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Summer Vacation. Chapter 31
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Lottie looked up, seeing what she was doing,
“I felt *so* guilty,” she continued, “I remember Tee coming home just a few minutes later and I had her in my arms with a bump the size of an egg rapidly appearing on the top of her head,”
“What did Tina say?” Lottie asked,
“She just laughed … by then ‘I’ was crying more than Angie was,” she paused, studying Lottie’s face to see if it was working, “and it was just a bump, like I said, kids get bumps and scrapes …”
“A bump is a bit better than a broken arm … you heard what Kit said,”
Bette took a deep breath, “Yes, and you have to understand that right now … that wasn’t about you, or Angie,”
Lottie frowned, puzzled,
Bette sat forwards, her hands wrung in front of her and her head dipped in quiet contemplation, as she waited for Lottie’s understanding to catch up with her,
“It was about David,” said Lottie, quietly and suddenly,
Bette nodded, her eyes watering,
“Bette, I’m sorry …”
Bette nodded again, accepting the hug that Lottie offered her, “Not just David,” she added, choked, “but everything, losing David feels like payback to her, for all the mistakes, and she’s scared,”
Lottie squeezed her harder,
“Except we all know that there’s just some things you can’t prevent from happening,” Bette continued, her hand smoothing the back of Lottie’s hair as she pulled away, “are you cold?”
Lottie shook her head, “No … but,” she stopped, rethinking her words,
“What?”
Lottie frowned, wrinkling up her nose, the comment she’d been about to make had the potential to make them both cry,
“It reminds me of Mom,” she said softly, watching as Bette’s momentary concern ebbed away, “wrapping me up in a blanket and making everything ok, it’s comforting I suppose,”
Bette smiled and pulled her close again, realising, perhaps for the first time, that the mysterious wall between them had finally been broken down,
They sat in silence together for a good while longer, neither one speaking. Lottie shuffled closer, allowing Bette to share the other half of the blanket she’d wrapped herself up in. And oddly, Bette thought, she was right, although the air was warm and the sky still glowing from the dipping haze of the sun it felt comforting to be so safely protected from the elements.
Bette felt herself growing philosophical, thinking back over the short time they’d known each other, not even months, just weeks really, and weeks which were blighted by family dramas and revelations and the unveiling of secrets which always had the potential to drive them further apart. They came from different worlds, Bette from a household that was dominated by her father and her sister, the two of them constantly at war around the already gaping hole that was left there by her mother. Lottie’s world was equally abyss like, and yet privileged and upper class and remarkably lonely sounding.
Despite everything she had, Lottie had still sought her out, which made Bette believe more and more each day that the thing she came looking for had very little to do with the money.
“Lottie,”
“Uh huh?”
“Helena mentioned that your dad called,”
Lottie looked a little shameful, and surprised too that in the commotion of the day Helena had found the time to bring that up,
“She did?”
Bette nodded,
“He’s a bit pissed off,” she admitted, “he’s kind of demanding to know where I am and what I’m doing,”
Bette stayed silent for a moment,
“He’s just being a ‘dad’ is all,” Lottie continued, accepting to herself that her father was probably genuinely concerned,
“What ‘are’ you doing?” Bette asked,
She was; rediscovering her family, getting the support she needed, or building broken bridges perhaps? Was she searching for some kind of direction, or was Bette supposed to be the one who would tell her what it had all been for?
“I’m …”
It didn’t have a description really; she was just home.
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I CAN believe you made it to 31 chapters. This story is an excellent read! I love how you have locked together Bette and Lottie’s connection here. Kit still has some demons that come out to play…I hope that she is able to heal in time, and I’m sure all of her family will be there to support her through it. Glad Angie’s going to be ok. You write them all so brilliantly. Thanks for the excellent post Sofa. Can’t wait for chapter 32!
Glad B&T didn’t get upset with Lottie. Have kids, have accidents. My son has chipped his teeth skateboarding, busted his head on someone’s teeth playing basketball and banged himself up just jumping down steps in the house. At some point you accept that kids get banged up unless you put them in a protective bubble. Kit needs to come to term with her guilt over her past and poor mothering skills. The past is just that, the past. It doesn’t lessen how she felt about David. She is a different person and now that she has Che, she can make up for her mistakes, but still let Che be a kid. Guess Lottie really knows what being part of a family is really like after this incident. Thanks for the update.
You made my night! I feel spoiled with the consecutive posts! I think it’s only a mtter of time before Lottie’s dad comes down there and then it will be “interesting” with Bette! Post soon!
I’m glad Bette was gently with Lottie she is gradually finding out what it’s like to have a loving family to depend on.
It keeps getting better and better. Helena throwing rocks at the window was classic. What will Lottie have to do to pay Alice back? I’m sure it will be quite interesting. I love the way you are developing the Bette/Lottie story line its so sweet. I can’t wait for the next one. PPS
That was so well done!!!!!! Tears in my eyes for Kit; it is hard to live thinking ‘if only’ but as u said ‘stuff happens’ and we can’t protect everyone we love from life. It’s dangerous. PPS
Lottie is looking for what all of us want from someone whether it is our lover/wife or our parents and that is unconditional love. Neither Bette or Lottie received that while growing up. Bette really only received that with Tina and now she shows that towards Angie, Tina and all those around her that she calls her family. Lottie has just now begun to feel that love and it is coming from Bette and the others. That is what family is all about.
awwww, poor kit. i like the way you’ve handled her worries…i think its ultra realistic and honest. i also like what’s developing between helena and alice…and as i always say, plot, pacing, dialogue, all really wonderful…i can picture the worlds you write, and thats realy really cool for a writer to be able to give us that. and yeah, the themes running throughout are…whats the word…poignant? layered? uhhh…well i really connect with them. the work that lottie does to create family, especially in the times we live in, really really resonates. i’d love to see more of her, and more of the rest, and more of a happy and healthy functionining tibette (gasp, i did say that, didn’t i!) well you write them wonderfully babe, so thats why i like them;)
hmmm…just re-read this…are you going to make lottie hook it up with tom? is jo ever going to stop clubbing and come hang out with lotti? i want you to write the next chapter…forget work tomorrow, this is more important! *taps fingers impatiently on keyboard* ok sweets, i’ll wait…but i won’t be patient about it…hehe
Sofa, I am so locked in to your stories. I’ve even re-read a few over the last few weeks, they are just that good. It allows the escape, fantasy, pride, etc that I think the ladies who created the L-Word have strived for but just can’t seem to deliver. But you’ve got it ten times over, and over, and over…LOL. You spoil us. Here’s hoping you continue to do so!! And soon!
Good chapter. Poor Kit and glad Angie are ok, like that way Bette with Lottie!
Welp, I got that completely wrong… Auntie Kit’s “cooler head” went AWOL. But it’s understandable. Good on Bette for being sensible. And yay for her and Lottie bonding! Now then: Al & Hels… You’ve gone there! Ace! Muchas gracias for the update, sofa. Cheers!
I’m surprised at your lack of influence with Kit, but I’m not so sure I want her advice right now. I think she needs advice and comforting more than Angie or any of them at the moment.