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Tina, Tiny Pieces Chapter 22 – Part 2
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I clap my hands over my eyes and exhale loudly while Bette practically hollers.
Dadgum, that is one whippy little firecracker you got there, Linda!
My initial amazement dissipates quickly. Bette shrugs in confusion. I help her out.
That’s my Great Aunt Mabel. On my mom’s side.
She nods gratefully.
Didn’t think that sounded much like you.
I look past her, then side to side, seeing only inky darkness and silvery shadows created by the moon peering through the sliding doors of our room.
But it’s just me and you. I mean, other than Aunt Mabel …
Well, technically, it’s just you and you.
I know what she means although I don’t know how. I’m not sure why I ask but I do.
What do you mean?
Well, one theory holds that every person in your dreams represents you – just another part, another subconscious belief, another issue you’re wrestling with.
I roll my eyes.
You really expect me to believe this is me, laying here naked, talking to you who looks like you and sounds like you but is actually me?
She laughs.
Dreams can be pretty weird, Tina.
Mine are not this weird, Bette.
She curls her lip, grinning crookedly.
Try and think of it as … symbolic … then, not weird.
Ok, fine. My dreams are not this symbolic.
She sighs, grinning and rolling her eyes.
There you go, thinking you’re better than everyone else again.
I am indignant.
I never said I was better than anyone else.
You don’t have to. You just think you are.
I do not!
Then how come you never saw a shrink?
Bette, you and I saw Dan Foxworthy, we saw that sex therapist, we saw –
No, not me and you. Just you. Alice sees one. I see one. Hell, Shane’s probably going to end up seeing one. But not you.
I reach up to push her off me.
What are you doing?
I don’t want to talk to you anymore, Bette. Certainly not about this.
Then change the subject, Tina.
I can’t believe you think I think I’m better than everyone else.
I don’t. You do. And it’s not so much better than everyone else. You just think that other people have issues and you … well, your way is generally "issue free."
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Please, please, please let Bette find some peace and love. She needs to move forward. Tina has cracked, maybe some hope for her in the future, but right now I really feel for Bette. How much more can she take?
ell at least Arden is sane…and yes, Alice has an even sadder story, but hey get Tina and Bette sorted already…where’s the love….post again soon, huh…this is too much!!!!
Shit you’re a brave brave soul dipping into Tina’s most inner psyche!! Off to the next one!
Oh, dreamweaver. Tina’s psyche is kind of a creepy place. Poor Bette. It’s tough to heal when the wound is constantly ripped open.
Emerson once said, “Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams”. Tina’s subconscious is taking her to task and no matter how much she tries to run and hide from the truth – her other self keeps bringing her back to look her true self in the mirror. Her character is questionable to be sure, but it is not completely lost just yet. Resurrection through self-enlightenment is on the horizon if she were to just take a moment to truly step outside of herself and see how pitifully sad, angry and lonely she really is with the core of herself…..What we detest most about others is what we really detest about ourselves. Tina’s insecurities are numerous and they have created a whole in her soul that she has always look towards others to fill and when they disappoint her, she fumes……Arden is the antithesis of Bette and Tina, she is uncomplicated and easy to read. She is the calm, the anchor that Alice needs to see that relationshops can be supportive and uncomplex. Nice way you have juxtaposed Alice and Arden’s sweet exploration of one another against the convoluted muddiness that is Bette and Tina……Bette and Tina share the same pain, they just don’t know it. Each of them feels as if they were played for a fool, that they made a mistake, that a love that was supposed to be special was quickly forgotten and they are both wallowing in the belief that they were care for so little. That’s the common thread that binds them together, that’s there starting point and the glue that they can use to put Humpty Dumpty back together again – if they want to do that – if they are both willing to put in the work. It might not make them whole again, the fissures and cracks will always be there, but they can reassemble themselves to a point where they might be able to both feel somewhat whole again…..I love how ou have Tina wander in and out of time, points of reference for her subconscious to see how she has mapped out her life with her own hand. The fact that she is being made to face her own superiority is startling to her, she still wants what she wants when she wants it, but her inner self, the stronger part of her wants to hold her accountable and have her make restitution……Magnificant chapter, Kid. Positively marvelous!
Interesting that someone could be hurt as this guy was, but he didn’t say anything to anyone. Naturally Tina would take it personal as she has done everything. Every damn thing has to always be about her. Reading how Tina’s inner self is doing such battle with her psyche is a tremendous feat; you write it to the point that is almost scary. Even in her dreams, she is a danger to herself. Arden does seem to be the only sane character we have here. I think that is largely due to her being on the outside looking in. She doesn’t know any of the people that Alice’s speaks of in an intimate / personal level. She is getting to know them vicariously through Alice and through Alice, Arden can disseminate where everyone’s pain in coming from. On to the next…
I believe that i’m officially hooked on this story. Wow lastkid. I for one i’m not so creeped up by Tina’s dreams. I mean i find it to be more of a healing process. so good for her, being honest and not being scared to dream and get in depth with her inner feelings.Bette is so heartbroken, i believe she needs a drink or to get laid. Her sobbing, is killing me. Ok, fine, even if they don’t actually reunite, can Tina atleast forgive Bette and accept her own faults which caused the demise of the relationship ? Can they at least reunite in her dreams for her own peace of mind? Love it, i’m hooked.Onto Next chapter .
Yes, Tina, you little twit…you can’t forgive just want to forget as if nothing ever happened, forget Bette and an 8 year dalliance in the land of alternative lifestyles.
everyone is crazy except arden, and she’s smart and said the one thing that everyone afraid to admit…is there still hope?
This is spooky. Eerie. Tina’s subconscious is a mofo! …Must have been that sausage sandwich before bed. …No, that’s not intented as a double entendre. …back to the story…
boy I enjoyed this one. A little scary though when you get into the dream stuff. It really is the battlefield for all of us chicken shits who are too afraid to duke it out in real life.