Carol watched as Susan packed the last of her things. A cab sat outside in the rain , a very fitting metaphor to the end of her marriage. A tear formed in her eye as she stood and watched her wife, close the suitcase.
Pain , so this is how it felt. She remembered the first time she laid with Susan. She had been looking to find something else. It wasn't that she didn't have love, she did. He just didn't have what she needed anymore.
"Need any help?' Carol asked softly .
"I'm fine." Susan answered nonchalantly. "Any mail comes , just send it to my new address or I 'll be by to pick it up." she said as she got up to hug her. "It just would be better this way." she said quietly.
"Better for who?" said Carol bitterly. "I can't believe you're leaving me. " she said as she hung on to her.
"it was over a long time ago," said Susan. "We have some nice memories and we have our Ben too." she smiled.
Carol retorted bitterly. No Susan, I have Ben with Ross , not you. We were never a couple in the eyes of NY law. You were never put on his birth certificate as his mother. At lease I can use that fact to hurt you now that you have hurt me."
"You are so childish and petty, just like that ex husband of yours." Susan spit out.
"He never left me for a girl who was half my age. Someone I claimed I was their mentor. Mentor hah, more like , who I want in my bed!" Carol yelled.
"Jennifer knows me, and Jennifer loves me , and Jennifer doesn't have any stupid hang ups." said Susan. "She reminds me of the way we used to be."
"I'm sorry I grew up. I can't be that hanging out in the book store and the coffee shop Greenwich village lesbian that you apparently still are." Carol complained. "I have a son who is going to be a teenager soon."
Susan picked up her suitcase. "Well I tried to be civil, but you don't want to be. I will be by to pick up the rest of our stuff once Jen and I have our own place. Carol, please I want to be your friend. I even wanted you to like Jen. She is so wonderful and creative." Susan said as she held on to Carol's hand. Carol immediately pulled away.
"I don't want to be the all loving and all forgiving lesbian. I want to be the bitter spouse who was dumped for another girl." Carol said. "So if you are hoping that we can all be friends and all sleep together, forget it."
"I tried Carol. I really did." Susan said as she closed the door. Carol laid her face against the doorframe as she traced the wood with her fingers. The rain poured against the window panes as the silence echoed. Carol was alone.
She sighed. Ben wouldn't be home for a few days. So this is how it felt. Was this the great payback for what she did to him? She left him on a stormy night as well. Yeah he did alright for himself. A beautiful fiancee and a gorgeous daughter. But in the beginning , there were tears and accusations and finally a heart wrenching confession that she was gay. She had done it , she had totally destroyed a man. Her species would be proud.
Carol looked at the wedding picture. So full of hope and so full of love. Her parents never showed up, so who gave her away? Her ex husband that's who, the father of her child, someone who said he would always love her .
She needed someone right now. Someone to take her pain away. Someone who would hold her and let her cry. She needed someone who knew exactly what it was like to have the person they love leave them.
She went to the phone and punched in the number. "Ross? Hi It's Carol. Are you busy? Could you come over? Susan just moved her things out."
She slowly put down the phone. She would get through this . Like a lesbian Scarlett O 'Hara after all tomorrow would be another day. There was a funny feeling when she heard his voice say he would be right over. She did something she hadn't done in ten years. She ran to her bathroom and put on some make up and fixed her hair and it was all for him.
I forgot all of these characters are the property of the Bright Kaufmann and Crane Production company. You put that in stories and it becomes second nature . This is an idea I had been playing with for a while. Hope you enjoy it.