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Window of Opportunity ch. 46
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He still wore the same aftershave. It was a fragrance that I had smelled almost daily for the first 18 years of my life. I always wrapped myself around him at some point during the day whether it was going to school or retuning home. On days when I was sad, he would hold me. On days that I was happy his hugs just reinforced that. His scent was something that had always been a way to calm my nerves and today, it did it again. Until that very moment, I had not realized how powerful a memory it was and in an instant, it was back and transporting me to differing times of my childhood. I held on to him and cried not holding back to spare their feelings but letting it all out in hopes of letting it all go. In the middle of a hotel lobby, I was having one of the most cathartic cries I had ever had and could care less about the looks that were being directed towards us.
Finally when the tears were just dry sobs, I pulled away. Neither Mom nor Daddy looked any better than I did and they suggested that we go upstairs to their room to freshen up before heading to the hotel restaurant for dinner. I was in agreement with that idea.
Their room was beautiful and overlooked an expansive array of beautiful flowers. I hoped during their visit, I would have time to explore it. That reminded me to thank them for the flowers which I did. After I freshened up, I told them that I needed to call Angie to wish her a good night and they both just smiled. I pulled out my phone and dialed the number hoping that I was catching them both before they crashed.
“Hey T”
“Hey Baby. Just wanted to tell Angie goodnight.” No need to censor what I say in front of them. If they couldn’t handle it then they couldn’t handle it.
“You probably can’t talk openly but is it going ok?”
“Yes it is.”
“Ok, here’s your girl.” I heard Angie clamoring for the phone and when she got it, she was silent.
“Hey Boo. How was your day?”
“Hi Mommy. I had good day. Me and Momma eat dinner with Auntie Alice and Auntie Kit.”
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I just love this story…PPS
I love this Tina,she is not leaving anything to chance. She almost said My way or the hiway. Where Angie and Bette are concern, she would fight a big poler bear. thanks
Bless her – Tina is so pulled between wanting her parents back in her life, and the fear of being hurt again. This story has me so pulled in. I’ll admit something I rarely speak of: in my past, this was exactly the point I was at, and then when faced with the reality of a real life lesbian daughter and her partner, they turned and walked away for the second time. Until Tina’s parents meet and truly accept Bette and Angie, it’s all just words.
I’m still here, just having a few computer problems, I can’t say that you haven’t toped one chapter after the last, this story is amazing, well though out with every detail and more. Great job NAG. Thank you, Md
Yeah great exploration of what so many of us go through. My mom is/was so possessive of my biological son that she rejected my partner and our son…and there it stands…the fact that we separated allows him to get on with his life without her disapproval…I miss him but his mom’s new partner didn’t want them to have anything to do with me; then she died…what a bloody mess!!! He is 13 and a red head. I wait for the day when I get to see him altho we keep in contact by emails and phone. He lives hundreds of miles away across a stretch of water that requires a plane or ferry. I’m predicting that one day he will be with me again.So I relate to Tina & Bette so much and your story is right on. PPS
This story is so real and I love it! and Tina not wanting to make any decisions as far as Angelica is concerned before Bette meets the parents is so smart seeings her judgement might be clouded. Now get Tina home and wake up Bette! PPS
“When I first met her, she was important to me in ways I didn’t understand. As time passed, she became my reason to go to sleep because I knew I would see her again when I woke. I never knew that love could feel so right or could complete me in so many ways but hers has. We’ve had ups and downs but through it all, I’m led back to her.”…yeah
speachless, every chapter just gets better and better! :)
You are truly a remarkable writer. You take the ordinary and make it extraordinary. I so love this story…I hope we get another post tomorrow…I really missed you last week.
I enjoy how your writing gives us the deeper meaning behind their thoughts and feelings. NAG, you know I am a fan of this story but you had me laughing out loud on the train this morning… “I goggled her and she has been a force to be reckoned with in the art world.” Dad said to me. Is Goggled a new search engine we should be made aware of??? :)
This is an extraordinary story and the work you have done and are dong with it is amazing. The love Tina feels for her parents even with the absence of them in hr life has been a testament of their love for her and hers for thm early in her life. She contnued to be a very loving person depsite what had happened between them. She had been well grounded and carries that foundation to this day and that is what makes her the loving and lovely person that she is to everyone, she has that lovng understanding that allows her to be patient and tolerant of so much. I’ll stop now becaus eI could go on and on, I love your Tina and the sweet and loving person that you show her to be. Love the story. PPS
I love this story. I’m glad TK’s parents are really being nice and sweet. I hope all goes well with the parents and Bette’s meeting will go well.
Ooopsss…the last line should read, “Thank you, newagegirl, and PPS!
As I had expected, Tina’s reunion with her estranged parents was tearful and emotional. Very touching and skillfully portrayed, newagegirl… Loved the childhood memories that the sniff of the aftershave of Tina’s dad unlocked. I think it’s a Proustian involuntary memory episode. This story is turning out to be a profound, lingering look on love, family, framily and the significance of memories, the remembrance of things past in rebuilding their loves and present lives. And if I haven’t told you lately, I simply love this story and the way you’re telling it, newagegirl! Thank you so much for attempting to shed light on Tina’s pre-Bette life. Thank you for trying to fill in the blanks, the gaping holes in the Tina narrative in TLW. I hope the next few chapters will give us more vivid images from Tina’s past because I’m really curious what she was like when she was growing up. Was she a tomboy or a cheerleader in high school? Has she always had a green thumb? How did she develop her nurturing side? You know, stuff like that. :> The William Parsons twist is interesting. Angie’s simply adorable and I LOL at the aftereffects of their all-night, ’til crack of dawn marathon on Bette. Will she be able to keep up with her younger fiancee or will she have to rely on James and bottomless coffee to save her work days? :> Can’t wait how Tina will recount the visit to Bette and the meet-the-parents lunch. Thak you, newagegirl, and PPS!!! :>