Dallas in the 90's

[Miss Texas 1967]

Almost caught up, more thoughts from the journey follow:

I guess I stopped half way through the Rebecca's doll scene because my opinion flipped. All of the "kids" were in the wrong, but it was Christopher I really came out feeling for. Like everyone kept saying, how was he to know Rebecca couldn't swim? Then when he realised she couldn't it wasn't enough for him to feel terrible? He shouldn't have ganged up on someone so much younger than him, but Rebecca was not blameless in the situation and looking at the whole picture you can see why she ended up in the pool. With that being said, a punishment was necessary because it was a serious situation, but equally it took much too long for anyone to even consider that Rebecca wasn't just an innocent victim. Also, random but why can't Rebecca swim even just a little? She's 7, not 3; I'm sure living in California puts her in situations where water is a danger, Pam should really get her some lessons if she hasn't already.

The situation with the boys at the movies was funny. I don't think it was all that serious since Bobby said himself he would have taken Christopher if he had asked :tv1: It was a crappy thing for John Ross and Christopher to do to Miss Ellie and Clayton since they had purchased tickets for Pocahontas, but they did make it clear beforehand that they didn't want to see a movie they deemed was for girls, so maybe instead of sneaking off Miss Ellie or Clayton could have just split up and seen Toy Story with them, or bought tickets for them to see it. I'm over analysing it, I know

I like the description of Becky running upstairs to look at the rest of Cliff's apartment, so much to see on the landing and in the bedroom lol

I have a soft spot for Lucas, he's written in a very childish way but somehow it's adorable. He's so funny when it comes to his cars and doing the things he wants to do even if nobody else seems to find them very enjoyable. I also felt bad for him when the news about Ray was finally let out; he seemed so hurt and it was sad The Wades have been on the road for so long now though that I've forgotten why they're even in the US in the first place lol. I had to look back, they're coming to Dallas, I imagine it'll be one big reunion soon.

Back to a child that's also childish but is much less sympathetic, Rebecca. I don't know what it is, but somehow Lucas' wants are cute and funny whereas Rebecca's come across as a bit bratty. Pam doesn't help the situation at all though, she didn't do her daughter any favours by not setting boundaries.
Rebecca is old enough to clean up and put away her own things, Pam clearly never enforced that though if Bobby's observations upon arriving at her home are anything to go by, and now it's all coming back to bite her. Even if she wasn't grounded, someone needed to have a word with her about leaving her things out where the become hazards and general clutter.
She is also old enough to understand when her presence is and is not welcome. Sure, she wasn't specifically told to stay downstairs while her parents talked to Christopher, but she just barged upstairs into a private discussion as if it were nothing. Once again, I really felt for Christopher there. He and Pam were finally about to get somewhere and then it's all blown to pieces.
Her attitude annoys me too, "“He’s grounded,” Rebecca said delighted." Ugh. Then all of the times she "demands" things, it's too much for one little girl, it's not endearing.
I get it, I do, Rebecca is used to being number one and isn't used to having to consider other people, and she's excited about all of the new people and experiences at Southfork, but she's so in your face sometimes, it's not difficult to see why Mitch described her as spoiled rotten and why Christopher gets angry having her around (ignoring their history).
I want Pam to seriously consider how her actions and attitudes are affecting her daughter because at the moment it's not looking good and it's only going to get worse. You'd think with the way she tried to straighten out teenage Lucy she'd see she's creating her own Lucy, but she's so quick to jump in and act as if Rebecca can do no wrong. Eight weeks grounding for Christopher, but four days is too much for Rebecca? They're different ages, yes, but it's clear there's something more going on there (as demonstrated in Rebecca's grounding starting the next day...). Even if grounding isn't appropriate for her age since she really kind of relies of adults to take her places and organise things for her anyway, there is certainly an age appropriate and situation appropriate punishment (e.g. taking things that are just left lying around and putting them in a box she can't access, so she learns that even if nobody trips over her things, there is still a reason why she should be conscientious of other people's space).

I thought Cliff's speech about "the old Pam" was very honest. It's not easy for everyone to just forgive and forget.

I really like the friendship between John Ross and Christopher, it's good for the two boys to have a peer who understands the hardships of their childhoods. John Ross' line about Sue Ellen's diary was so funny; it serves him right for snooping in his mother's private thoughts lol. Christopher's thoughts are even more understandable as bits of the picture are revealed too; of course he's going to be confused about his mother's motives when her letter says one thing yet he sees things having worked differently.

Margaret sounds like a unique, likeable little girl, but she's certainly not a mini-Ray lol. That whole Jenna-Bobby-Pam-Donna-Ray-Lucas-Margaret thing was a mess in the show and it's understandable how things got to the point they are at now.

Will continue tomorrow and then I think I'll be caught up.

 

[pd fan]

Excellent update Karin and finally pam and Christopher have a talk ,I'm so happy that he forgive his mother, beautiful Thanks Karin

 

[Ms Southworth]

I would honestly prefer Pizza Hut to the Oil Baron's Club!

When I was Christopher's age I would have picked Pizza Hut as well. However, I imagine that the menu at the Oil Baron's Club is more my kind of "thing" today! :wink@

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback!

Miss Texas 1967, thank you for your detailed feedback. I enjoyed reading your recap of what you think of the story and the characters so far.
For the pool incident, I agree that it's a horrible situation for everyone involved.
Then as for why Rebecca can't swim, each child learns different tasks at different ages. Like for instance I didn't learn how to swim properly until I was 7. My grandma tried to teach me when I was about 5 but I never got the hang of it until I was 7. Also when I was working as a substitute teacher filling in a day, while I was still in college, I had to take a group of middle school kids (ages 10-12) for their compulsory swimming lesson. Those kids were learning how to swim at age 10 and up. Also some people who are adults still don't know how to swim. So you really can't say it's something wrong if a kid can't swim at age 7. We all learn differently.

You are right that the sensible thing would have been for Miss Ellie and Clayton to split up. But well they wanted to do something as a family with all the kids. So they weren't thinking of that.

Hilarious about Cliff's apartment.
It's sort of funny how we rarely see anything but his living room and kitchen. Did we even see the bedroom once when he was still together with Afton?
I remember they showed it later when he was with Jamie and Mandy.

I am glad you like Lucas, then as for Rebecca, give her some time maybe she will grow on you.
I know she's spoiled rotten but except for that I think she and Lucy has different situations as Lucy was abandoned by both her parents and raised by her grandparents while Rebecca has been raised by her mother all these years.

I'm glad you like the friendship between John Ross and Chris too. In a way they are more like brothers than cousins and they will continue to be close in this story.

Great that you've almost caught up, I'll look forward to hear what you think of the rest.

Silvie, I am glad that you enjoyed the mother-son talk between Pam and Chris.

Ms Southworth, I would honestly still prefer Pizza hut over The Oil Baron's club. Then again I am still younger than Pam is in this story so maybe if you'll ask me again in about 10 years time my opinion might have changed!

Okay so here's today's update:

Rebecca was having a miserable day at Southfork, as she was grounded and she hated every minute of it. To make matters worse had her mother taken her brother out bowling without including her and Rebecca hated being excluded from fun things. So here she was all alone in the room, sitting on her bed, hugging her doll Lily tight to her, as she was staring at the wall. She was supposed to think about why she was grounded and what she had done wrong. But all she did was cry of homesickness, as a part of her wished that she had never come to Dallas in the first place. She missed Los Angeles and the life she’d lead there. She missed her friends and her room and her toys. She missed them so much that it hurt. For a while she thought about picking up the phone to call home, but she didn’t dare to in case someone would listen in on her conversation. Because if it was one thing Rebecca had learnt since she arrived here at Southfork it was that certain members of her family couldn’t be trusted and her mom had said no phone calls. So Rebecca didn’t dare to disobey that rule even if she wanted to. So Rebecca just sat there and felt sorry for herself, as the time seemed to crawl by. Then eventually there was a knock on the door.

“Come in,” Rebecca called out, as she looked at the door expectantly, hoping that it was her mother who had come back from town. But when the door finally opened it was her older brother.

“Oh it’s you!” She said disappointed.

“Yeah,” Christopher said in a strained voice, as he entered the room, closing the door behind him.

“So where’s mom?”

“Downstairs talking to grandma,” Christopher said. “She’ll be up in a little bit.”

“Okay thanks,” Rebecca said as she waited for Christopher to leave the room. However when he didn’t leave she looked at him questioningly, “So did you want something?”

“Actually yes,” Christophe said, looking down, studying his feet.

“What is it?”

“Um…” Christopher said, as he uncomfortably changed his footing, moving around nervously. “I’m sorry for pushing you into the pool.”

“Are you really?” Rebecca looked at him skeptically. “Or did mom tell you to talk to me?”

“How did you know?”

“I know mom,” Rebecca said.

“I guess you do better than I do.”

“Yeah and I also know that you don’t like me,” Rebecca said. “So I wouldn’t be surprised if you actually wanted to drown me!”

“Well I didn’t,” Christopher said. “I thought you could swim and besides people throw each other into the pool all the time in our family. It’s a part of being a Ewing but naturally you wouldn’t know anything about that…”

“Well I am a Ewing too!”

“In name only,” Christopher said. “You don’t know what it’s like to be a part of our family as you haven’t grown up here.”

“That’s true but it’s not my fault,” Rebecca said. “Besides mommy’s been telling me lots about Southfork and everyone who lives here.”

“She has?”

“Yeah she’s showed me photos too,” Rebecca said. “The only thing she didn’t tell me was what a frosty reception we’d get when we arrived here. I mean nobody wants us around!”

“That’s not true,” Christopher said. “I haven’t seen dad this happy in years.”

Rebecca smiled at that, “Really?”

“Yeah he’s thrilled to have you here,” Christopher told Rebecca.

“But you’re not,” Rebecca saw right through him. “Why don’t you like me?”

“It’s not that I don’t like you,” Christopher avoided the question. “It’s just that I don’t know you.”

“That’s true but I want to get to know you but you’re not giving me half a chance, so why is that?”

Christopher sighed before he admitted, “Well I guess it’s because I’m jealous of you.”

“You’re jealous of me?” Rebecca made big eyes, “But why?”

“Because I felt like mom replaced me with you,” Christopher said.

“But that’s just silly!” Rebecca said. “I mean you’re a boy and you can’t replace a boy with a girl! Everybody knows that!”

Christopher smiled at his younger sister’s logic before he said, “Maybe but I still felt like mom loves you more than me.”

“Why do you say that?”

“Because she abandoned me to raise you,” Christopher said.

“She did?” Rebecca frowned. “I haven’t heard that.”

“So what have she told you then?”

“That she loves you and misses you,” Rebecca said. “I mean I know mommy loves me a lot but she never replaced you with me. I mean you’re still her only son and we have photos of you all over our house in LA!”

“You do?”

“Yeah,” Rebecca confirmed. “So if I were you I’d stop being angry with mom.”

“I already have,” Christopher said. “You see she explained it all to me this afternoon so I think I understand why she left now and it wasn’t because of me.”

“Well duh!”

“Anyway since mom and dad are back together I guess this means that you’re gonna stick around so how about a truce?”

“What do you mean with truce?” Rebecca’s eyes narrowed.

“It means that I’d like us to stop arguing and try to get to know each other.”

“I’d like that,” Rebecca smiled. “So alright truce!”

“Truce,” Christopher said and the siblings shook hands on it.

 

[pd fan]

I'm very happy that Christopher décided to know better his little sister Rebecca now ,amazing chapter :bravo: again Karin :fantastic: Thanks to share with us

 

[Ms Southworth]

"Well duh" ... ... :rlol: ... ... I can just picture a seven year old girl saying that while rolling her eyes!

It's quite understandable why Rebecca felt homesick! She's had it rough for a while now! Anyway, I really liked the talk between Christopher and Rebecca!

It was cute that Rebecca was suspicious of Christopher and his intentions. I can understand why she would be! It's not like he has given her the time of day until now (not that his behavior wasn't somewhat justified). I'm happy that they've wiped the slate clean and now will be making a new start! Maybe Christopher can give his sister swimming lessons?

Please update soon! :tv: The weekend isn't over yet!

PS. I'm looking forward to the Oil Baron's Ball! :danc: Make sure to describe all the beautiful outfits, the center pieces on the tables, and so forth! We need to "feel" the ballroom atmosphere!

 

[Honkytonkangel]

Aaww sweet to see the a little of the ice melting between Chris and Rebecca. I hope they can spend some time together too and get to know each other properly.
I'm still finding her behaviour somewhat bratty (though I think a lot of that is Pam's fault) but it's sad that she's homesick
But at least that's something they have in common Pam turning their life and everything they know upside down LOL.
It's good that they talked and Chris apologised to her too and even though it was still an awful thing to do I did giggle at his explanation of being thrown in the pool as a Ewing tradition.
The boy had a point, and I guess Pam didn't tell her everything.
And Jenna & co must be getting closer so I guess we'll be seeing another Ewing baptism soon.
Though I have my fingers crossed for a Wade one.
Can't wait to see what happens next.

 

[Mrs Bobby James Ewing]

Great updates Karin. I love your story so much and I am so happy that Christopher and Rebecca have finally patched things up between them and that they have finally decided to get to know each other properly.

 

[Presea]

Not really sure I understand what the purpose of the scene with Bobby on the phone with that Jennifer Nelson lady really was, but eh, whatever! I liked how Christopher explained things to Rebecca and called a truce with her. That was really mature of him. John Ross better not expect him to tease her or he might be in for a rude awakening!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Ms Southworth, I would honestly still prefer Pizza hut over The Oil Baron's Ball. Then again I am still younger than Pam is in this story so maybe if you'll ask me again in about 10 years time my opinion might have changed!

I'm not sure, if it was the pizzas at Pizza Hut or my taste buds that changed over time, but I clearly remember visiting a Pizza Hut while on vacation 12 years ago and being asstounded at how greasy the pizzas' at Pizza Hut were. Nothing like I remember at all! I used to love their pepperoni pizza, deep pan pizzas, garlic bread, etc., but it were just so much more greasy than I remember! I can't even to begin to tell you how disappointed I was! A great memory from long ago that just all of a sudden was ... "broken and gone"!

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback! :site:

Silvie, I am glad that you liked the Chris and Rebecca scene.
It was added in the re-write so it's a more recent scene...

Ms Southworth, first of all I am sorry to hear that your Pizza Hut experience didn't live up to your memory. I see why you are not that pleased with them after that.
Then I am glad you could just picture Chris & Rebecca's conversation in your head.
Christopher won't be the one who will teach Rebecca how to swim though...but she will learn it soon.
I don't think the Oil Baron's Ball will disappoint you even though it won't happen in a long time just yet...

Honkytonkangel, yeah as Chris and Rebecca gets to know each other they will be more and more like siblings. They do have the same parents so that binds them together and in a way they are both paying the same prize for the decisions that their mother has made for them.
Ewing baptism, that's a good one. :lolo:But yeah Jenna and her kids are coming to town real soon. Also on a sidenote, would you consider Lucas a Ewing or a Wade?

Sanda, I am glad you are happy with Chris and Rebecca's scene.

Presea, I think the point with the Jennifer Nelson scene was just to establish that there will be an Oil Baron's Ball this fall and it might break a little with tradition as Punk and Mavis won't be the ones organizing it. Also I think it's easier for Christopher to do the mature thing now when his own relationship with his mother is on the mend.

Okay so now it's time for an update and it's another short one. So you'll get a double treat tonight:

At Diamond's Hotel in central Dallas, Jenna closed the door to their hotel suite and said, “So here it is.”

Charlie looked around the two bedrooms one living room suite and said, “Which bedroom is mine?”

“The right one,” Jenna said. “Lucas we have the left one with the twin beds.”

Lucas sighed, “Mom will I get my own room some time during this trip?”

“What are you tired of sharing with mommy?”

Lucas sighed, “No but…never mind. I’ll go pack up!” Lucas walked into the left room.

“So Charlie, when are you gonna meet up with Randy now again?”

“Well since we arrived this late, he left for his business trip this morning. So I won’t see him for another week!” Charlie complained.

Jenna bit her lip, “Sorry!”

“Yeah, yeah, whatever,” Charlie muttered before she took her bag and walked into the right bedroom. Jenna sighed, as travelling with her kids had made their relationship a little strained.

 

[Karin]

At Ewing Oil, Bobby was still reading his papers when the phone rang again. Bobby sighed deep and let the machine get it. “Hi you have reached Bobby Ewing at Ewing Oil. I’m not in right now but if you wanna talk oil business leave a message after the tone and I’ll get back to you. Thanks. If you’re trying to call the hot line, this is not it! Beep!”

The message ended and after the tone Pam’s teasing voice said, “Oh I am so sorry this isn’t the hot line. You see I was feeling a little lonely and…”

“Oh hi Pammy,” Bobby smiled, picking up the phone.

Pam laughed, “Honey why do you say it’s not the hot-line on your answering machine?”

Bobby laughed, “Well. You know the number for the hot line?”

“Hot line?” Pam laughed. “No of course not.”

“Well you know my number is 999-4321”

“Yes and?” Pam asked as Rebecca came walking into the room.

“So the hotline is six, six, six…”

“For sex, sex, sex then!” Pam said in a teasing tone.

“Pammy! I’m at work and I’m trying to explain to you that people read my number upside down!” Bobby said.

Pam laughed when Rebecca interrupted her, “Who are you talking to mommy?”

“Daddy dear,” Pam said before turning her attention back to her phone call. “So Bobby you mean that a lot of lovesick fools keep calling you by mistake?”

“Bingo!” Bobby said. “Now you get it?”

“Yeah I do. But why don’t you just change your number?”

“I’m working on it.”

“Okay, so I took your advice and took Christopher out bowling today,” Pam changed the subject.

“That’s great, how did it go?”

“Really well, he won and then we had some lunch together,” Pam smiled. “We finally got a chance to talk and the best part of it all is that he’s forgiven me. So we’re going to start over now as a family.”

“That’s great,” Bobby smiled. “Didn’t I tell you it was going to work out?”

“Yeah you did,” Pam smiled. “I just wanted to call and tell you about it as I’m so happy.”

“That’s good,” Bobby smiled. “Anyway, you can tell me the details about it later, I need to get back to work now.”

“Sure Bobby, so when will you be coming home?”

“Soon I’ll be home for dinner.”

“Great I’ll see you at dinner,” Pam smiled and they hung up.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Thanks so much for the double "treat" today, Karin! :ch:

I really liked the dialogue about Bobby's phone number and the hot line! :lolo: I loved that Pam played along and commented on Bobby's "strange" voicemail message! And also that he got a bit embarrassed at her comments!

Things are looking so bright for Bobby and Pam and their children right now that I feel almost certain that there'll be trouble waiting just around the corner! I would love for them to have some happiness for a while with smooth sailing! Maybe a family trip somewhere to really bond and have fun without the "pressure" of the rest of the Ewing family? But after all, this is a soap opera, so I imagine that either the arrival of Lucas or news from JR's detective in L.A. will cause trouble in paradise!

I'm somewhat disappointed (but not surprised) that Jenna is supposedly fine with staying at her daughter's boyfriend's father's luxury hotel! Most likely a hotel that she would not be able to pay for herself if she had to! Like I've said before, I would have liked to see Jenna take a stand as a strong and independent woman and get by without taking "handouts"! And unfortunately, Charlie seems to be walking in her mother's footsteps!

I've been wondering, if there will be a rodeo at Southfork at some point? Didn't the rodeo usually take place in the summertime prior to the oil baron's ball on "Dallas"? :wink@ Anyway, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for both!
Please update soon! I'm really enjoying your fanfic!

 

[Honkytonkangel]

Ewing baptism, that's a good one. :lolo:But yeah Jenna and her kids are coming to town real soon. Also on a sidenote, would you consider Lucas a Ewing or a Wade?

Yeah, I remember Ken Kercheval calling it that and it made me laugh, such a good way to describe it.
As for Lucas I'd say probably Wade. He does seem to be more like Jenna and Charlie i.e a whiny entitled brat (kinda wanted to smack him over that car thing at Graceland LOL) but I guess I should give him a break because he's quite young and like Rebecca it's not his fault his mother's an idiot.
Maybe the Ewing in him will come out at Southfork.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Yeah, I remember Ken Kercheval calling it that and it made me laugh, such a good way to describe it.
As for Lucas I'd say probably Wade. He does seem to be more like Jenna and Charlie i.e a whiny entitled brat (kinda wanted to smack him over that car thing at Graceland LOL) but I guess I should give him a break because he's quite young and like Rebecca it's not his fault his mother's an idiot.
Maybe the Ewing in him will come out at Southfork.

I'd consider calling Lucas a "Krebbs"! It seems like Ray has played an important role in Lucas' life. Of course, Jenna and Charlie has also influenced Lucas' personality, but since he's a boy, it might just be that Ray has had the "upper hand" (which works in Lucas' favor, IMO)!

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback!

Ms Southworth, I'm glad you enjoyed the hot line stuff. It was something from our original script that was a bit hard to translate since you probably know how we say 6 in my country. Anyway we've reworked it a bit so I am glad you think it works.
There might be a trip coming up but I wouldn't call it a family trip...
Actually the rodeo episodes were usually broadcast around november. But I supposed they were filmed in the summer. Anyway without giving away too much info I can say that there will be both an Oil Baron's Ball, A Rodeo and A BBQ coming up further on in this story and the events will happen in that order since that's how they happened in season 7 (DVD). The only season that I think had all three events in the same year. Also imagine my surprise when I found out that there was an actual place called "Billy Bob's" in Fort Worth!


Honkytonkangel, cool that Ken used that expression. I think I've somehow missed that one!

Then as for Lucas, yeah his last name is Krebbs and it's true that Ray has had a huge influence on the boy. But well even Ray is actually a Ewing by blood, so I would say that Lucas is definitely more a Ewing than a Wade IMHO. Maybe you will understand why I think so later on.

Okay so here's another update:



At the oil baron’s club were Cliff Barnes and Marilee Stone having dinner. Marilee put down her glass and said, “So have you considered our offer?”

“To join the cartel?”

“Yes,” Marilee nodded.

“I have.”

“And?”

“I’ve decided to take you up on it,” Cliff smiled.

Marilee smiled back, “That’s excellent news Cliff!”

“I think so,” Cliff agreed. “So when do I get to meet the rest of the cartel?”

“Soon Cliff,” Marilee smiled. “Now when that’s settled I think it’s time to move forward ahead with our plan to bring down JR!”

“I couldn’t agree more,” Cliff smiled. “So what should we do?”

“Well I think we should get a spy to infiltrate their company…”

“I like the idea,” Cliff nodded. “But it’s gonna take time to find someone. So in the meanwhile I think we should sell JR a worthless oil field…”

Marilee looked skeptical, “Are you sure that’s such a good idea Cliff?” Marilee asked. “I mean it’s got to be the oldest trick in JR Ewing’s handbook.”

“I know but it’s still worth a try,” Cliff insisted. “I want JR to pay for stealing my Gold Everest 804 and I happen to have a perfect field to sell him…”

“You have a worthless field Cliff?”

“Yeah it’s a dry hole up in Montana. The geological reports looked fine but there’s not a drop of oil there…”

“Hmm…that could actually be something,” Marilee grinned.

“Great so when will you contact JR?”

“Real soon.”

“Perfect,” Cliff said approvingly. “JR won’t know what hit him!” Cliff grinned, happily thinking of how he’s going to bring JR down to his knees.

 

[Honkytonkangel]

Seriously Cliff's best move is to do something JR has already done (and got away with). That's kinda sad (as is the fact he's still obsessed over JR at all).
He needs a hobby.
Still hate Marilee too.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Great update!

Dallas wouldn't be Dallas, if JR and Cliff weren't "fighting, I think! ... LOL ... ! Even if Cliff tries his very best, I feel quite certain that JR will be the one who gets the last laugh! But I'd love to be wrong about this! Somehow I think that it would be more entertaining, if Cliff really did win!

Okay, so there won't be a family trip, but if we could perhaps have a honeymoon instead, you certainly wouldn't hear any complaining from me!

Uhhhh, both an oil baron's ball, a rodeo, and a SF barbeque! I'll be on cloud # 9 when we get that far, I imagine! :danc:

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback.

Honkytonkangel, I agree that Cliff is too obsessed with beating JR for his own good.
Why do you hate Marilee?
I think she's hilarious!

Ms Southworth, you have a point that JR and Cliff's rivalry and the feud is a big part of what made Dallas into Dallas.
You will see how Cliff and Marilee's scheme turns out in time and who will get the last laugh.
I'm glad you're looking forward to the special events like Oil Baron's Ball, Rodeo and BBQ. I always loved those events on the show so of course we had to incorporate it into our story, along with a couple of Southfork Weddings...

Okay so here's an update:

At Southfork was the entire Ewing family sitting down for dinner together. They were making small talk about their day. “And then I won,” Christopher grinned. “So mom had to buy me whatever I wanted for lunch and I picked pizza!”

“Yeah my stomach has been feeling weird from it all afternoon,” Pam laughed.

“But we had fun, didn’t we?” Christopher smiled.

“Sure did, we have to spend more time together,” Pam smiled warmly at Christopher as she gave him a pat on the shoulder.

“Yeah we have a lot of lost time to make up for,” Christopher smiled and Miss Ellie smiled when she saw them, because the change from yesterday was obvious.

“I’m glad you had a great time with your mom,” Bobby smiled.

“Well what about me then?” Rebecca pouted. “I didn’t have a great day. I was grounded.”

“Good now you know how it feels,” John Ross said.

“Yeah being grounded is boring!” Rebecca pouted.

“Well at least you’re off your grounding now!” Pam tried to comfort Rebecca.

“Yeah so tomorrow you can play with your cousin Margaret,” Bobby said.

“Okay,” Rebecca nodded before she turned to Margaret. “So what are we going to do then?”

“I don’t know maybe we can play The White House?” Margaret suggested, before she went on, “Did you know that the first president of the United States was named George Washington?”

“No,” Rebecca shook her head.

“I for one think that President Bill Clinton is a much better president than he was…” Margaret went on.

But Rebecca who’s had enough politic talk interrupted Margaret, “Oh I almost forgot something funny happened today.”

“Really?” Clayton raised an eyebrow. “I thought nothing happened here in Dallas.”

“Oh sure does, or have you already forgotten that John F Kennedy was murdered here in 1963?” Margaret asked.

“Of course not but that’s not funny,” Clayton said.

“Margaret, Rebecca was telling us something,” Ray said.

“Oh I’m sorry daddy,” Margaret apologized.

“So Rebecca what was it you wanted to tell us?” Miss Ellie asked.

“Well I heard mommy talking on the phone with daddy before and she said ‘sex, sex, sex’ and then ‘you lovesick fool’ and then she asked when he would come home!” Rebecca beamed and everyone laughed. Except Bobby and Pam who looked embarrassed.

“But Bobby, Pamela that is no way to talk in front of a child!” Miss Ellie scolded them.

“Um… Bobby,” Pam blushed.

“She didn’t say sex she said six, six, six!” Bobby said trying to smooth things over.

John Ross said, “What were you trying to do call the hot line?!”

“That’s right dads stupid number.” Christopher started laughing.

“I don’t think I understand,” Ray said.

“Dads number is 999-4321,” Christopher said.

“And the hotline is 666-4321,” John Ross said.

“Oh,” Donna said. “So people call the wrong place?”

“Right,” Bobby said.

“Hang on John Ross, we’ve been here a week, so how do you know the number to the American hotline?” Sue Ellen asked.

“Mom I’m grounded,” John Ross said.

“I don’t know if I like it…” Sue Ellen said.

“Oh come on Sue Ellen almost every teenager knows that number,” Lucy said.

“You know the number darling?” Mitch asked.

“Honey I did lots of things before I met you!” Lucy smiled teasingly at Mitch.

When Teresa entered the room and said, “Mrs. Farlow phone call for you, it’s a Jennifer Nelson.”

“Who?” Miss Ellie looked questioning.

“Her husband Luke owns Nelson Oil,” Bobby informed his mother, who got up from the table to take the call.

“Really?” JR raised an eyebrow. “I wonder what she wants with Mama?”

“Oh don't get too excited it's just about the Oil Baron's ball,” Bobby said.

“And how do you know that?” JR asked.

“Well she called my office before,” Bobby explained.

“Well I do hope your answer machine didn't get it,” Pam said jokingly and Bobby started to laugh at that.

“What’s funny about that?” Sue Ellen asked, not getting it.

“Oh nothing, just a personal joke”, Bobby said and they continued eating their dinner.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Oh my, I'm still laughing after reading today's update!

Rebecca was funny ... ... (does she even know what sex is?) ... ... Margaret was funny ... :lolo: ... (she really needs to get a bigger perspective on life!) ... ... John Ross was funny ... :floor: ... (he's a typical teenager, but maybe more outspoken about certain things than most young men his age!) ... ... Miss Ellie and Clayton were both funny in their own way! ... :rlol: ... Sue Ellen was funny ... ... (does she really think that the "apple" would fall very far from the "tree"?) ... ... Lucy was funny ... ... and Bobby and Pam were funny, because they were so embarrassed! ...

Please update soon, Karin! It'll be interesting to see, if the current Southfork residents will get any sleep tonight! All this talk about sex at the dinner table could potentially "rock the boat" to a point where it might get difficult to find "peace" in the upstairs bedroom quarters! :wink@ ... LOL ...