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Translations – Bette Porter
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“Fine, everything’s fine.” Tina says breezily. I hear music and carnival sounds in the background. “Alice and I are down at the Santa Monica pier. Just people watching.”
“Sounds great.” I press my fingers into my forehead to release the pressure. “Anything I can do here?”
“Oh, I just wanted to let you know the water birthing tub arrived at your house and needs to be put together when you have time.”
“As soon as I get home, T, tonight.” I look at my calendar. ”I can leave here by six.”
“Okay, well, you sound busy. Alice says, “Hi”.”
“Okay, I’ll do the tub. I promise.”
Since we made love after her ultrasound appointment and she dropped the bomb on me that we’re having the baby at my house, our home, where we used to live and I would like us to again – I’m not sure whether to sign off with what I’ve said to her for so many years, “I love you,” or just what to say. Navigating any of this is not easy. I’m in sub-levels constantly now, nearer to darkness than the surface with any light to shed onto my oceanic sea changes of circumstances. It’s exhausting me.
<!–nextpage–>When I unlock my front door these days there can be no one home, and I’d never grown accustomed to that during the months she was furious with me, or there could be Tina and our friends inside addressing some readiness for the baby or swimming and drinking out by the pool.
Second, there is this problem with Helena Peabody. She is everywhere and needs to be nowhere. When I see her at the museum she smiles churlishly at me and she is still fucking my girlfriend. I think. But I’m not sure, and that is incredibly maddening for me.
Third, my stress level should safely drop by half if I want to live past forty. If the artery throbbing in my neck would stop that alone would be welcome. It’s a toss up, Franklin or Helena dies. I choose Helena, every reason an excellent one.
An hour ago Tina came by as I wrestled the box with the water birthing contraption into the living room where we opened it. She took one look inside at all the pieces and bolts and screws and said, “Call me if you need me, I’m going shopping.” There was no explanation needed and if she told me a lie that was okay, too, because I don’t put things together well with other people.
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They have a very complicated relationship. Turmoil and contradictions. I love your writing but not exactly sure of what’s going on. Bette’s anger reaches a Hurricane 5 level and then dissipates. Tina is a passive-aggressive personality. But they really love one another.
I love your writing and I can understand Bette.Thank you and PPS.
I’m starting to relax again as she massages me. “How many years do I have until I have to assemble something huge, like a swing set or a pony?”
Love the humor. Thanks for the post.
This had me laughing my head off. It is so well written!
It was interesting how you gave insight to Tina dating both Helena and Bette at the same time. I thought she was being deliberately cruel.
well, well, well… fascinating to say the least. Bette picks someone so unlike Tina to have an affair with and Tina picks someone similar to Bette to have an affair with. Bette’s affair has some discretion while Tina throws Helena in Bette’s face time and time again.
I loved each of their thought patterns when they were together. I had to laugh as they are making love but each traveling to other places in their minds. Tina knows Bette so well but Bette is just so self-possessed that she forgets about Tina as they are making love and instead focuses in on Helena.
Relationships are crazy and take so much work to be successful. It’s a wonder they made it.
Bette going from zero to 360 – I get. Dealing with Helena professionally then at home has got to suck. And i’m not sure Tina did all she could to ease Bette’s concerns about Helena. Thanks for sharing Blackbird. I’ve got some catching up to do but I look forward to it.
Very good even had a giggle. Just keot on reading well done
First off I will not be thinking of Helena if I had the chance to have sex with Tina that’s for damn sure, but I understand where Bette and anger and insecurities comes from after watching the one she love purposely parade this woman around in front of her for so long…these two are wicked and I love it!
Some rainy day polishing on this story improved it with a few new great photos I discovered to illustrate it. Please enjoy, it’s an amusing story as Bette attempts to assemble Tina’s home birthing tub and plan for another seismic shift in Life with the birth of their child.
I had forgotten Shane and the assembling of the birthing tank! Priceless!
Loving my re-reads!