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The Thawing of the Ice – Chapter Forty-One
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Chapter Forty-One
Bette and Helena settled into the car and headed over to the Planet. As they drove, Helena gripped her lover’s hand tightly. “Is Tina coming?”
Dark eyes gazed at her quickly before returning to the road. “I think so.”
“Does she know about us?” asked Helena.
Bette shook her head. “She knows that you’re my best friend. That’s all she knows.”
Helena sighed deeply and tensed, studying her lover. “You didn’t tell her?”
“No, I didn’t. I’m a coward when it comes to Tina. It was hard enough for me to tell her that I wasn’t in love with her. I could have mentioned that I was developing feelings for you, but I wasn’t quite sure what I felt nor if it would even lead to anything,” Bette replied.
“So how did we get here then, Love? What’s the catalyst?” asked Helena.
Bette’s eyes teared and she sniffed and fortified herself, refusing to give in to the emotion. “I haven’t known what to think. I knew I was falling for you, but I haven’t trusted my emotions in a long time. They lead me to making decisions and doing things that my brain knows I shouldn’t be doing. When I told Tina I wasn’t in love with her that was the truth. I didn’t tell her about you and me because I didn’t know where we would lead. Maybe you’d get off that plane and things would be different. I had to know it was real before I told her.”
Helena squeezed the hand in her own. “How did you know it was real?”
Bette sighed gently, the timber of Helena’s soft tone soothing away the ache of anxiety that began to descend upon her. “I knew it was real the moment you looked at me. The moment I saw your eyes. I could feel it. I know what I want and you are it.”
A mix of pleasure and tension slid through the woman with the crystal blue eyes. These were the words she’d wanted to hear, but she knew those words were costly to a woman who had once been a lover and was now a friend. “Is she okay, Bette?”
Bette shook her head “no” and pursed her lips. “She’s not okay. Quite honestly, she was completely devastated.”
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Just shaking my head. Poor Tina.Too sad
I too am a tibette fan, but your wonderful writing has won me over. Thanks for posting twice tonight.
Hard story to read, but what a great couple of updates. I braved it and read the NC17, incredible writing.
As much as I love Bette with Tina, I really hope you keep this Bette/Helena. They are good together. However, I don’t want Tina to be alone either so hopefully she will find someone else.
Oh MTS, that was a beautiful tribute to Dana. (sniff) Thank you for posting yet another chapter. I am past my bedtime; but I HAD to read the latest update. I am enjoying the ride that you’re taking me on with each word. I am glad that the journey isn’t over yet. Keep it coming. You’re AWESOME! Now I am headed to bed (yawn).
I am very very sad. I just hope Tina go ahead, more in another city, it is very painful to see the love of his life and his former lover together. I’m sure they can make an agreement Bette visit Angelica. I’m Tibette, I see no more expectation on this story for Tina. I hope Tina can find a partner that is so beautiful and sexi that Bette and Helena together.
Ditto Emae29
“Sweetie, no one knows but you and me.” The woman with the beautiful smile tucked her finger under her girlfriend’s chin until their eyes met. “I love you. And I want to be here with you. I don’t care what anyone else thinks.” … They had an unspoken agreement that both women understood and neither had voiced: “Play down the PDA and pretend to be only friends until the time is right to let the rest of the world in our secret.” But the pull of the passion between them overruled the unspoken agreement. It drew them closer when propriety would have them separate. Heated them up when decorum should have cooled them down… Helena’s eyes were at half mast, her body craving the woman in her arms. She kissed Bette then. Tasted her with a wild passion that set their hearts ablaze and made Bette’s fingers itch to slip beneath the edge of the black cocktail dress and hug the curves of her lover’s ass… MTS since you’ve recreated Helena from scratch maybe you can also give her a heart so she can talk to Tina as a friend and former lover. Maybe she’ll be honest with her because Bette’s too focused on finally having a woman in her bed again to give a sh*t. She’s as convincing about feeling ‘guilt’ about Tina as she was about not being sure of her feelings… She’s got the girl so let’s get real and act like a grown up. Thanks for double posts again. It just get better and better. Too bad Tina had to miss out on such a monumental event for Alice and tribute to Dana – but I’m glad she was spared Bette and Helena’s groping and kissing on the dance floor. Helena must have forgotten to tell Bette about her proclivity for sex in public. Hope they make it home or else their friends will be in for a floor show I’m sure they would rather miss afterall this night is not about them right!… PPS
I’m a glutton for punishment. No sooner had I cleansed the NC-17 images from my retinas, than I replace them with sexy B&H on the dance floor. Nightmares tonight :-)
Wow, so Bette and Helena were going to go public without informing Tina of their hookup! Nice to see that Bette learned her lessons well from Melvin. Going after your happiness at other peoples expense, no matter what, is perfectly acceptable. I am so glad Tina went home and didn’t have to see that!
I really feel for Tina, I do. I hope that she is not going to be turned into a raving lunatic in your story she doesn’t deserve that she has only been honest with her feelings but when she finds out about Bette and Helena I think this will be the catalyst that will break her. Bette and Helena knew it was coming not surprised there at all. What I don’t get is Bette she is so fricken in sensitive about Tina’s feelings what I picked up on these two chapters that Helena was more sensitive to Tina on how she would react about her finding out about her and Bette being together. Like someone said up thread about Tina staying in L.A. I hope she does and doesn’t disappear because it just gives Bette even more ammunition on hating Tina more. Did Bette truly love Tina when they were together? Tina girl please come out of it stronger with your dignity. Amazing writing. Thank you!
I agree with mbe, I too am a Tibette fan, but your beautiful writing has left me open to the idea of Bette and Helena. I’m really anxious to see what will happen. You made me tear up about Dana. She was my favorite :) PPS!
It ‘s a good story, well written, the author offers a great insight of the characters.What else can we ask for?Keep going MTS and thank you.
As always you do not fail to amaze….. you are a very talented story teller, you make your stories so real, loved the double chapters ( especially the NC-17) :o) xxPPVS
Love it, great writing. As I wrote a while back. Whether it’s a Tibette or Belena. The story is wonderful. I’m a Helena fan, so if her heart gets broken in this story I will be sad for her. However, when a story is as well written as yours I will continue reading until the end.
That was a nice group tribute to Dana. i’m glad Bette & Helena aren’t keeping their new found love under wraps. they don’t need to flaunt in front of Tina but there is nothing for them to be ashamed of and when you’re truly happy and in love you just want the world to know. i feel bad for Tina, but i worried that she’s going to start acting out soon. I still want to know the horrible things Tina did to Bette when they were apart; will that ever be revealed. With the support of her friends I think Tina will get over Bette and Helena being together and eventually they’ll all be friends or at least cordial. When will Bette and Helena share the news w/ Peggy? She’ll be thrilled (I hope)
I really, really enjoyed reading the comments than BH moment. Now I’m starting to think that Bette is after Helena’s millions of paintings from Peggy that she can use for her show in winter. She became the bitch, arrogant and disrespectful to Angie’s birth mother. Tina, time to see Attorney Wischia and rip off the adoption papaers.
its good that bette and helena are together. so tina can be with someone else. is it me lols
you sure are destroying Tina, TiBette and lots of hopes. I really dont like your Bette. Selfish Bette. I am sorry but this is it. Wont be visiting ur story anymore. I know, one less reader doesnt make any difference. Loved ur writing(not ur story, I am sorry for criticizing). Hope u will write a TiBette story soon. Keep writing. Farewell.
MTS, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’m a huge fan of yours. I’ve followed you since you published your first fanfic. But I gotta put this story down. Bette and Helena getting down to the business makes me wanna yak. Bette calling Helena ‘sweetie’ and holding hands in the Planet? Just not right. I also want to punch this Bette in the face and I LOVE Bette. Again, you’re an amazing writer but this is just not my cup of tea. Do you, girl! =)
I have a suspicion that Tina’s going to be missing quite a bit in the future… I’d be kind of surprised if she stays in L.A. after she learns Bette and Helena are together. The reunion was nicely written. Thanks for the double posts. :)
I know when one is happy you want others to share in your happiness. But sometimes things move a little too fast for those around you. Them being so open and Alice’s event brought back a memory. It was a painful one. Not painful now thank god. I’m felling really sorry for Tina right now. But one thing I know in my own life is you can’t makes someone love you. (The “in love” part is the selfish part of love. Because I believe that love is choice. But Bette doesn’t does she? :) Great story keep going
At the beginning of this story I promised myself I would keep on reading it also if it would turn out to be a Belena story, because the writing is extremely good. I kind of broke that promise with the NC-17 chapter. I just couldn’t read it. But I’m still here, although it’s really awkward to read about belena. I just don’t see those two together. Call me naive but I’m still hopeing for a happy Tibette ending. I hope Bette realizes soon: IT DOESN’T COMPARE!!!
You’ve again outdone yourself with those two wonderful chapters. I’m happy Bette and Helena finally consumed their love for each other and I know that I am in the minority here but sorry I cannot feel sorry for Tina. Bette came clear with Tina before Helena’s return that she wasn’t in love with her any longer. Now that the tables are turned I’m still wondering how Tina is going to react. I mean up until now it always was Tina who turned up with her new love interest, and she too never informed Bette in advance, yes I know two wrongs don’t make a right, but as Bette said she didn’t know if her and Helena would become a couple before Helena’s return and its really non of anyone’s business but theirs. I agree it will not be easy for them when everybody becomes aware of their dating but I’m sure that they both are able to handle everything that gets thrown at them. Again this is just my opinion and I am happy to read everything you have in store for us. Thanks for all those wonderful and frequent posts.
Hey AMEN Monrazz very excellent point about father Melvin. Seems, the apple is still growing ON the tree!!!! MTS you say Bette doesn’t IYO need therapy but won’t say who does…….why u little sneaky sneaker. And btw why don’t you tell us whats in that friggen email? Arrrgh. You quote Bette: ” I didn’t treat her (Tina) like an equal. I treated her like she couldn’t handle all of me and I really think thats what I sought in Candace. I sought someone to help me handle what I couldn’t handle on my own. I never turned to Tina.”Seems like a pattern going on here. I think she’s almost suggesting unconsciously that Tina is in fact too good for her. Remember she thought during the Foxworthy sessions that she thought she was falling out of love with Tina? So off she goes to Candace. I’m not saying this is the same, but it sure seems familiar. And it sure seems surreal that Helena seems to possess more of a conscience with respect to Tina. Woman, if feel like I am taking some honors Tibette literary class and that it remains to be seen who in all of us ends up passing the final exam!!!!!PS It was pointed out to me that in between the initials for Bette, Tina and Helena is:BiTcH.:P
aww I’m kinda sad everyone is ditching this story just cuz its not tibette right now…to me it’s pretty plausible and that’s due to your great writing. Either way Belena or Tibette, you have one loyal reader here :)
Your writing is brilliant.For the TiBetters out there (me included) Just as Mick Jagger said” You can’t always get what you want.” Pancha wrote a wonderful fanfic story where Bette got together w/the Senator and TiBetters were infuriated but it was brilliantly written and made sense, was realistic and beautiful so the TiBetters had to read it and appreciate the story on its own merits or not read it. We have free will.
Wow, thank you for posting so soon!!:))As usual, loved it. Glad Bette’s trying to spare Tina, although she’ll be hurt no matter what. Hope T will be gracefull enough to let Bette be happy, because she deserved it…and Bette did it for her too, with Helena and henry. Anyway, great chap, can’t wait to get the full gang reaction on belena together!! Tnx!
MYS is making us all crazy by the frequent consistency of the posts coupled by the inconsist predictability of the the outcome of said posts. In other words, she trying to make us all go blotto crazy. Like aa mildly amused meth distributor. Just not a corporation quite yet. But imagining the possibilities…..
Hi MTS. I want to congratulate you on your wonderful writing. You have crafted a great story here but unfortunately it is one that I can no longer read at this time. I love Bette and Tina and this story is breaking my heart. I am one of those readers that will read the last chapter of a book first to make sure that there is a happy ending. Since I don’t have that option until this story is complete I will bow out and wait until it ends to decide if I want to go back and read it again. I use reading as an escape from all the drama of real life and I need to be smiling at the end of the story even if there is a lot of drama along the way. The drama actually makes the ending much more enjoyable. Thanks for taking the time to share you talents with the site and keep up the good work.
Sorry I had to come back with two burning questions. Did Bette get her house keys back from Tina? Will Angie now get her own room in Bette’s house? I know Helena’s feelings about kids being sexual creatures but maybe we can spare Angie all the visuals that Wilson and Jung Yin have burned in their young minds. I also just realized I need to change my name. Wouldn’t want ‘pandp’ to be mistaken for Porter and Peabody. Ha Ha. Good night and thanks for this story. Maybe we can have double posts all week…
Please MTS…if nothing else, please give Tina dignity in this story. If it has to be Belena, please allow Tina to show her growth (yes, she’s devastated, her heart is broken) but please not bitchiness and revengefulness. This is not the Tina we love an adore…at least please give that to Tibetters, if they are not to be in your story.
I only can say that in this story Bette is tactless and very selfish. If she loves Tina the mother of her daughter and pretend to be friends in the future in behalf of their daughter she is doing a poor job with the display of their passions in Alice’s party in front of everybody for me she doesn’t care of Tinas feelings only hers.
NTS, it’s OK. For everyone who is no longer reading, I’m reading thrice. :-)
Dayum. Posted to the wrong story. I meant this comment for “NTS.” Now I just have to find a writer named “NTS.” [in reality, please excuse my famously awful typing–once again, slow AND inaccurate]