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    Laid Up: Another Season 3–Chapter 25B

    Story written on November 12, 2007 by PortiaOnly.
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    Story Shortlink: https://assertive-maroon-jellyfish.104-250-143-187.cpanel.site/?p=67492
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    Shane talks to her dad; Dylan re-thinks what she’s done; Dana goes on her auction date; Tina tells Theresa what’s happening; Josh watches and waits; Bette makes some decisions; Alice goes on a mission; Tina hears Bette’s response to her call; Peggy visits Helena; Carmen takes a stand.

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    Bette doubted that meditation was really working for her. It felt more like hypnosis. Things that she hadn’t thought about in years, decades even, kept popping into her head. She had meditated and it brought up her parents’ messy divorce where accusations were tossed across the room and she had been used as a pawn with Melvin and his high-powered lawyer the winner; she recalled summers with her mother and her mother’s family where it always took two weeks out of the six for her cousins to warm up to her. Bette meditated on life in college, grad school and her decision to move to California. The memories were enlightening, but often made her sad. She desperately wanted to quiet her mind, but it wasn’t happening. She didn’t want to do this journey meditation. She wanted peace and quiet, but perhaps she tried too hard. Bette attempted to empty her mind again. She slowed her breathing, relaxed her body, inhaled deeply, and exhaled fully. Bette released the tension in her limbs, repositioned her body, deliberately let her eyes lose focus. She stared out—so close to emptying, to feeling nothing, to becoming a blank canvas, yet she couldn’t get there. She was no longer able to make out objects, but she saw the colors of her surroundings and knew what they were. She saw the lush, verdant green that was the clearing, the black-brown that were tree trunks, and the gray slate of the roofs of the dormitories. But she could no longer see the family who walked in meditation; she didn’t see the man who raked sand in a large sandbox while meditating; she didn’t hear the sounds of nature around her. Still, complete emptiness remained just out of her grasp. Her mind leapt from thought to thought—Tina. Angelica. Her father. Tina. Tina. Her mistakes. The brief affair. The night Tina confronted her about it and what she had done, what they had both done. She thought of the evening she met Tee. With great effort, Bette tried to rein in her thoughts, but her mind went back to her father’s lecture—‘Whatever you want is yours–yours for the taking, Bette. You can do and be anything.’ Bette’s mind went to one particular time she took those words to heart.

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    1. Oh. My. God. That was freaking awesome, but WHO TOOK BABY A?!? Already, it seems like a hours ago that I was laughing at Al and Dane and the armpit licking, and Bette whooping as she left the retreat, and wondering what Carmen was gonna do after she ran out of beers to pour out, and hoping Henry didn’t yell once that EEG showed Tina’s been dodging the pills, and hoping that Steph didn’t get too crazy with the vengeance, and that Hels would hear some news about Dylan and that Peggy would help her daughter track Dylan down, and fanning myself over that call of Bette’s that didn’t quite make it to voicemail, and cheering on Al and Carmen’s rescue of Dana from that Aryan-esque creep-all freaking bloody AWESOME- because all I can think about now is that SOME NUTJOB-Steph? Josh? Marcus?-TOOK ANGELICA! For the love of all things, I so hope you’re posting soon, Portia. But still, this was so good I have to say it thrice, AWESOME! Thank you for the chapter. I literally cannot wait for the next chapter. Cheers

    2. Loved the quote: Gladwell who told a story that a friend of his told him: ‘to a worm in a jar of horseradish, the whole world is horseradish.’ … Glad you’re turning S3 & S4 horseradish into something far more palatable… ;-)

    3. This was beyond belief, every time you post you amaze me, your writing is without fault, exceptional, brilliant, outstanding. My head is swimming…I see the season being what it should have been, thankyou. I know you take a while between posts, obviously it takes time to write…but plspls if you could don’t leave us hanging too long…really it’s going to kill me to wait…but I will, every patiently…THANKYOU PORTIA

    4. Bette’s struggles at the Buddhist retreat, her desperate, heartbreaking attempts to communicate with Tina, that amazing “voicemail,” and all the other storylines are a tour de force, pure and simple. How totally cool to discover that you drew on Ossie Davis’s own words in your wonderfully rich portrayal of Melvin. Missing Baby A, needless to say, is a cliffhanger extraordinaire. A huge thanks for the effort you’ve put into this awesome story.

    6. What an absolutely brilliant story you continue to weave! I am awed that you are able to develop each character so fully. Loved, loved, loved your description of Bette lost in her memories of their reconnection during the ultrasound and subsequent afternoon delight. So sizzling hot while tender at the same time. Great read, Portia!

    8. what a chapter… there was so much… stephine is a nut case… henry is at times not all there either… and i’m glad tina is getting better… all those meds… damm… enough is enough… but now to the important part… WHO THE HELL TOOK ANGIE… i hope it was maybe alice or shane and they just turn around with her in their arms… it better not be josh… if it is… well he will be dead in the next chapter… PPS…

    9. First, I must say thank you for this extraordinary chapter. I’ve been home sick for three days and barely able to focus on anything but your 82 pages (damn, 82 pages!) kept me awake and reading. For some reason I had thought that you were finishing this story with this chapter (I don’t know why I thought that) so I was really excited to see that this wasn’t the end. I know how much time and effort it takes to write just two or three pages so I am truly impressed with this magnum opus!!

    10. I’m leaving a comment in advance as there’s no way I can read 82 pages right now. FUCKING AWESOME! I didn’t even have to read the chapter to know that. lol

    11. Wow!That was awesome! by far this is the longest psot I have ever reading! If your not thinking about a book please do so. You have some awesome talent!!! As for Baby, the suspects were set-up perfectly! Stephanie, Josh, Marcus. But you know I somepoint I had a feeling this would happen and for some reason I had Theresa as the perptrator! Can’t wait for the next chapter!

    12. Amazing, this chapter was just amazing the journeys you take us on in Bette’s memory are priceless. The advice her father gave her to the different expereinces between her parents have all been such amazing insight. Excellent. I just needed to tell you what an awesome job you’ve done. Thanks for writing it.

    13. i can’t wait for the next chapter either this story is the bomb i enjoy stories that includes most of the gang..the arm licking was funny, weird but i thought it was cute lol :) grrrrrrreat work you do danish so well!!!

    14. Fabulous! Please don’t let anything happen to Angelica, especially cuz her mama B is on her way home. I don’t know how either women could cope without her. Bring Dylan back for poor Helena. And tell Carmen to get that stick out of her butt :). Love, love, loved it! Can’t wait for more! Thanks Portia

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