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Strictly Roommates – Chapter 9
“If it’s okay, I’d rather come home with you.”
“Of course,” Bette said, opening the car door for Tina. She walked around to the driver’s side and slid in to her own seat.
Once they were on the road, Tina cleared her throat.
“It’s not really work, is it?”
Bette’s shoulders slumped a little in what she interpreted as defeat.
“No,” she admitted.
“Talk to me,” Tina said softly, placing her hand over Bette’s on the console. Bette looked down at their hands before returning her eyes to the road.
“I love Alice,” Bette said with genuine conviction. “I love her, I just sometimes wish that she would consider the impact that her words might have.”
Tina just nodded in understanding, running her fingers reassuringly over the back of Bette’s hand.
“There were women, I won’t deny that. But I was never that predatory or unfeeling. Indifferent, maybe. But not unfeeling. I’m not the monster that she painted me as,” Bette said, glancing over long enough for Tina to see the pain in her eyes.
“I would never think that about you, Bette. You’ve already mentioned your past to me and it doesn’t change my opinion of you in the slightest. Nothing you’ve done could change my opinion of you.”
The women were silent for a moment – Tina wishing she could soothe the hurt; Bette wishing to be soothed.
Bette pulled into the driveway and they sat for a minute, still belted into their seats.
“I guess we really should talk about house rules though, huh?” Bette asked quietly. Tina turned a bit in her seat so that she was facing her housemate.
“Bette, I would never set rules for you in your own home.”
“But it’s our home now, Tina. And I want you us to be honest about what we expect from each other.”
Tina rested her temple on the headrest and contemplated this.
“I would never tell you that couldn’t bring a woman here,” she said finally. Even though she desperately wanted to avoid seeing Bette in their house with another woman, she knew that she could never ask that of her.
“Well if I can bring women here, so can you,” Bette said.
“Okay,” Tina answered, pursing her lips together in what she hoped looked like a smile.
“Okay.”
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(51 votes, average: 3.45 out of 5)
eek….tsk tsk tsk…I love Alice regardless. She’s always a good catalyst :D I love the story btw. Keep em’ coming?
Why bring other women into the house? There’s two of you there already. That should be enough. :) I love this story. Thanks for sharing it with us. :)
Ah! Three’s company! Rules are made to be broken! Jealousy may just prove to be the catalyst they need. :-) I like how you describe the evolution of their friendship and feelings. Great story, thank you atlasundone!
Two’s company and three’s or four’s a committee.
There’s already two women in the house already! LOL Loving this story. Please post soon.
God Alice with her bad mouth lol!
I agree completely with bombasticbully lol. I’m curious as how the crowd at Milk won’t react only on Bette but also Tina, she’s the “fresh meat” after all. Btw, I only used that term for a lack of better words ;)
ummmmmmm nooooo girls, no other women apart yourself please? Come on talk. Alice Alice Alice the best pmsl. She is just great lol. always pushing Bette button lol. PPVS
What no…no bringing other women into the house? Thank you for this story – and waiting to see how it progresses with those 2. :)
wow…that alice huh? maybe milk will help them see what they have at home. thanks for posting.
hmmmm Milk should be very interesting! who’s coming home with whom?
ohhhhhhh, don’t end the conversation there…pls continue…
I really do want to slap Alice a lot in fanfic land. A LOT. Milk should be interesting. PPS!
For some reason, I don’t think either of them will be brining other women home. At least, I *hope* not… Nice update, thanks atlas. :)
to bad they both don’t hear what the other is thinking… loving this… maybe at milk they will get together… who knows…ppps
Ok this is really good this will push them once they see each other with someone else bingo especially bette she does not do good in hiding the jealousy at all…Tina can hide better…so this is good YEP !!!
Story is getting good. Looking forward to more.
they already have each other, why do they ned anyone else? LOL Alice should really think before speaking sometimes or at least learn to read her friends like Shane does…Milk should be very interesting
house rules??? and if bette could bring home a girl, tina could do the same??? oh no…this would definitely take a while before someone breaks…hope it is soon, though… ;)
Oh that’s right – I meant three’s a crowd. Ha!
am i the only one who loves alice?xD PPS iluvit