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Another Left Turn – Chapter 7
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‘Mom.’
She turned, to see Angie standing holding a pair of jeans. Automatically, Bette lifted the price tag. ‘Have you lost your mind?’
‘Not for me, for you.’
Bette chuckled. ‘I don’t think so. I have one pair of jeans and that’s enough.’
‘Those are mom jeans, and anyway you have three pairs, and these are different.’ Angie held the folded jeans out.
A funny squiggly energy shot through Bette’s body: risk. It was silly to feel it over something as trivial as clothes, but at the same time Bette knew how much store she put in appearances. She wasn’t proud of it, but it was definitely true. She’d always spent a lot of time and money on how things, including herself, looked. There’s attention to beauty. She remembered saying exactly that to Tina once, in an elevator that had acquired mythical status in their joint memory.
‘I’ll think about it,’ Bette said. ‘And you’re supposed to be looking for something for yourself . . .’
‘Oh, I know. That’s why we’re going to Undefeated!’ Angie bounced on her heels.
Bette smiled, suddenly realising why her daughter wanted her to overspend in Odells: so she wouldn’t have a leg to stand on when they got to the cool sneaker store.
‘Ah,’ Bette nodded. ‘Well, we’ll see.’
Angie made one more effort to put the jeans in Bette’s hands, but Bette gave her a warning look and the teenager gave up. Bette felt a pang of guilt, but then wandered over to look at books, scent, jewellery . . . She wanted to get something for Tina, maybe Helena too. The books here weren’t Tina’s taste, but it gave Bette an idea of where she could look later.
The scent at Odells was always good. She tried Eight & Bob’s Nuit de Megeve. It was nice, but she’d stopped wearing perfume. On her skin, drier after menopause, it seemed to last about ten minutes. But she remembered one that Tina liked. Maybe she’d dig it out again . . .
She moved to the earrings. Something nice for Tina. Not too big a gesture, though always symbolic given how their relationship began. Bizarrely, it seemed like tacos were the shape du jour . . .
Angie came back, still with the jeans, just as Bette had decided to buy a pair of MoonPi half-moon earrings in hammered sterling silver.
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That was fantastic….a confused Bette as to what is going on but knowing that Tina is making her first steps to being together again. A perfect start for theses two. They have to build the trust factor and this is a part of it.
Love this story…. keep it coming….
Hey Martha! Thank you for reading and commenting. Bette is having to learn patience…. Good luck with that!!
I’m glad you liked it and get that they’re fragile yet. I feel very protective towards them, which is daft, but there we are!
Take care & thank you again or your support with this story x
Thank you for this update – it was a good chapter!
“Little Ambrosia” – it was hilarious)
I’m glad that Tina at least told Bette about molesting, and Bette, however slow, like she always, but got the right idea do not go for Tina’s sister but comfort Tina. And of course i like Tibette’s sleeping parallels with this episode in s2 TLW – i like that scene very much.
But i don’t get one thing – what problem with Alice selling condo? And Yeezys – it’s Adidas snickers?
Zhenya, I’m so pleased you liked this and thank you for commenting. That flashback scene to when the slept together when Melvin was dying is a favourite of mine too. Tibette’s conflict always overshadows the times when they cared for each other, doesn’t it? But they did have moments of pure love,
To answer your questions – in Ep1 of GenQ Alice accuses Shane of wanting to f**k her mother and also says that her mother is ‘still living in my apartment’, so Alice selling her apartment is going to mean Lenore has to find somewhere else to live.
And yes, Yeezys are cool (apparently!) sneakers that the young folk like. Or so it says when I google this stuff, haha
Thank you again for reading and commenting. It means a lot to me and helps keep me writing! x
Woah, lots of movement forward. Huge step for Tina. Love them reconnecting to just sleep, reconciliation will be a long time coming.
Glad you are writing and there is more to come soon. Looking forward to how Bette feels when she wakes up with Tina in her arms and vice versa….
Haha, thank you BK – the morning after is always interesting, isn’t it???
Thank you very much for reading and commenting, especially when you are writing your own story. I am beginning to find it difficult to read as much as I used to on the site, but am catching up. I appreciate the encouragement. Take care x
Just wanted to say how I am enjoying this story and look often for the next installment! Thanks for sacrificing time and talent to entertain us
Hi Sharon! It’s lovely of you to take the time to comment and to let me know you enjoy this story. :-) Honestly means so much to me.
I hope to post the next bit either late tonight or tomorrow morning (Scotland time!). Thank you again x
So I was yelling at Bette, in my head…I think it was only in my head…YOU NUMBSKULL!!! REVENGE LATER. TINA NEEDS YOU NOW. And thankfully, Bette heard me! I like when that happens. Actually, it has never happened before, but I have hopes it wasn’t a one time event.
What fun to read a great Joyce Wischnia scene. That should be a site requirement–every 7th chapter of a storyline must include at least one JW scene.
And you really like challenges, don’t cha.. It’s not enough that you are trying to reconcile B&T -4th time’s a charm???–but you also want to solve Shane’s commitment issues? Yikes. If you are up to those two challenges, maybe you can help me figure out why freezing a Yodel and then unrolling it to eat makes it so much tastier that the Yodel “as is”.
I will be constantly refreshing the website’s home page, waiting for your next chapter.
Hi Spu! Great to see you here. :-)
Bette is such an extreme character, I just *knew* what she’d do – initially, anyway. I’m glad you were shouting at her. So was I, and I was WRITING it, haha. This was a tough chapter to know where to end it, because of her reaction, but she is changing (they both are).
I’d love to read (and write) more Joyce, more Peggy scenes. I am so mad at GenQ for killing Kit, I can even…..
I suspect me and Shane are going to find out what’s in her future at the same time. She’s deep, man. And I love Kate M so much for creating a character whose every line of dialogue arrives fully formed. Like Joyce, a total pleasure to write.
I had to look up what a Yodel is! We call them Mini Rolls, haha. I have never thought of freezing one, but that is definitely happening.
Thank you so much for commenting and encouraging me. It means a lot. And I hope you may yet be back with some updates of your own, if the muse strikes x
That was absolutely great!
I love these ‘left turns’ you are taking!
Seems a shame you can’t write season two of Generation Q!
Fallen in love with Bette and Tina’s new slightly different characters and like your writing of others, especially Joyce! She was a hoot!
Thanks for posting, looking forward to more.
Stay safe
SG
Hi SG! Great to have your comment and thank you for reading this chapter.
So glad you are liking my Bette and Tina. Phew. I think the reason they’re slightly different is that they have to be, or I wouldn’t believe they could make it work again, so I guess that’s where that comes from. And I don’t know about you, but I have the feeling GenQ is going to try to reconcile them, and if they do, I’ll be fascinated to see how! Fingers crossed anyway.
Thank you for reading and for the encouragement. Means a lot. Take care x
At first I was very weary of how Bette reacted to what Tina told her. Your description of Tina sitting, pouring her heart out in a very hard conversation, sobbing, compared to Bette sitting, dry eyes and kind of stoic, was unnerving. Her first reaction is anger towards Tina’s sister, which is very Bette, then suddenly understanding that what she is so angry about actually happened to Tina, the love of her life. After understanding that she reacts like she should, comforting Tina, who was so fearful of telling her about everything and about her reaction to this news.
I also loved the little “flashbacks” Bette had to their history, it shows how much they both been through together and what an important part it still plays in their relationship.
Great chapter, and thanks for sharing :-)
Thank you, Noa! I did wonder ‘how will Bette take this?’ – for about one tenth of a second, haha, and then I thought oh, she’d be FURIOUS. So yeah, she had to go through that stage and then remember that it wasn’t about her, and remember it quick enough not to so disappoint Tina that Tina then ran away…
I love doing the flashbacks. I have too many fit in! I’m glad you liked them. x
Joyce Wischnia = ABSOLUTE LEGEND. A lime green motorcycle jacket and a ‘Five-piece all-girl rockabilly with a mariachi twist.’ sounds hideous and something only a LEGEND can pull of effortlessly.
Awwwwww Tina’s desperation in trying to stop Bette from going out of the house in a mad pointless bloodlust hunt for Tina’s sister. That is 100% how I thought Bette would react to that revelation, including the quick realization that Tina needs her comfort more in that moment and dropping every other emotion for the singular goal of Give Tina Whatever She Needs (which is Bette’s driving principle in life). I’m glad that’s finally out in the open now tho.
Yes, Joyce is absolutely one of my most favourite people to write, although tbh she pretty much writes herself, she’s so vivid. I love writing her and Peggy so much. A huge loss, not having them in GenQ.
I would in some ways have loved to write the scene in which Bette gets her hands on Rosanna. I do feel that I don’t let Bette off the leash enough, but I struggle to write her being unreasonable!
I totally agree that Giving Tina What She Needs is her driving principle. Wonderful way to describe her. Thank you. And thank you for all your comments. It’s lovely to revisit the story through your eyes.
L