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Another Left Turn – Chapter 4a
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‘What do you mean?’ Carrie had asked. They were in the bathroom at that point.
‘I . . .’ Tina began, but she was still holding the padded envelope, the note and the ring, so she just put them down on the vanity unit. ‘Bette sent me this,’ she said quietly.
Carrie saw the gold band then, slowly, reached for the note and read it. She frowned.
‘I don’t understand,’ she said. ‘She’s letting you go.’
Tina nodded. ‘Yes.’
‘So? Isn’t that good? It means she’s moving on.’ Tina didn’t reply. ‘Tina . . .’ Carrie reached out and took her hand. ‘This is what you wanted. You always said she was unrealistic, holding out some kind of hope for the two of you all this time. You said that. You said you wanted her to move on.’
‘I know.’ Tina pressed her lips together as tears slid down, then she sniffed and said, ‘But I don’t know any more.’
Carrie’s demeanour changed then. She tossed the note back on the vanity unit and hurried out of the room. Tina followed, saying her name and trying to talk to her, but she’d started packing a bag. Shouting. Crying. Carrie had been enraged that Bette had used her as a courier.
‘What kind of twisted person does that?’ she vented. ‘She knew what she was doing. Can’t you see that? She’s manipulating you.’
Tina sat down on the ottoman at the end of their bed. ‘I don’t think that’s it,’ she said quietly.
‘Isn’t it?’
‘No, I think we – we never really finished.’ Carrie stilled. Tina could hear her breathing. She looked up. ‘I think there’s always going to be something there.’
Carrie stared at her for a very long moment, then said, ‘You promised me it was over.’
This was true. Tina and Carrie had talked about their exes many, many times, not least two days ago, when Tina confessed to kissing Bette. She’d genuinely wanted a clear conscience, a clean slate. But this thing that happened when she was with Bette wasn’t in her control.
‘I know,’ Tina said, wrapping her arms around herself. ‘I thought it was true.’
Carrie took a beat and then went back to packing. A minute later, she left the bedroom, spent two minutes in other rooms in the apartment, then reappeared in the bedroom doorway.
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Thank you for the new updates!
Bye, Carrie, we will not miss you. Good for Tina what she decided to talk about that she was raped by her sister, by for me this interrogation never where cannon, so i not going to more talk about that.
By the way – i’m not watching Gen Q besides parts with Bette and Tina, and briefly Bette, when she mention Tina, so when Shane from aunt became uncle?)
Thanks for commenting, Zenhya. In GenQ, Angie calls Shane ‘uncle’ as kind of a joke?
Thanks for reading even tho you don’t agree with everything. I appreciate it. :-)
Hi Largo, hope you’re feeling better!
I actually felt a little bad for Carrie, people should learn not to get involved with either Bette ot Tina… Still, happy to see her go ;-)
I remember being worried when I first read this that Bette and Dani were gonna start something with this trip, I’m so happy you didn’t go this route. There’s anough drama between Bette and Tina without adding anyone else to the mix.
I just love the way you describe things, characters and spaces, it really help me get into the story. I especially felt it here with Wendy and her office.
On to the other half of this chapter
Hi Noa – I am feeling a bit better. Very kind of you to ask. :-)
I’m glad you enjoyed the descriptions of Wendy’s office. I enjoy daydreaming about things like that. And yes, Carrie had a very rough ride with Tina. I felt bad doing that to her but at least there wasn’t any cheating a la Jodie.
Thank you for commenting x
Finally, Tina getting some proper therapy!
Most of TiBette’s mistakes would’ve been prevented if they just committed to some good long-term therapy. Emphasis on long-term and not something they stop after a few sessions when things get good or bad again.
Look, I’ll admit here that although I’m a TiBetter, I do ship Dani/Bette I haven’t found any actual fics that properly explore what a relationship between them would have looked like, but I can’t help but think it would have been good. I thought in S1 of GQ the writers were setting up SOMETHING between them, but obviously they chickened out of it. I really liked their dynamic, I thought they worked very well together, their similarities AND their differences were very compatible, in a strange way. I think a relationship between them would have been a very interesting one to explore – not necessarily an endgame forever relationship, but I think it would have been good for both of them. They both obviously cared for and protected each other, Dani took care of Bette, and managed and negated a lot of stress for her (which is something Bette really needs, despite her controlling/Alpha tendencies, sometimes she just needs to be taken care of and have someone to lean on), while Dani benefitted from and needed Bette’s mentorship/advice/drive/passion, without being made to feel inferior or incapable in any way.
I’m looking forward to their trip :)
Haha, yes! Danette had potential, didn’t they?? Some people felt it was icky bc of the age difference, but if they’re both okay with it then it’s really no one else’s business, is it? In the end I didn’t feel it was right bc I wanted Bette to try and do something different, to make an effort to heal from Tina’s desertion. I love what you say about how they protected one another. I loved that too.
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