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Silence fell between them. No one dared to break it. Bette took Tina in her arms and she leaned back. They were lying together with hugging each other for a long time.
“What now?” Bette asked unsure of the situation between them.
“Now nothing. We keep living our separate lives.”
“But… I kind of hoped that…”
“No Bette. I won’t go back”
“Why not?”
Tina took a deep breath and she got up pacing around the living room.
“Have you forgiven yourself for the affair?” She asked and hold Bette’s gaze.
Bette couldn’t believe what she had been asked. She frowned.
“Is it a tricky question?” she asked carefully.
“No Bette. It’s just a question. Let me rephrase it. From what you said before I take it that you have thought a lot about the past and eventually you decided that you will accept it. You won’t forget it but you won’t linger there either. You will keep it as a life lesson. Correct?”
“Um… yeah” the brunette was still unsure.
“Good. Because I forgave you and I am doing the same. I’ m keeping it as a life lesson. Do you trust yourself that you won’t do the same thing again?”
“Of course! T…” Bette tried to protest but the blonde raised a finger saying to wait for a moment.
“That’s good. Because I trust you and I know that you are monogamous. Like I said before, the affair was a ‘one thing’ because of the circumstances. I trust you with my heart Bette. The point is that I don’t trust your heart in my hands. I won’t take the chance now and have your heart broken by me.”
Now Bette was in front of the blonde holding her hands.
“Why are you saying this? It wasn’t your fault that I couldn’t…”
“I’ m talking about me Bette. About the choices I’ve made. You were always by my side for whatever I wanted. You needed me by your side two times. The first was when we lost our baby boy. I can accept that I couldn’t see it at the time, as my mind was in ten different places from the same reason as yours. The next time you needed me when you had no job and you had just lost your dad. All you needed was someone to support you emotionally. What I did, though, was inexcusable. I was nagging you all the time about money and…”
“Stop, stop! I don’t care about that anymore. It’s in the past and I know that you have change and…”
“No Bette. Don’t say that.”
“Baby, I will fight for us! I love you and I know that you still love me. I can see it in your eyes”
“That’s irrelevant.”
“T, don’t we deserve another chance?”
“We had it and I was the one who throw it away. It’s like gambling and I will be damn if I risk your heart again. Your heart is amazing, babe, and I don’t deserve it. You deserve so much more than I can give you… Maybe someone else can…”
“No… don’t say that!” By now they were both crying. Bette was resting her forehead at Tina’s and she had her hands stroking the blonde’s cheeks.
“Please baby! One more chance… please? Don’t you love me enough to give us another chance?” Bette was trying her best not to crumble.
Tina looked Bette in the eyes and enveloped her face in her hands. With a strong voice that she couldn’t understand she possessed at times like this, she spoke.
“It’s because of my love that I can make this decision baby! I love you so much that I can, finally, let you go! I love you so much that I’ll risk your happiness no more.”
With a last kiss full of passion, love and heartache, Tina slipped out of Bette’s arms, gathered her gifts and practically ran out of the house leaving a heartbroken brunette crying on the floor.
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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!!!!!!