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The Burden of Control – Chapter 10
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Kit:
(watches as Bette fidgets in her chair) Are you ok?
Bette: Well I assumed that she’d be back already. I
mean I had to wait over a week for these results and I figured that she’d have
them ready and waiting.
Kit: Maybe
there was a mix up?
Bette:
Don’t even suggest that. The whole
experience was bad enough. I don’t think I’d be willing to give it another go
if some stupid kid working in a lab switched samples.
Kit: I
didn’t mean it in a bad way. (pauses) Does your back still hurt?
Bette:
(places her hand gently on the lower left side of her back) No, not really.
It’s still bruised. But it doesn’t hurt. Not anymore
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(Ten days
earlier)
Dr.
Harris: Ok, Ms. Porter we’re about to begin.
Bette was
lying on her side on an examination table.
There was a light sheet draped over her, but it did little to warm her
from the cool, clean air entering the examination room from a vent in the
ceiling. Bette felt exposed and vulnerable wearing only a pair of underwear and
a flimsy hospital gown left open in the back. She wasn’t used to feeling so
open and submissive around strangers.
Even Dr. Harris’ low, soothing voice informing her of the procedure did
little to comfort her. There were three
others in the room assisting, their identities hidden behind surgical masks and
scrubs. Medical students, Bette reasoned.
She watched as one of them crossed to a cabinet and pulled a large
syringe from one of the shelves. Bette cringed.
She hated needles and would go as far as to say that she had a fear of
themthat is if her stubborn pride allowed her to admit it. She closed her eyed
and thought back to the incident that had started this irrational fear.
She had just turned six and was about to start 1st
grade. Her father had taken her out for lunch and then told her that he had a
surprise waiting for her at home. But
first they had to make a quick stop over at the pediatrician’s office for a
quick check up so that she could start school. The doctor had listened to her
heart, checked her ears and throat, and had tapped her knees and elbows with a
funny looking hammer. Bette really wasn’t paying attention to what the doctor
was doing or saying to her. She was far too interested in trying to imagine was
her father had bought her. The last gift
Melvin had given her was a beautiful porcelain doll that Bette kept high on her
shelf so that it wouldn’t break. She had
a collection of dolls, most of which were for show and were too expensive to
handle lest they chip or get dirty.
Bette didn’t mind much because she knew that they were tokens of
affection and love. Besides why would
she want to get their hand stitched dresses torn or wrinkled by bringing them
outside? No these dolls were to be
admired and Bette took great care to make sure that all looked their best. She
wondered if perhaps Melvin had gotten her the princess doll that she had asked
for weeks ago. She was so distracted by her thoughts that she never saw the
needle until it was already in her arm.
Jerking away from the sudden pain, Bette inadvertently brought her knee
up and into her doctor’s groin. He had recoiled and stumbled backwards,
releasing his hold on the needle. Bette
stared at the object in shock, still dangling from her skin, before quickly
pulling it out and throwing it across the room in a panic. It took the doctor a few minutes to recover
from the ‘incident’ and both Melvin and a nurse had to restrain Bette so that
he could administer another booster.
Bette had cried through the remainder of the examination, not stopping
until she was safely fastened in the backseat of her father’s car and they had pulled
away. Melvin hadn’t yelled, that just
wasn’t his style. Instead he prattled on about the disappointment her felt in
his youngest daughter. Even at such a
young age, Bette understood that disappointment was far worse than anger in her
father’s eyes. When they arrived home,
Melvin decided to hold onto Bette’s “surprise” a while longer. Until she could,
in his words ‘learn to control herself’. Bette vowed that very day to do
everything that she could to make her father proud of her. She wasn’t going to let him down. She wasn’t
going to let anyone down. Ever again.
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WTF!!! Ok maybe you don’t understand the rules of fan fic.
Rule #1 you don’t leave us with a cliffy when you go on vacation!!
Rule #2 writers don’t go on vacations
Your lucky I don’t know where your going. LMAO
Bette can’t have cancer. She has had enough trouble in her life. the last year. Just putting up with Helena is like living in hell. We know that something is wrong with Bette, but make it simple to cure.. One of the best on the site right now.
LMAO @ CR00..
Ok You have to really write again before i tell CR00 where you’re going.. and as i told you I HATE CLIF HANGERS..
But really loved how you wrote the whole hug thing.. at least you gave me a reason not to not like Tina..
PLZ PLZ PLZ keep Bette away from Cancer.. the woman suffered enough..
Oh no you DIDN’T just leave us hangin’ like that!!! Please come back soon and make me feel better quick! I feel like throwing up all over Helena right now.
TBC ? Most definitely!! And please post asap, you can´t leave us hanging in suspense – aching to find out what´s wrong with Bette. No matter what it´s my hope that the gang and Tina will get her through it. Because withour our friends and family we´re are nothing. We need their love, affection and support to manage the turmoil we meet in our lives today. So please let Tina drop Helacious and help Bette through.
I’ve been lurking here for a very long time. I hope all is well with you and hope you get back to this story soon! These cliff hangers are killers.
You are so bad at leaving us on this cliff hanger, please post the new chapter soon, so Bette has cancer, I wonder whether she will tell Tina or even see her again, as Bette will not want to be a burden to Tina. Please post your new chapter soon.
WHOA! It’s herts to read this WHOA! Hey you make Me cry sniff sniff if Bette has a cancer that’s not really good Please make it better Please Thanks Please continue I Love the way you write it’s Great.
so Bette has cancer?..ggezz i cant take this to painfull..see two people that meant to be together like this and now Bette is sick and alone..and worse with Helena as a shadow..plase please make her good.. i am sad :o(
I’m really enjoying this story. Can’t wait for your next post.
OMG!!!! You can’t just leave us hanging!!!! Great chapter, please end our misery and post soon.
Bette better not have Cancer! With all that she and Tina have been through; I mean DAMN! Isnt HellNO Cancer enough?
tibette my computer just crash on me,so i didnt get the chance to comment on your last chapter. i am so happy that you’re not writing bette they way i.c.wrote her. she took almost all of the thing i like most about her away. her strengh,her playful side and turn her into something pitiful.i hope you dont do this our bette in your story. i like another writer on this board [LASTKID] you and she both have the same writing style. tibette dont worry about people not reading this story because its one of the best written story on this board. they have a neww way of keeping count of the readers now. if i was to read this chapter 2 or even 6 times, it would still only count as 1 time. it seem if you go over at least 200 her story has been read by plenty of people. if bette do or dont have cancer, just please let her talk to tina about it. ooo i forgot to say ‘great chapter.
SHIT, YOU ARE SO BAD …PLEASE POST SOMETIME THIS WEEKEND…GREAT JOB..
I just finished all the chapters and I get this cliffhanger. UGH..please post soon
WHOA!!!!!!!!WHOA!!!!!!!!! fell of my chair post today I need the test results!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know what you mean about going back to stories I do that all the time. What a place to leave it – I guess Bette has cancer then – question is how bad. Great story. More please and quick!
K
Well damn, great chapter, can’t wait for the next one.
Its my first comment here but please start writing again i cant wait what happend to Bette.Iam from Germany and these Site is the only Dope for a Bette and Tina Adicct.
This is sad and Bette have a cancer!