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The Thawing of the Ice – Chapter Twenty-Five
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Chapter Twenty-Five
The day was wrapping up far too quickly for Bette. They were sitting on a blanket on the beach; a gentle breeze blew past and her dark brown eyes watched Helena’s dark hair dance in the wind. After a late lunch, the three of them, Bette, Angie, and Helena had taken their time in figuring out what to do. They’d eventually decided on the beach and Bette had gathered finger paints and water colors to keep Angie occupied.
Something about their time together was restorative for Bette. Her eyes teared as she recognized an unfamiliar feeling and identified it as happiness. She hadn’t been really happy in a long time. Bette watched as Helena helped Angie finger paint. Angelica’s dimpled cheeks were stretched wide in a brilliant smile as she discovered the cascade of colors her paint covered fingers could create. Helena was a brilliant instructor.
“You’re really good with her,” said Bette.
Helena blushed and shrugged. “Practice I guess. This is the part of motherhood that I always loved. They are so open to discovery at this age. Her wonderment is energizing.”
Helena’s smile slipped away as memories of her recent past flashed before her eyes. “Bette, I wasn’t always the best mother to my children. I wanted so badly to have them and then I think I forgot that. I was so caught up in my own selfishness. Sometimes I feel like I’m just waking up. Like I’ve been a boorish, selfish zombie my whole life.”
Bette eyed her friend. “That’s the beauty of life. We get to change our reality. We don’t have to subscribe to the same demons of our past.”
“Sometimes I wonder how I will ever move past it. How do you make up for so many wrongs?” asked Helena. Her eyes wandered through the halls of her wrongdoing. Had she ever really loved any woman? How would she ever make up for the neglect of her children? How was she to parent without lavish gifts? Wealth was as much a part of her identity as her brown hair and blue eyes. The money made things happen. It made women smile. It made dresses drop and legs open. It made the eyes of children light up. And spending it had been what she did best.
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Great author’s notes – I agree about growth. Great chapter. I hope to see the Bette that Bette wants to be. Thanks for the post. :)
Maturing was never an easy process. Great chapter even if it’s short to my liking.
I love your development of Bette and Helena. They are so analytical and intellectual. I never got that feeling on the show. IC had them make flippant, cavalier comments w/o deep thought. IC’s dialogue was always so superficial and vague that you never had a definite direction that the story was moving in. She never had the characters take much of a thoughtful stand. Her characters seemed to move rashly and off the cuff.
I love Belena’s dvp they rae so in tune with each other. Helena’s right, time heal and may be see the light after a while. I’m sorry for Tina, but in this story I really do think that Bette should move on from her and get right on track on her life.
Thought your notes were great…we should all strive for maturity…and hopefully many will allow us to grow from past mistakes…love B & H’s friendship
Your AN’s explained just what and where you are taking the ladies in this story and I couldn’t agree more. IC never let us see them in full bloom, just short skecthes, no depth and we were left in the dark. I’m glad to see that you will be fleshing them out and them maybe we will see the women they were meant to be. I have read many stories on this site in the last five almost six years and I have never seen as many lengthy comments on one chapter as I’ve seen on this story. This story has drawn very heated debate about what is going on with the ladies, me included. This chapter however, and the last page of this chapter has given me more hope for their reconciliation in the end that any thing I’ve read so far. I still maintain that Tina needs to apologize to Bette very soon and she should have done it when Bette brought Angie back home. Since she didn’t she doesn’t need to let another day go past without apologizing. I’m glad that Helen continued her conversation with Bette by telling her that Tina is still in love with her. I understand that Bette is trying to protect her heart by not admitting out loud that she knows Tina is still in love with her. And what she is not saying is that, she too, is still in love with Tina. Her doubt showing in her conversation with Helena is what makes me believe that and her subsequent conversation with Helena, and Helena telling her that she has time to figure it out and given time Tina will come to her. So true. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful story with us.
You got me confused with this chap!!! But agrww on geowth and you said it well – actually Bette did: I don’t trust her nymore. Although we all enjoy eternal love stories in real life, once the trust is broken, badly and on sooo many level like Tinad did it’s very hard to repair ir. I really believe that part of the love die. And it’s a very very long road to follow, which I hope you won’t in this story:)) But you’re the author;) so tnx for great chapter!
MTS, Your AN made me realize that I need to drop my preconceptions of the characters and let the author decide where she wants to take the story. This Bette and Tina are a bit unrecognizable to me, but I realize that I need to see them as new/evolved characters instead of the ones fixed in my imagination. Thanks for taking the time to explain. I am sorry if my comments were a bit harsh. That was not my intent at all, even though I now realize that thats exactly how the comments sounded. Your incredible talent brings us so much pleasure. Thank you.
In my opinion Helena is exactly the friend Bette needs right now. She has no problem voicing her honest opinion to Bette and she does it without sugarcoating it, but by throwing in some flirting she avoids their conversations to get too serious. Bette on the other hand is not yet ready to accept that Tina still loves her and vice versa for that matter, because that would make her vulnerable to Tina, so she has to deny that fact not only to Helena but to herself as well. She lost her trust in Tina and her actions and before that trust is not re-established, she will not allow herself to let Tina back into her life. Also was very impressed by your AN and how you explained the character development in your story, its perfectly comprehensible for me. Thank you very much for yet another great chapter.
I love the depth to your story and I agree with you that the characters here need to grow and mature. Thank you for allowing them to do that in your story. We didn’t get to see this happen in the show. Keep up the good work!
i think that’s what Bette needs right now: a friend who can see both sides of the picture without taking sides…i hope Helena is right in every aspect