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Tina, Tiny Pieces Chapter 7
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Bette continues to gaze, unfocused, out the window.
I had lunch with the Dalai Lama once. Imagine my surprise when I learned that he insists on white bread with no crusts.
Bette turns her head slowly to stare at
You had lunch with the Dalai Lama?
No. I’ve never met him.
But you just said –
I was merely trying to see if you were listening.
I wasn’t, actually.
I assumed that was the case.
So I wasn’t listening and you just lie? That’s a little childish, isn’t it?
Perhaps. But I would hardly call that little vignette a lie, Bette.
I would hardly call it either a little vignette, or the truth. If you wanted me to listen to you, why didn’t you just say “excuse me or Bette, please listen to me?”
It would seem that that approach isn’t always terribly effective.
Bette sighs, she grits her teeth, looking back out the window.
You know what
You could indeed.
So stop the car.
I’m in the left lane, Bette.
So get in the right lane,
I see you’re used to … um … issuing orders.
And I see you’re used to lying when you feel like it.
Silence.
Ok, fine. I’ll play … it’s not like I have anything else to do right now
Play?
Yeah, play
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I love that having insomnina actually paid off. Thanks for this.
I’m happy seeing your post just before bedtime. And i hope Tina comes to her senses and leaves Henry.
This Tina is still all about Tina. They hate me. I hate Henry. Tian has some work to do, but with that I can see a chance for B&T.
Hey, great chapter. I really enjoy it. I just wanted to let you know…Kentucky Fried Chicken was changed to KFC because, and I could be wrong, but because the people of Kentucky didn’t want to be associated with the chain food store anymore. This was all years ago, sometime in the nineties. (I could be completely off though…)And secondly, the whole puncuation problem can be solved if you edit your post. At least, that worked for me.Again, great chapter, I love your work. Please continue.
you can’t see but i have wet tissue all over…tina is one f***ed up woman (this was the only one right thing josh said in s3)…but i hope your vision will bring this tina out of her misery and reunite her with her true love…bette……can bette forgive her though? i think tina should start with bringing angelica to let her spend some time with the gang
pls I’m addicted to this story, post soon…or I may die
I agree with someone here who said that Tina is only thinking about herself. I liked how you had Bette and Helena talked without a false pretense of suddenly being buddies AND Bette still acknowledging that there is still some resentment there. As for KFC, I thought the guy who owned it Col. Sanders, sold it to Pespico (or whoever owns Taco Bell, KFC, & ..there’s one more resturant, but I can’t remember) but he didn’t want to sell the named, copyright infrigment I don’t know, so they opted for KFC, after all they had the finger lickin’ good recipe!! I was calling Kentucky Fried Chicken KFC WAY BEFORE they were calling themselves KFC!!:)
Know what you mean about those pop-ups, kid. I almost got a concussion getting to the end of the chapter, I got hit with so many of them. THEY KIND OF INTERRUPT THE FLOW OF THE STORY. I think we should ignore the old religions and merely keep the chocolate bunny as our eucharist. Lots more fun and not nearly so confusion. Less guilt, too. So now we know how to clear a room, just drop Tina into the middle of it. Boxcutter Bertha should have been getting in her face, not Alice’s. At least Helena got Bette to chill a little, but I don’t ever want to make HER dean’s list. And those ‘roids have turned Max into an asshole, perhaps one inflammed with ‘roids.
I agree that Bette has a quick temper. But I’d like to see she could figure things out instead of being knocked into sense by someone every time. Bette is an intelligent woman. She must have learned something from things to complete herself. BTW, my heart didn’t soften at all when I saw Tina saying she hates Hellry and crying to a mess.
Nothing like the sugar rush that comes from too many jelly beans, is there Kid?!…….Without actually saying, Alice told Tina that there were other things more important than Tina when she told her that she was not answering her phone. Tina is not the certer of everyone else’s world – despite what Tina would like to believe…….Tina doesn’t just ask if everyone hates her, she holds court. Very interesting to watch Tina as she tries to manipulate the conversation so that the fact that she was uncomfortable could be the results of other’s actions and not her own. Her behavior is bromidic, but typical…….Tina made the group feel uncomfortable with her presence, Alice’s insolence with the bouncer was her way of directing her anger toward Tina without being obvious – she wanted Tina to feel as uncomfortable as the group did when she showed up. No surprise that Tina didn’t pick up on it…….Helena understands Bette, at least she understands what it’s like to feel numb to the world – and to feel as if she doesn’t know who Tina is anymore. She understands that Bette is not thinking clearly because her nerves and emotions are painfully raw. Her offer of taking Bette home is an offer of sanctuary, even if it’s only transient……..Excellent illustration of the nature of Bette’s personality and how on edge Bette really is by using the gun versus the cannon image…….Tina stifles her need to know what Bette does each night in part because she doesn’t want to be responsible for any part of Bette’s pain. ……Tina’s ire that Max may like Bette is maddening to her because it means that she has lost the right to object, she no longer has a hold on Bette, more importantly – that Bette is now free to move on…….The fact that she and Alice are quiet with each other shows that the it is now a different landscape……..Bette’s quick temper with Helena when she assumed that Helena meant stupid is the opposite of wise, only serves to illuminate her insecurities…….Helena has no real history with Bette (other than professional)and so she has the latitude to say things and provide a different dialogue than her other friends……The fact that Bette tells Helena that she should have said something if she wanted her to listen was a curious statement to me because I get the feeling that it was a tacit admission of what she wished Tina would have said to her before she threw in the towel. However, when Helena rejoins with the fact that it’s not always effective with Bette, she is none too happy because it strikes a nerve and hits too close to the truth. The fact is that Bette does listen sometimes – she just doesn’t always hear what’s being said…….Bette’s sardonic comment that she has known Alice longer and therefore knows her better is her attempt subconsciously convince herself that being blindsided by Tina was just a fluke…….Helena is cautious with Bette, but firm in her conversation. She knows that Bette doesn’t need to be coddled and she needs to see what is at the heart of her anger with Alice……..I loved the symbolism of Tina pulling back the napkin after she has been crying and finding the mascara. It was as if a part of her was being stripped away, the first layer of her charade. It also seemed representational of how she had soiled something so simple ……..Tina is coming to terms with the fact that you can’t go home again. Even if she were to re-enter the lesbian scene, it would be different this time……Her admission that she doesn’t “know” Henry is very telling – perhaps if she can see that her reaction to situations are without forethought, she might be able to figure out her underlying motivations……..Tina waits for some kind of intervention from Alice, once again waiting for some one else to make things better…….Such a riveting story and each chapter a gem. LOVE it. Can’t wait for more.
From reading the authors notes, I see that your Tina is not one of your favorite characters right now. She has angered a lot of people with her decision to leave Bette. On the other hand I get the feeling that deep down you want to care again for her. I look at Bette and see a totally broken woman. I would love to see Tina take her baby walk out of Henry’s life for good and start living on her own. Then she needs to reconnect Angel with her other mother. Then once that is done, slowly walk back into Bette’s life. I do not see Bette ever loving someone the way that she loves Tina. If she was over Tina she would not have reacted the way that she did when she saw her. As a True Tibetter I would love to see them as a couple again.
Attention ladies and Gentlemen,this just in the aliens might have given tina a small piece of her brain back!Stay tuned for this breaking news! I have just caught up albeit to the detriment of my work, but fuck it it’s Friday and a good one at that..lol! You have evoked so much emotions in me with this story, from wanting shoot tina between the eyes,then repeatedly stomping on her dead body(oooh, that’s morbid..lol) to having a morsel of sympathy for her. Though I do not like the choices she has made and has been deserving of the treatment recieved, she still needs someone to be there for her. I am glad it’s Alice. I hope you get her to a therapist quick. I do hope that you won’t pair Helena with Bette, there is only so many stories I can take on that coupling. However I would like to see where this “budding Friendship” takes them. I love Bette but I am glad Helena pointed out to bette that the world does not revolve around her. She has to realize at some point that she would cross paths with tina. Bette has every right to be angry, hurt, sad and part of her will always be missing regarding Baby A but at some point she needs to deal with it. Will it ever get to a point where tina can be in the same place and bette does not give it a second glance? I hope tina’s next run in with Bette elicits conversation, not of reconciliation but just to see how it all goes down. Only because we never saw it on the show! Please keep posting!
If you think publishing B&T fanfic would be too tangential, you should apply your talents to another scenario, and publish. You have much to offer. Thanks.
Techgal is spot on here. You really need to get a publisher. Loved Helena’s voice in this. Really, really great dialogue.
Tina is the only one that can get her life in order. She wanted this life. She should let Bette see the baby and try to get back together with her friends, If she can win Shane over she will have it maded thanks
Lastkid, I freaking love your authors notes. Your sense of humor cracks me up! Okay, love all the angst, but please tell me B&T will get back together someday. And please, please, please don’t let Helena and Bette get together. I find that pairing so disheartening. Even though in lots of ways its completely ludicous, I’m still a TiBetter all the way. Terrific chapter. Thanks Kid :)
I know you don’t particularly like Tina – but any chance you can offer us some crumb of hope. OK, Tina seems to be seeing everything as it relates to her – but then, it’s hard when you realise you’ve f***ed up royally, with only yourself to blame, and I do think she realises this now. Alice is a star for shuffling over to comfort her.
LK, your authors notes are too funny. The popups keep crashing my web browser and its driving me freakin crazy. This story continues to tug at my heart strings but for some reason I find myself with very little sympathy for Tina. She made her bed and now she needs to sleep in it. I wish you would consider giving us a crazy off the wall chapter that showcases your sense of humor. I’m sure it would be a big hit.
I really don’t know how you do it, or even what is it that you do, but I know that it keeps me wanting more.. I stopped reading fanfics 3 months ago, but I couldn’t resisit reading the first chapter when I heared you posted a new story, and look at me now, waiting eagerly for more chapters.. I have one wish, even if you won’t bring B&T back together(please NOT anytime soon), PLEASE don’t let Bette and Helena become more than friends.. Damn, as much as I loved the idea of these two together, I jumped that ship before it even sailed..
Yeah, Tina’s a big fat mess. I’m finding the trip inside her psyche very interesting though,because you write it so well. I have some sympathy for her, as I do for anyone who’s so troubled, but she brought it on herself and now she has to heal herself too. The conversation between Bette and Helena was great. Thank you for restoring Helena’s brains. Love your story.
Yes the popups are bloody irritating – I ended up with more than 10 popups reading a story yesterday & i get inordinate amounts of Spyware when i come on this site too. However i also discovered that blocking popups means i can’t comment & tell you how wonderful your story is! so i’ll suffer for now.The story is wonderful – for someone who claims not to ‘get’ tina you are doing a great job of writing her – i certainly get her sense of loss and confusion through your writing. I look forward to hearing Tina spill her guts to alice. Is bette going to confide in Helena – about what they have in common?
I heard it was called KFC because people weren’t lovin’ the word “fried.” Meh my ex and his old Army buddies called it Klantucky Fried Chicken. lol No, I’m not a racist and neither is he. Oh and the pop-ups are kicking my ass too. Sorry people but my ass is broke and I can’t buy much of anything right now! Now onto the story: I hope Helena isn’t gonna try and get with Bette. She may be all nice and stuff but that pair just does nothing for me. Tina should just dump Henry and stay single for awhile! Geez singledom isn’t a disease. If it was a lot of us would’ve died from it by now.
There, there, lasty, you’ll have a cold drink and lie down for a bit and you’ll feel much better. It’s no wonder, the pressure of having to write about Tina day in and day out, with her incessant me me ME point of view, not seeing what she does to others, not caring, but thinking only about herself. What’s that dearie? You’d like a shot of something a lil stronger in that drink? Of course. Now just put the matzoh in the Easter basket, forget the chopped liver altogether, switch to white sox and let Tina lie in the bed that she made. Meanwhile, Bette and the baby and her TRUE friends, esp Helena..yeah could be at the beach, while Tina and Henry and Alice remain at the dump where you put em last time. How you feelin now dear? better? Good good.Now soon you will be able to write a Tina free (with bette happy) story just for us!!!!!