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Sun Salutations: Chapter 30 “A Lifetime”
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?Here?let me help you with that Bette.?
Tina?s previously hit & run flattened heart broke at the sight of her girlfriend. With all of the bickering between them earlier, Bette was trying to do what she needed to do in order to keep moving forward in her life. How Tina admired this woman.
Tina took the tear dampened photo and box in one hand. She extended her other to Bette and slowly led her inside the house. Once inside, Tina pulled the sad, beautiful woman into her for a long, meaningful hug.
?I know I?m pretty stinky baby so don?t inhale too much. I want you to know that I?m here for you Bette. For as long as you want me to be. I understand if you want me to leave, just tell me and I will.? After several minutes, Tina released her hold on Bette only to have her girlfriend tighten her grip and hold Tina as close as she could. ?I?m so glad to see you. Please hold me T. I just need you to hold me.? Tears stained Tina?s dry fit tank but she didn?t care.
Bette finally loosened her hold and stepped back. Her entire face was red and she could feel the deep color spreading. ?Tina, I?m sorry about earlier today. I didn?t mean to be such an asshole and say the things I did. It?s just?well, everything you said was so true & I wasn?t prepared to hear it.? Her voice broke as she noticed Tina?s unending stream of tears. ?Tina, I love you so much. Please forgive me for behaving as though I don?t.?
?It?s done Bette. I?m sorry too.? A weak smile crept onto Tina?s face before quickly leaving. ?I played a part in getting us here and I?m really sorry.?
?I?m scared T.? Bette sniffled. The uncertainty in her voice startled Tina. She had never heard Bette sound so unsure of herself. ?I don?t know how to let go of the past when a part of me still wants to hold on to it a little. How do I do that??
Tina cleared her throat because all she really wanted to do was cry harder at the sound of Bette?s trembling voice. ?Well, I think you can hold on to all of the good Bette. All of the happiness, smiles and good times are yours forever. It?s the bad that needs to go?that must go. You have to find a way that works for you to be at peace with yourself. Bette, we can get help if we need to okay? Just know that we?re going to get through this.? Tina encouraged with a small smile. Bette was so fragile and vulnerable that it was hard for the yoga instructor to believe this was the same person that all but killed her just hours earlier.
?Will you promise me something Tina??
?Just name it.?
?Promise me that if you ever leave me, you?ll be kind enough to tell me you?re leaving and not disappear into thin air. You won?t just go to work one day and not come home.? Bette?s voice became even quieter. Softer even, if that was possible. ?I know you?re probably going to say you?ll never leave, but I just need you to promise me that.?
Tina found the eyes she adored and seriously stated. ?I promise Bette.?
?Thank you. And Tina, I promise to stop running away when things don?t go my way. You always seem to face everything head-on and I need to learn how to do the same.?
?That sounds wonderful Bette.?
A bright display of sparkly white teeth were a sight for Tina?s sore eyes as Bette?s perfect smile illuminated the dark room.
?I love you for a lifetime Tina.?
?And I love you more.?
It wasn?t until now that Tina realized she should no longer avoid talking to Bette about the future. Right there amidst the relics and ruins of a previous relationship were hopeful promises of a bright future together. The couple held onto each other tightly for what seemed like hours?days? weeks. Delicate kisses transformed into deeper, more meaningful ones. They didn?t originate from want or passion, but from support, comfort, love and trust. In just a few minutes time, Tina must have told Bette she loved her over a thousand times. Bette?s heart had no choice but to believe her. And that, it did.
TBC
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Thankyou, I love that you give us enough to fill us up til next time…to many writers leave us hungry for more. Now don’t even think about ending this story here or ever really, and I must say, you are so a flirt…I swear you tell every commenter they are special…and here I thought I was your one and only…a Tina are we???…Thankyou, pls post soon and more lot’s more!!!
Oh jesus, this was a great chapter! Thank god for fanfic, ’cause the show isn’t doing anything for me right now.
okay…read it, loved it, re-read it, loved it even more (you couldn’t help but sneak in that addicting Angus song right into the chapter, don’t you? LOL) what can i say….i don’t want this story to end and i want to read it for my lifetime…albeit my lifetime will be short since i’m almost at my 80th birth day (and yes, potato nose and a wart…it’s truly me), but as long as i have your story to entertain me, to enthrall me, to make me cry and to make me laugh – the remaining 5 years of my life seems like a wonderful time
Absolutely brilliant! You are so talented that it is pure pleasure to read for me to read your stories. You said that I am your muse (I am sure that you meant all your readers) but that can’t be true. The words and thoughts just flow from your core in an effortless manner. I hope that you’re sending a sample of your writing to the fanisode competition on the Showtime site. Pretty please Greenie.
whats cookin good lookin? why is it that wenever i c u post i get a goofy grin!! u rock so much!! always waitin for ur next luv..have an excellent weekend
Greentea you are the master and I bow down at your yogi feet. What a wonderful chapter. You deliver the emotion, the drama, wonderful dialogue, it’s insightful and passionate, has humor, warmth, pain and promise, thanks for sharing it with us.
Greentea, you’ve done it again…you left me completely speechless. I can’t even begin to describe how touched I was by this chapter. The reason I got so interested in this story in the first place (besides the fact that it’s so beautifully written)is because I’ve been through the same thing Bette has…so all through this story I kept wondering about Bette’s feelings and when she would finally deal with her past. T is so right…she has to deal with these feelings and no longer supress them, she has to work on letting go of this anger and only then can she find true happiness so that they can work on their future together. This really proves how much she loves Bette …oh and she’s also very brave, when she started talking to B about Ziggy I stopped breathing…soooo strange…I never thought that I would ever read a chapter in a fanfic about B&T and yet have the feeling that I’m reliving my own past. Anyway, don’t know if what i’ve just wrote even makes sence, but it will make sence to my very own “Tina” ;)
That was so beautiful and wonderous in its intensity. It was like a kaleidoscope of emotions. For you to see the path to your future, you must turn around and put your past behind you. It’s alright to take a glance over the shoulder every now and then at what once was, but you focus and your feet should remain forward. Tina started Bette in her journey to a loving future, now Bette has to learn to take the first steps towards that destination. It will be difficult, but with love and support it will be possible. Thanks for this wonderful and lovely update. Please continue.
I’ve told you before, but I just wanted to say again that this is one of my favorite fan fiction stories. Thanks for posting!
“Tina quickly melted into the floor beneath her. Bette didn’t notice her disappearance and continued speaking.” The emotional portraits that you paint are so vivid. I love the way you don’t miss a detail. Your skillfully crafted phrases and depictions of expressions and body language cause us to experience your story on a whole other level. Wonderful. I know you are wrapping this one up, but I sincerely hope you will continue to share your gift with us.
Greenie….so loved this chapter. Thanks for sharing your insight and your remarkable writing skills. I think you would be an awesome person to know. Carry on with your wonderful stories. They certainly are better than what IC has to offer.
GreenTea, lovely as always. Thanks for continuing the story.
I’m so loving this… your writing is amazing and the story… I just can’t get enough!
It’s mind-boggling that your story gets more incredible with every chapter! Kudos to Tina & Bette’s bravery. It’s nice to see them try so hard for eachother. yay!
I love your story. Reading it takes me to a place of calm. I can’t wait for the next chapter to relax, relate, and release.
aaahh green, you are so amazing. I have learned so much about character development from your style. I am so glad for these two. and bette really does need to start to let the anger go. will we meet Ziggy? that might be interesting….hmmmm
Hey Green!!! How can i thank you for this wonderful journey you have taken us on i will be so sad to see it end. I hope in the future you will grace us with another story and hold out maybe there will be a chance for our girls to get it right in season 4!!!!!!!
You do love the drama don’t you? I love it when you write these two fighting because it’s usually followed by them having great make-up sex. Why didn’t we get any with this chappy Greenie? You’re killing me :-) But I”ll forgive you because you had Bette eating oreos in this one. BTW, the office door has a lock. Its come in handy more than once *flashes smile*, and no, its not what you think…get your mind back on the curb. I’ll answer your PM as soon as I can get to my windows based work machine….the PM’s don’t work with my Macs. Oh, have I said how sad I am to see this story coming to an end? Well I am. You just have to write us another one.
a resounding brava! so much of what you have written in these three installments have given me much food for personal thought. These chapters are so thoughtfully written it’s alittle mind blowing.
Lovely, simply lovely- you’ve shown why we all fell in love with Tina/Bette from the start. Sadly it’s exactly what’s missing from the show. Thank goodness we can count on you. Please continue…
You know, I went away to see a friend for three days and when I couldn’t get a wirless Internet connection I decided to cut the trip down to two days and get my ass home. A sista needs her fan fiction! So to see a Sun Salutations chapter took away the guilt from bolting with my laptop from my friend’s place. What’s unfuckingbelievable is your writing, Greentea! I am praying that when you end this story you’ll start another and not disappear into thin air. I’m off to train capoeira (a martial art) with a renewed sense of peace now. Hollaback with your superb writing when you can.
Hey Baby Doll,What a fantastic and fabulous finale to this trio! You have opened the gamut of emotions with this concluding section and show both Tina and Bette as raw and damaged individuals. Only but admitting too our worst fears can we ever hope to overcome them. Tina knows this and has finally pushed Bette into acknowledging and disclosing her own ones. This will solidify their union as being vulnerable and honest is such a turn on. Funny how being ‘weak’ is really having the strength and openness to show yourself completely unveiled to another. Again you have beautifully captured all of the natural sentiments with your words and phases. You breathe life and heart into Bette and Tina, and are not afraid to show all of life’s cruelty and hurt. Thankfully this is perfectly balanced with the joy and ecstasy that is being completely in love with another person. Your style and flair carry me through this journey and provide much of the pleasure and enjoyment. As always, I can’t wait for your next chapter so please post soon. Thank you again for this tantalizing and tremendous tale. This site will be a less inviting place to visit when this story is complete but I hope and pray that your imagination and desire to write and create will demand another fan fiction. Your Loyal Fan.
That was indeed a emotional rollercoaster ride – one hell of a chapter….amazing, wonderful, sad and so full of love….and what is this about “wrapping up”, no way Greenie – I won’t allow it!!! Don’t make me mention “the promise” again LOL….
Hey girl that was amazing. I hope you never get tired of us telling you how wonderful your writing is. It takes such strenght to look at fear square on and these two together definately have that strenght. Thanks for showing us.
OMG….that was a beautiful ending to the chapter…….I´m already blacked out of lack of oxzygen so can you please sent Tina around :O)……..god love your story and can´t wait for the next update to come. Post soon
This is awesome!
“Fucking Amazing” that is what you are!!! Thank you for this story…you give us all hope. Hold on for S4 baby…I think that B & T will be back together then.
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh, that was a wonderful installment. The strength and courage of your Bette and Tina is wonderful. Greentea, this journey has been smart, funny, silly, mature, tumultuous, dramatic, sexy and joyful. Thank you for this gift. Although I know that this story must wrap up, I hope that you will see fit in the not so distant future to grace us with another sampling of your writing and storytelling skills.
That was…well that was just amazeing i loved it…i know this story will come to a natural end and thats ok as long as long as you come back with another???this one will always be special tho! it has the drama the soul searching, the love and tenderness not to mention how unbelievably hot and sexy it can get..lol i guess you could say im a fan!!lol thanks hun !
forever ended today that is how long u took and then you try to kill me by makeing stop breathing haf way thur but u give me cpr towards the end!!!!!!!!!! my heart can’t take it
This chapter, as all your chapters are, was absolutely glorious!! And, although I will be sad to see this story end…I hope that you won’t end it until you have another story ready to start at the same time! LOL Can’t help it, love your writing style and your ability to tell a good story. Thanks!!
After reading all the crap that’s coming up on The L Word, I just couldn’t bring myself to read fanfiction. Then your name popped up and I knew I had to read. Thankyou for giving my tibette heart a little hope. Please don’t disappear when this story comes to a close.
Hussy!
…soooo, Azmama is your muse now, is she? I am hurt! This is why I skip directly down to my personally labeled feedback and block out the rest. And I guess you call everyone else baby too?
…a wonderful writing one, though! …Giving you the ‘erotica’ award was just a convenience. You could have taken any number of the others, your writing has so many facdts and strengths. Thank you for doing this for us.
“All is Fair in Love’ or was it a TG original or neither?”…I was feelin’ and listening to Stevie that night. I think Pancha got ‘Lately’ that night too. Most of the lyrics come from memory or the CD, but I’ll doublecheck with http://www.oldielyrics.com if necessary, good site!…I turned each page of this chapter with trepidation. You had me hangin’, GT! A lifetime? Was it going to be with or without Tina Kennard? It was hard to tell which was it was going to go right up until the end. So, HP is permanently off the scene? Was she the ‘season’? I’ll miss her. A good adversary is hard to find. However, Tina might find a more challenging opponent in the return of Ziggy. The past presents many challenges, as we have seen from this fic. I wonder if my girl are girding her loins for the coming battle. And how does Alice figure in this? I know there is no wasted action or motivation in your work, so I will take the intervening time to gather myself for the next drama. This was a wonderful exercise in humility on both their parts. I feel the love between them! … Glad you’re back. I was gettin’ my ‘beggin’ song’ ready for ya! “I’m gonna knock on your door, tap on your window pane…” Aretha, for sure. Always…
The more I read the quote you have from Michelle Ventor, the more I love it: “People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.” The choices we make do indeed lead us down different paths in life, even though we can’t see very far ahead most of the time. But we always have a choice. For Tina, it’s “treading lightly” around Bette’s past or facing the difficulty head on. It’s the realization of how important Bette is to her that she has to point out the fact that Bette needs to let go of bad memories of the past in order to move forward and truly be happy in her future, so that they can have chance at a lifetime together. For Bette, her choices were keep running from her past or stand and face the music. Even though she fled when confronted with the truth in Tina’s words and questions, she did start to think about it and deal with it once she went back to her own place. She realizes the truth in Tina’s words and that she loves Tina a lifetime. She knows that she has to let go and move on. As long as they make the journey together, they will be able to face whatever fate throws at them. It’s time to say goodbye to the anger and hello to a bright, loving future with T. Have I told you how absolutely beautiful your writing is?! I will be sad to see this journey come to an end. I hope you will continue with your writing or else I will be having greentea withdrawal. Thank you for sharing your writing with us.
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i am so bad…i haven’t read this chapter yet, but based on your comment i got scared and went straight to the end to see what’s there…i couldn’t help it…now i can breathe, brew me some green tea (enough for you babe so we can have a tea party) and now i’m calm and relaxed and going to read it from the beginning…brb
That was one rollercoaster ride! Eloquent words of love and then some angst and right back to love. A perfect chapter for a perfect lovestory.
Ahh so sweet. They definitely need a good therapist to move beyond the zig. you so smart, thinking of every detail for your true dat story :) “And I love you more.” Teatea that’s said to me and it drives me nuts, I feel outdone..I just need to get over myself, right? As always you deliver an amazing insight to relationships and I love it all. Thank you Beautiful :)
Oh no, no, noooo!!! This is starting to feel like closure, and I am not sure I like it… But I sure liked your posting! (except for poor Helena) ;-) Will you start another story soon? Pwetty pwease??? In any case one big THANK YOU for this story. I am enjoying it very much.
When I was working on The Color Purple, Quincy Jones said to me, ‘Your future is so bright it burns my eyes.’ I feel the same way about you, Greentea!Superb! By the time I finished the last sentence of this story, I felt as if I had walked with Bette and Tina through every step of their lives. I learned early on in life and it is so true – there is a season and a time and a purpose to everyone who comes into our lives! You have to come on my new XM Radio show! The only caveat is, I frown on being called ‘baby’ on air…have your people call my people! Great!
“Please baby, pleasebaby, please baby, baby baby please!”