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The Balloon Festival
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“No, Baby. I thought so little of myself.”
“What!”
Tina exhaled.
“I had never been loved by anyone the way you loved…the way you love me.”
Tina slowly corrected the tense of that verb.
“When my grandmother died, I didn’t have anyone to grieve with me. No one else cared about my feelings. How I was feeling. What I was going through. When you tried to connect, I didn’t know how to receive it.”
“So, you treated me like they treated you. Does that seem fair? Did I deserve that? What did I do to deserve to be treated like that?”
“You loved me too much,” Tina said plainly.
“What!”
“You loved me too much and it brought up all the feelings of never having been loved enough in the past.”
“So, it’s my fault? You left me because I loved you too much. I didn’t know there was a love barometer I should have been keeping track of.”
“Baby…”
“No, Tina. None of this makes sense. You broke us because our love was too real. Where the hell do we go from here?”
“I…I don’t know.”
“Do you even love me?”
“With all of my heart.”
Bette stared at Tina blankly.
“I don’t believe you,” Bette said through clenched teeth.
“It’s the truth!” Tina yelled.
“You don’t treat someone you love so carelessly.”
“You’re right,” Tina sighed.
Bette looked at her and exhaled.
“I can’t keep doing this with you. This limbo we’re in. It’s not working for me. I don’t think we should communicate with each other.”
“What!”
Tears rolled down Tina’s cheeks.
“This is too hard, Tina. We’ll talk when you get back to LA.”
“When I get back home.”
Bette looked at her.
“Where is your home?”
“With you.”
“That’s bullshit.”
Tina looked hurt.
“Don’t get all galled and affronted. You did this.”
“You’re right! I did do this. I screwed up. I was a brat. Like I typically am.”
Bette blinked rapidly.
“I was careless with your heart. I’m done telling you how sorry I am. Now, I’m going to show you. If you want to wait until I get back home, then we will wait. If I have to rent an apartment when I get back, I will rent an apartment. I know I left. I know what I did was hurtful.”
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Wow wow wow!!!! What a chapter!!!!
It started out so positive and gave me hope, hope that thanks to this day they were one step closer to rebuilding their relationship but by the end of the chapter I was in tears and I could literally feel the pain of Bette in particular. She was harsh in her words but it was really what Tina needed to hear, the hard cold truth what her behavior and leaving Bette did. Bette’s words that Tina loves her but doesn’t feel that, ouch!!!
Tina seemed to understand what her leaving Bette had done before this talk but she didn’t seem to feel the real impact, what it did to Bette emotionally.
How can you tell someone that you are leaving her because they loved you too much. I sincerely hope that Tina finally understands that saying sorry and I love you is not enough but that she needs to show it in action.
And I fell in love with AJ, what an incredibly cute and sweet kid, love at first sight between him and Bette. Tina is only now realizing how good a mother Bette can be, although she already knew that from the flashback she had earlier. But that she didn’t see herself that Bette also had a lot of grief and pain after the miscarriage and only realized that after Kit and Alice told her, I can somewhat understand because she had the miscarriage but it was also Bette’s baby, it feels a bit double, I think Tina, as she says herself, is a spoiled brat that took Bette for granted, at a certain point she didn’t even see the small things that Bette did for her and their relationship.
I notice that I find it difficult to like this Tina. She’s trying really hard and I hope she really knows how to win Bette back, but you can try too hard. She has to give Bette time and space and stay in therapy because she really has to learn that not everything goes the way she wants.
I am a Tibetter at heart, so I fervently hope that they will find their way back to each other.
I am a big fan of this story, hope to read another chapter soon!!!
Thank you so much. I’m glad you’re a big fan. It’s been fun to write and to really explore both of their points of view. Don’t give up on Tina just yet. I think she may surprise you in the coming chapters.
Yes, it did start out positive. But relationships are messy. Especially when you have a love like Bette and Tina. It gets a little messy. And they are in the crux of the mess.
Isn’t AJ the best. So sweet. I love the relationship between Bette and AJ. So important to see Bette so gentle and loving.
They are going to have to talk about Bette’s grief before they can move forward. And that’s gonna be a doozy!
Thanks for reading!
Damn, Im crying now. Okay, damn you Tina, you broke your forever love. You better buy a gallon of superglue and get to sticking!What a great chapter! I can’t read it again tonight. PPS
Lol. A gallon of superglue. Yes. I’m glad you’re enjoying it.
WOW what a great Chapter, thank you.
SG
Glad you enjoyed it!!
I am a Tibetter since TLW Season 1 and a great fan of this story. It’s been a month since your last chapter, eagerly awaiting for your next chapter…