice.
“Honey, I met someone and for the first time in my life, the world stopped. I couldn’t stop thinking of this person, I couldn’t stop thinking about, you know, being with this person. Ellie I had never felt that way before. Honey, I’m sorry but I never felt that way about your father. I never even realized that those kind of feelings really existed.”
“So what’s going on with you and this guy? Are you like dating?”
“Baby, we’re in love. We spend all our time together. Ellie, this person feels like…my other half…my destiny…”
Ellie interrupted Tina.
“Mom, don’t you think this has all happened kind of fast?”
“Ellie I’ve thought that like a million times, but at the same time…I can’t bear the thought of not sharing my life with this person.”
“Wow Mom, you have got it bad.”
Tina gave Ellie a weak smile.
“Yeah, sweetie I do.”
Ellie smiled at her mother and took her hands.
“Well I guess I better get used to all this, huh? When do I get to meet your new beau?”
Tina looked down at their hands. A tear slid down her face.
“Honey you’ve already met this person.”
“Really, who is it?”
Tina took a moment to answer. She quietly answered with a cracking voice.
“Sweetie, it’s…it’s Bette … Bette Porter.”
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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