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“I know that when I had the affair I hurt you more than I can imagine. It’s been years since then and we never talked about it. I mean, really talk about it.”
Tina slipped from Bette’s arms and looked at her in the eyes.
“It doesn’t matter now Bette. It’s in the past”
“Yes it is. But I need to tell you something I don’t like. You knew me better than anyone. Better than my sister, better than Alice who was my best friend. What I did to our relationship I will always curry it with me. I destroyed the best thing that has ever happened to me, putting Angie aside. When I did what I did to us, everyone was talking behind my back. How I had betrayed you and my convictions and that I was only talking and not walking. That what I was saying was in total contradiction with my actions. What no one took into account was the fact that I was in a million different kinds of pain. I had lost my son, I…”
“Bette… please!” Tina begged Bette to stop. She could see the pain she was in and she couldn’t understand why the brunette had to open this subject now.
“No… you will hear me out! It’s important! I had lost my son and I had let down my wife knowing that I wasn’t with her when she found out about it. You were broken and I couldn’t do anything to help you, I was broken too. I had problems at work with the board of the CAC and I didn’t know for how long I would have a job. Money could be an issue, since you weren’t working. Fay Buckley was a pain in the neck and we had a bunch of assholes out of our home accusing me for many different things.”
“Bette, why are you doing this? What’s the point of bringing all that horrible things back?” Tina asked listening carefully to what Bette was telling her.
“The point I’ m trying to make is that… I crumbled. I couldn’t stand all the pressure and, in the end, I fell without having anyone to catch me. And it was one, single mistake. But what I don’t understand is you”
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lizmar – sorry I didn’t get a chance to comment on the previous chapter but this one was amazing. Even though it was difficult and heartwrenching it was honest; Bette and Tina need more of that in their relationship as they have a tendency to sugar coat things and not get at the meat of the matter. I love that you didn’t just have them fall into each other’s arms and decide to start over. They both need to work on themselves and earn their way back to each other if that’s the right choice. Sometimes love isn’t enough and they may be better off co-parenting and having the great relationship/friendship they share now rather than trying to be a couple and screwing everything up again. I’m along for the ride wherever you take this. You are doing a great job with the language so keep it going. I look forward to what happens next. PPS
Oh my goodness I was a bit surprised by Tina in this chapter. Understanding that they both need to work on themselves individually before coming together as a couple makes the chapter okay with me. Although I would be lying if I said I liked what happened but do understand it. Now that Tina knows Bette is no longer with jodi, maybe she will take the time to work on herself as well as what Bette will be doing to make everything right so they can be a family again. Hopefully they won’t try to date other people while they are trying to work on themselves to be better people for each other. Can hardly wait to read the next few chapters until things change for the better. Thanks for posting.
Wow that was a hard chapter to read, but that’s a testament to your story telling ability. They need to work on it, but Tina should know that she can’t fight her feelings for Bette. It takes time but they need to show each other how far they’ve come and how they’ve learned from the past
lizmar – I am curious about something that I think another person commented on in a previous chapter, but I’m not sure if you addressed it. If I read this correctly Bette supposedly comes home from spending a week in NY chasing Jodi – we don’t know what transpired but she decides Jodi is not who she wants to be with however she doesn’t tell anyone that they broke up. She buys all these gifts and comes home to Tina and Angie. I think she was very presumptious in greeting Tina the way she did kissing passionately without any explanation – unless they already had a ‘friendship’ where they made out with each other like this while Bette was dating Jodi and Tina seems to be dating other people as well. If they are in open relationships where this is OK then why would Tina assume that Bette was cheating and if not why would she engage Bette like that without even questioning what has changed? She saw the spark in Bette’s eyes and assumed Jodi put it there but was willing to spend the day making out? So is the attraction sex, desire or is it affection for each other or is it the kind of love that will sustain a long term relationship? I understand they love each other and that’s a good foundation but do they have trust, respect, support, understanding, forgiveness, communication, selflessness, self-respect, etc. Do they even want the same things out of the relations? It may not appear so in my comments and writing but I always want Bette and Tina to end up together; I would just like to see them on the same page sometimes (not that everything has to be analysed and talked to death) but most times they skip all the important stuff and just move to sex with so much left unsaid that it’s inevitable the next time they hit a bump in their relationship it will likely mean another heartbreak for one or both of them. If they never learn from previous mistakes or take actions not to repeat them how do they handle a future together. I also agree with some of the other comments that if they are truly working to get back together that they don’t sacrifice the friendship and closeness they now share and that they don’t date other people. I really hate to see when they use other lovers as placeholders and then just dump them when they decide to get back together. Other people have feelings too and it’s never taken into consideration. I’ll get off my soapbox now. Thanks for a great story. Looking forward to more soon.
Ummm, I am speechless. I really thought that Bette and Tina had a chance of working on their love, but now Bette is standing all alone with her heart broken again. Dang Tina.
Ooh yes, this is one hell piece of an excellent story! I hope that you might find the time to update someday. Thanks a million for the story nevertheless.
OMG I can’t believe you just did that, this is sad and heartbreaking to see them like this, please fix them, make them happy and be together again. Please post more, thanks!
You made me cry! I hope Tina gives Bette another chance. We can’t have Bette crying…
This is soooo wrong.Thank you for the update.PPS
Hi lizmar, I have just caught up with these two latest chapters. Wow, that was intense. Firstly, Bette and Tina reconnect and open their hearts to each other and then Tina lets Bette go. I do understand this to a point however when you find someone who completes you and puts a sparkle in your eyes you fight for them and do what it takes to make your relationship work. I do think that Tina needs to sort herself out and gain her self respect and automony. I have always believed that you have to accept yourself; strengths and failings before you can give yourself to another. Bette wants to rebuild their partnership so I hope she gives Tina the space, time and support that she needs. Tina has to remember that if someone you love comes back to you then they are your’s. I do hope that Tina can let Bette in and fix their relationship. These gals belong together so they now need the timne to be right. Please make it so. Many thanks, Your Loyal Fan.
I can
I can’t believe that Tina is letting Bette go. I’m sad with this and I hope that Bette fight for them to show Tina that love can fix everything
that was so hard and heartbreaking but I hope that Tina realises that she wants to make it go with Bette. Thank you for this story.
“It is for you.” Meaning one: yes it is ^^ Meaning two: thank you ^^I loved this chapter! I understand the difficulty of writing in English as a non-native speaker, but I have to be honest – before I read that I had no idea you weren’t a native speaker. It’s good that Tina knows Bette is single, let’s just hope she’s not as heartless as to date other people. At least not in front of Bette. Good developments! I do hope they remain close during the period where Bette goes to therapy (or was that another story – if it is: sorry!) and works on herself and Tina does whatever she has to do. I just hope they don’t date people in between because it wouldn’t make sense. Post whenever you can and feel like it!And to answer your questions – yes, I’ve got exams now. Had one today – TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), oral. The questions I could prepare were okay – there was one that I could answer but didn’t find back in my exam assignment, but he let it go. And then there was this procedure I hadn’t followed in a lesson preparation, so I kind of made something up about that and he said it was okay. I guess it was good enough to have a 10, which is all a girl needs in this world. Now I’m going under the ground to study my ridiculously lengthy history course. Development of christianity in the late antiquity and early middle ages – here I come (although it’s also about the Merovings, Carolings, Plantagenet, Capetians… and the developments in Europe in the middle Ages with the countries and stuff, the economy and the agriculture, the Investiture Controversy – I could go on). But as I do tend to wander around elsewhere when I’m supposed to study, I’ll probably be the first to notice your new post. Post whenever you can & feel like it!
no no no no NO NONO NO NO NO!!!!!damn it how long are they going to work on themselves and stay broken up to only realize years later they still love each other and wont to be together..what a fucking waste of time…STOP!!!with the push and pull childish shit and be the family that both wants to be, for themselves and for once think about Angie she really wants her mothers together POOR BABY! AAARRRGGHH!!!!!!