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Just The Girl 2.0 – Chapter Fifteen (based loosely on HYD: Returns)
Oh wait.. of course, number two on her list was none other than: Indulge.
Hating someone like Bette Porter was hard work; and dammit, doing hard work always made her hungry. For potato chips. For burgers. For pizza. For coke. For every fattening and artery-blocking food in the world. And now it seems, for chocolate too.
She told herself that she’d use the time apart to heal.
And if you want to recover, you should focus on yourself.
Spoil yourself silly.
Give in to your every whim.
And right now, she wanted, heck, needed.. more chocolate.
“You’re in luck, this is the last one we have..” The flight attendant went over to her, handing her the large box of Toblerone. “Lucky number nine.” She smiled, gathering up the eight empty containers beside Tina.
Responding with a grateful chuckle, Tina tore open the flap, pulled out the triangular chocolate within and peeled away the foil covering it – and with an enthusiasm that could match that of a fat boy let loose in a candy store, she opened her mouth and took a humongous bite out of the bar. She could’ve sworn that her eyes had rolled to the back of her head in pure bliss.
Heaven.
She finished the bar at such an ungodly rate, prompting the stewardess to momentarily forget her manners and open-mouthedly gape at her for a second or two when she came back after five minutes to remind the young passenger to fasten her seatbelt in preparation for landing. Tina blushed and smiled like naughty kid, her lips smeared at certain places with brownish goo; embarrassed for her lack of finesse, yet also satiated to pay too much mind.
With the chocolate craving out of the way, she went back to perusing her lame list. She tilted her head left to right, looked at it at from various angles before giving out a sigh. It looked fine at first, but somehow, Tina knew deep down that something wasn’t right. Her list was lacking a crucial thing. Substance? Poignancy? Hope? Positivity? What?
The first number was purely mean and evil; hate was a big o’l negative word. The second number was deeply selfish, to indulge in oneself screamed nothing but me, me and me!
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My eyes bulge out of their sockets…WOW…54 pages. Wow, I can only bow in admiration. Thank you. On the story, both are having a hellion on the break time, man I am having a hellion on the break time and not even part of the story. I guess we havnet seen the last of the wannabe musician back. What happens next? ;)
thanks alch…another brilliant update and i actually took a bathroom break just like you said lol. i’m just afraid that since this is a long update it might take you longer to write the next? hope not, looking forward to it.
You made me so happy on a Monday morning! That was a hard feat for anybody else but you’vr done it! :) Onto the next chapter… Thanks!
Close to 15 and 3/4 LOL. That was a beauty of a car. I love toblerone! Now I must move on to the next post. Thanks alch.
wow..that was epic! But well worth the read…thank you for that ray of sunlight by way of Bette’s memory…and of course for the multitude of “..” this was a good one..
I did a little happy dance when I saw your post! I have to say the chapters were a little short…LMAO! Such a gut wrenching time for B & T. Beautifully written!
Great chapter!Now I think I’ll start loving Mondays:)Thank you for a fabulous update.:D
Thank you Alchy for such a wonderful and long read! You did a great job of weaving the scenes together. I love the Tina-Ken teasing, Bette – Sonja “recovery/addiction” moment, 3-step recovery for Tina, Sam/Bette’s conversation and the Tibette car. So very, very, very clever!!!! Ok…I sense that “Keith Arden” is somehow connected to a certain “Kate Arden.” Hm…looks like a black cloud on the Tibette reunion horizon. But…I cling to the hope that Ken’s almost secret sharing of perhaps an engagement is in the future. You know that small ray of hope is what is bringing your readers back!!!!! Get some rest Alchy…get your creative juices a break but come back real soon…we need our Alchy fix!
Wow that was great! Excuse me while I read the next part. I will say your bette is soooooo sweet
Your story always satisfies, Alchemy. You get some of everything in here, and it’s all fab. I loved this chapter. Here’s hoping that Tina can stick to #3 on her list, and I hope Bette can do the same. Great, great update, Alchemy. Thank you! :)
Brilliant chapter Alchemy – you always take such care with detail, emotion, characterization – amazing ;-) As someone said abt the previous chapter – one thing Bette still needs to learn is how to take Tina off that pedestal and treat her like an equal. Relationships mean sharing – both good things and bad – IMO that’s the biggest repair they need, the only truly important one. I loved seeing Tina & Ken again – what a great father daughter dynamic they have. I see Tina is still eating her pain, haha! The flashback was great and so was the bittersweet ending.
That was awesome, love seeing Ken and Tina together again.