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Another Left Turn – Chapter 4a
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As she folded the tops into her leather Maxwell-Scott travel bag, her gaze fell on the outfit she’d worn the previous evening. A gorgeous purple Roland Mouret sheath dress with an asymmetric boatneck cut-out that she’d figured would flatter (and draw attention to) her collar bones . . .
She’d wanted to look good for Maya. And to show Angie that she was okay. That her Mama B was back in the game.
It had been rough, the day after the election. She’d felt like everything was crashing down, her past teeming with missteps and loss, the future wide open but featureless. Angie had found her lying on the sofa, semi-catatonic with grief, and stepped up – parented her parent, which no kid should have to do. And they’d gone on a hike together, up to the overlook they called Kit’s Place, and done a little therapeutic yelling. On the way down, she’d bumped into Maya Fielding, a reporter she’d had some cordial dealings with during the campaign. Bette didn’t know Maya was gay until she asked her to dinner, much to Angie’s excitement, and although Bette asked to think about it she’d actually called her later that day.
And it was a nice dinner. Bette smiled at the memory of Maya ordering shrimp then changing her mind to halloumi, then back again to shrimp. She was nervous. She had a beautiful smile and a deep laugh that came easily. At the end of the evening Maya drove Bette home. It was gone midnight. Angie was at Jordi’s. The house was dark.
So the moment came, as it always does. Part of Bette felt that this might be why she tended towards affairs rather than dating. She wasn’t a patient person, and she rarely felt apologetic or tentative about her needs. With an affair, desire leads. With dating, it feels like it may or may not follow. A date is an audition, but Bette liked to know she already had the part. Except . . . She’d dated Tina, hadn’t she? Oh sure, she’d also kissed her the second time she met her, when she came back for her earring (desire leading: Tina was not single . . .), but it was almost a month before they kissed again. And Bette had loved it. Loved the longing for Tina. Loved seeing the longing grow between them.
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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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