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Till We Meet Again // A B/T Beginning Story Chapter 22
Friday Night, the Met Opera
“You know T, Catherine Clement said that music is a great seducer—the pied piper of the dream state. And music at the opera with its symphonic harmony, soothes the soul, moves the body and lifts the spirit. But the harmonic suspension of this lyrical tragedy is so rare and intriguing, you would see during the climactic exposition. It really captures the Wagnerian androgyny when Tristan is wounded in this reinterp…”
“Bette…” Tina interrupted softly, looked at her companion sideways in their balcony seats, smiling tenderly at her, drinking in the breath-taking sight of Bette Porter in a white, pinstripe suit.
Bette turned her face to Tina, raising her eyebrows in inquiry, trying not to let her eyes travel down to the amount of cleavage Tina was revealing in that black evening gown.
“Shutup,” she whispered into her ear.
Bette pouted. “But…”
“You are creating disharmony and not enabling any sort of seduction.” Tina wiggled her eyebrows at Bette, emphasizing ‘seduction.’
“Oh, in that case, I will shut-up.” They both smiled at each other and turned to pay attention to the overture.
The plot is all familiar and forgettable, but the music weaves romance, sedating both of them, who quickly lose themselves to the binaries of the tonic and dominant, diatonic and chromatic, and before the night is over, their own binaries of Bette and Tina / Tina and Bette.
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Mid-day Saturday, Diva Offices
“Good afternoon Alice honey, all set for your LA flight tonight?” Helena stated nonchalantly as she opened the door to Alice’s office and walked in, taking a seat on the plush sofa.
Alice looked up from her work and smiled sweetly.
“Sure, Helena, just in the office wrapping up some last minute details. Could you do something for me?”
“Anything darling,” Helena drawled in her British accent, pleased that Alice would turn to her for a favor.
“Could you walk back out and shut the door behind you as you leave?” Alice asked nicely, hiding the annoyance and irritation that she felt whenever Helena walked in unannounced but unwilling to put up with it anymore.
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(46 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5)
Well it is about frink’n time one of them admitted it…wonderfully done…
You are forgiven, but don’t allow Bette to sleep with Alice because I emotionally can not handle it, ewww. Still waiting for B/T to hook up…feel like I am watching TLW (S3 &S4);). Patience is a virtue that I seriously lack. Great story!!! PPS
Ok so now they need to admit it to one another and then get rid of they’re prospective ball and chains to be together…easy right?? lol PPS
beautiful written, and its about time bette realized she was in love with tina! very good chappy!
Wow Maverick, that was a beautiful chapter! I love the opera, and seeing it reflected in the emotions between our ladies was just perfect. One request…I don’t think I can take any Bette and Alice or Tina and Eric sex!! They need to realise whats right for them. A bit of a swap would be fine, that way noone gets as badly hurt and B&T are left to be happy together! Although I trust in you and the handling of them, and your ability to bring us good drama!
Well, at least Bette has admitted it to herself and they have more or less aluded to it in their thinking especially at the opera. Now it is up to Tina to admit it to herself, and I think that’s what the tears are about. She iscoming to grips with it in her mind at this moment. Wonder how she will square it in her mind because it will be a monumental occurrence in her thoughts when she finally realizes what has just occurred in her mind. Can hardly wait to see how you bring this to us. Please tell me you’ve already written the next couple chapters because it will take at least hat long for them to get their heads around it. I can’t believeeither o them will make love with their spouses after the night at the opera. This is gonna be very interesting. Wondrful update. PPS
Wow! Amazing as always! I really love where this is going, and the fact that Bette has finally admitted her feelings to herself should make this cery interesting. Thanks again!
I am in wonder at how Bette finally realized the truth of her love for Tina. Now I hope she doesn’t try to force herself to fix her marriage in some penance, but instead frees Alice from the prison they have created for one another.
i’m just catching up with this story and had to say that this chapter is beautifully written! i’m glad i found this story.
That was awesome and beautiful, can’t wait to see B&T get together. Please post more, thanks!
Wow, what a journey through that magical place, but you know I am a little frustrated because of their situation, I mean how can they still be with their partners and working on something that is not going to work while they know where their true feelings are? I mean how can Bette try to initiate intimacy with Alice and Tina with Eric when they know that this is not the person that they should share themselves with. Are both of them acting out of obligation???? Thank you so much for posting and for being such a wonderful and talented writer. Love
Ok..now Tina has to come to the same conclusion as Bette. I’m sure you will give us a lot of drama before these two live happily ever-after
WOW ! This is such an amaaaaazing story, Maverick ! To be honest with you, when I clicked the ” leave a comment ” button and got asked to enter my user ID and password, I couldn’t even remember them at all. I felt completely lost. I was so deeply engrossed in reading this fabulous story of yours I was a million miles away from such practical and down-to-earth reflections. Truth be told, for a minute there I couldn’t tell who I was or where I was and I swear I can’t think of another time such thing ever happened to me when reading fan fic. It actually took me a few minutes to come down from my “trip”. Anyway, I only discovered your fic three or four days ago, Maverick, but I got immediately and completely hooked up on it. I just love everything about it : the slow-burn of course, but also the delightful descriptions of the characters’ thoughts, the witty banter between these two, the way the dialogue flows, the characters’ personalities ( I love, love, love your cynical, blasée, arrogant, yet so utterly endearing Bette ), all of them. In fact, I think it’s great that you didn’t turn Alice and Eric into assholes or dummies because it shows much better how much B and T were meant to be and it makes B and T’s inner conflicts and struggles all the more interesting. I can sense this is only the beginning of the real drama, isn’t it ? In other words, I LOVE THIS STORY and I can’t wait for you to udpate it. I’m sooo completely addicted !
Ahem… ( blushing ) Of course what I meant was that I’m completely “hooked ON” your story, not “UP”… This must be one of those Freudian slip, huh ? ( lol ). Oh, and I also wanted to add that I’m actually kinda glad that you mentioned a summer break because I’ll be leaving on holidays on august, 1st too, so… If you could just post your next two installments by next friday… Yeah, I know I’m slightly demanding ( LOL ! ). Anyway, I realize I haven’t even thanked you yet for this amazing gift of a fic, so thank you so so much for sharing this great story with us.
Mav…this chapter was so beautifully written. I agree with everyone ahead of me in leaving a comment. It simply took my breath away to see the depth of their love for one another expressed so beautifully in words. I could imagine myself at the opera watching the two of them together. I hope the run goes well because I can’t wait for the next update. Please let them find a way to each other before the summer recess…
Oh, wow, that was beautiful. PPS!