Dallas in the 90's

[Ms Southworth]

I loved the kitchen scene with Miss Ellie and Clayton! :loveit:

Clayton's concern was so sweet! I loved how understanding he was of Miss Ellie's feelings for Jock! And I loved how Miss Ellie offered to be by his side during a visit to his sister Jessica! Could this be the near perfect marriage? :loveit:

Karin & Jenny, you wrote the scene and also Miss Ellie and Clayton so perfectly! I could see everything play out in the SF kitchen! How can I rate this any other way: :10::10::10:

I think this was my favorite part of the dialogue:
“Ellie, I knew about your past when I married you,” Clayton said as she put his hands on her shoulders. “Whatever was between you and Jock is in the past and can’t affect what you and I have.”
“Are you sure about that?” Miss Ellie asked, as she turned around so she faced him.
“Yeah I’m sure,” Clayton nodded. “It’s okay to admit that you miss him Ellie.”
“Well I do,” Miss Ellie finally said. “I sometimes wonder why it had to end that way.”

And this part of the scene was a very close runner-up:
“Oh Ellie, you’re amazing. I thank God that you came into my life.”
“I know, I do too,” Miss Ellie smiled. “You’re a good man Clayton and I do love you.”
“I love you too Ellie,” Clayton replied as he leant forward to give Miss Ellie a short kiss before he took her into his arms. They stayed in the hug for a while, taking comfort in each other’s presence…


I hope that there will be many more scenes with Miss Ellie and her children (individually if you know what I mean). The same goes with her and each of her grandchildren. I always loved the "intimate" conversations Miss Ellie had on "Dallas" where she would share her "wisdom", yet only couch them into making the "right" decision on their own! :wink@

Thanks for all this great entertainment! Please keep up the great work!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Beautiful scene with Ray and Donna! :danc:

Great writing! I chuckled a bit when Ray said: “Are you fishing for a free place to stay in Italy?” I liked that they touched on the subject of why he stopped seeing Margaret (although Italy isn't quite on the other side of the world ... and there's only a six hour time difference between Italy and Eastern Standard Time).

My favorite part of this scene is this:
“I’m just saying that the Ray Krebbs I know doesn’t belong there.”
“Oh so where do I belong then?”
“Here,” Donna replied.
“With you?” Ray asked, as their eyes met.
“You should be with your family,” Donna said in a hoarse voice. Looking deep into Donna’s blue eyes Ray could feel that she really meant that. He leant forward and for a moment Donna wondered if he was going to kiss her, since he had that look in his eyes. But then he looked away and the moment had passed.


I have complete faith in Karin and Jenny in terms of bringing the Cowboy and the Lady back together where they belong ... ... along with Margaret (and perhaps more children?)! :loveit: But why does it have to take so long for Ray to get down to business (i.e. to get the divorce proceedings rolling)??? :hair:

I loved it when Ray and Donna "flirted" and joked around at the end. :wink@ And I'm looking forward to learn who wins the rematch back to the stables! :hats:

Please update soon!

 

[Mrs Bobby James Ewing]

Great updates Karin. I loved Clayton and Miss Ellie's talk in the kitchen about their first marriages to Jock and Amy. I love them together and they are perfect for each other. I love Donna and Ray as well. I hope they reunite soon with their daughter Margaret after Ray gets his divorce from Jenna. I also love John Ross and Melissa as a couple as well but I am not a fan of John Ross and his parents talking about their families issues in front of John Ross's date Melissa. If I were Melissa I would runaway from John Ross and his parents and never look back but then again if Melissa ran away from John Ross and his crazy dysfunctional family your story would be boring. LOL

 

[Ms Southworth]

I always loved the "intimate" conversations Miss Ellie had on "Dallas" where she would share her "wisdom", yet only couch them into making the "right" decision on their own! :wink@

... couch? ...

Of course, I meant to write "... coach ..."!

 

[Ray&Donna]

... couch? ...

Of course, I meant to write "... coach ..."!

Of course your mind was elsewhere! You were thinking about Ray taking Donna to the brick house for some couch time!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Of course your mind was elsewhere! You were thinking about Ray taking Donna to the brick house for some couch time!

Maybe subconsciously ... :shy: ... :rlol: ... ...

No doubt that you were thinking just that when you read my typo, @Ray&Donna!

 

[Pammy P]

Brill. Need a b and p update

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback. It's as always much appreciated it.

Honkytonkangel, you know I actually prefer Clayton over Jock too.
I think it might have something to do with that I began watching the show very late so when I first saw Dallas Miss Ellie was married to Clayton so that's what I was used to. Also the characters are different personalities for sure. Of course watching the show in reruns I did love what Jock brought to the show too and especially his father-son relationships with JR and Bobby. Clayton could of course never have that. Even though he was close with Ray.

Also Ray is already well aware of that he still has feelings for Donna. It becomes more and more clear to him the more time they spend together.

Ms Southworth, thanks for such a detailed feedback. I am pleased that you loved the Clayton and Miss Ellie scene so much.
I also love Miss Ellie's individual scenes with her children and grandchildren. Just yesterday we saw an episode where Miss Ellie butted in on JR's marriage to Cally and gave him an ultimatum to start treating her like his wife or divorce her. She really gave him a kick in the butt on that one!

Well to me the USA is on the other side of the world. 6 hours is quite a lot of time difference after all. Even though it's not all about the time difference as Argentina is even further away from Europe and yet there's only a 4 hours time difference in Buenos Aires!
Not to mention that I think a lot of parts of Europe and Africa are on the same time zone and yet we do consider South Africa to be on the other side of the world as well so...
I hope you see the point I'm trying to make here.

Anyway good that you enjoyed Ray & Donna's flirting as well...

Sanda, I am glad to hear that you love John Ross and Melissa as well since they are our creation unlike all the other couples that we've just borrowed from the show!
I agree with you that if I were Melissa I would run away from John Ross and his weird family too. Nope I wouldn't want to go on a second date with him!

Tommie, your Donna and Ray reference to the couch is hilarious to me. :lolo:

Pammy, I know there's not a lot of Bobby and Pam in this episode. But I promise you'll see a lot more of them in the next episode.

Okay so an update will follow in the next post.

 

[Karin]

Back at the ranch were John Ross and Melissa playing on the inflatable lilos in the pool when Mitch and Lucy came out of the house. Lucy said displeased, “No you didn’t?”

“Yes I did,” Mitch insisted. “We’re going to Afton’s for dinner tomorrow.”

“But I really don’t want to spend anymore time with that jerk!” Lucy complained.

“Think I do?” Mitch sighed. “But he is my sister’s boyfriend…”

“Well that doesn’t mean I have to like him,” Lucy sighed before she spotted John Ross and Melissa. “Oh hi kids!” Lucy greeted them, “Nice to see you again Melissa.”

“Yeah you too,” Melissa said looking a little questioning.

“I don’t think she remembers you darling,” Mitch said.

“Oh. I’m Lucy John Ross’s cousin. I saw you at the White Rock skating center. This is my husband Mitch.”

“Nice to meet you!” Mitch greeted Melissa.

“Likewise,” Melissa smiled.

“Well we’re going to Lynette and Trevor’s for dinner so…”

“We’ll just leave you kids alone,” Lucy said and Mitch and Lucy left.

“I like your cousin,” Melissa said.

“Yeah she’s nice,” John Ross agreed.

“Is she Christopher’s sister?” Melissa asked, as they got out of the pool and sat down in sun chairs.

“No Uncle Gary and aunt Valene are her parents.”

“Oh so where are they?”

“They live in California.”

“Oh really? Melissa asked pleasantly surprised. “But I thought you Ewings loved living several generations in the same house…”

“We do.”

“So why don’t they live with you then?”

“It’s a long story really but…you see they met when they were really young, had Lucy, but since my uncle has a drinking problem he bailed. Then Lucy's mama bailed too and left the baby here at Southfork. So Lucy was raised by my grandma. Uncle Gary and Aunt Valene divorced and got remarried but it didn’t work so they divorced again. Then after they had divorced they had two more kids. Twins, and now they are remarried again.”

“Hold on… your aunt and uncle have married each other three times?”

“Yeah but so has Lucy and Mitch!”

“What?!” Melissa exclaimed surprised. “You’re kidding, right?”

“No it’s true.”

“I don’t get it though, why marry the same person again if it doesn’t work out the first time?”

“Well I guess they must really love each other. I mean my parents also married each other two times.”

“You mean they renewed their vows?” Melissa asked.

“No they got divorced and remarried,” John Ross clarified.

“Okay,” Melissa said skeptically.

“Maybe it’s crazy to hope for it, but a part of me still hopes that they’ll get back together someday,” John Ross confided in Melissa.

“Well it’s not that crazy,” she laughed. “Anyone can tell that your parents are far from over each other.”

“You think so?”

“Yeah,” Melissa blushed. “I kind of saw your dad make a pass at your mom in the kitchen before…”

“Really?” John Ross said delightedly.

“Yeah,” Melissa nodded.

“That’s great, if they do get back together again I hope they will remarry too,” John Ross smiled.

“You seriously want your parents to remarry two times?” Melissa asked. “I mean why remarry again if it doesn’t work out the first two times?”

“Beats me but why think of that…” John Ross leant in towards Melissa. “When I could think of much funnier things we could be doing,” John Ross kissed Melissa who forgot all about his weird family when she felt his lips upon hers. She tentatively responded to the kiss.

 

[Presea]

I really liked the Clayton and Miss Ellie scene. In my opinion, Clayton is better husband than all of the other Dallas guys put together.

Jenna needs to get her butt over to Southfork already so that Ray and Donna can finally have their happily ever after! It is so obvious that they are ready for it!

Hilarious to see Melissa hear about even more of the crazy Ewing family history. This generation has a chance to be normal and not have multiple remarriages and divorces! Lol!

 

[Ms Southworth]

I also love Miss Ellie's individual scenes with her children and grandchildren. Just yesterday we saw an episode where Miss Ellie butted in on JR's marriage to Cally and gave him an ultimatum to start treating her like his wife or divorce her. She really gave him a kick in the butt on that one!

Well to me the USA is on the other side of the world. 6 hours is quite a lot of time difference after all. Even though it's not all about the time difference as Argentina is even further away from Europe and yet there's only a 4 hours time difference in Buenos Aires!
Not to mention that I think a lot of parts of Europe and Africa are on the same time zone and yet we do consider South Africa to be on the other side of the world as well so...
I hope you see the point I'm trying to make here.

I think that there's a lot of Miss Ellie in me, so it might as well have been me giving JR a mouthfull or a kick in the behind! Mind you, not only in regards to Cally, but even more so regarding the way that JR treated Sue Ellen time and time again!

I knew what you meant! "The other side of the world" is sometimes just a figure of speech! :wink@
I would just have liked for Ray to have shown more of an effort to be a part of Margaret's life! I have a feeling that visiting his daughter would be two-sided: )a) Yes, he would get to spend time with Margaret; but (b) he would also have to face the biggest "mistake" of his life, i.e. letting go of Donna! His one and only true love!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Great update once again! :bh:

(We gave plenty of feedback, yet we didn't get a double treat? Maybe I should make cutbacks?

I feel so bad for Lucy having to go to dinner with her sister-in-law and her not-so-loveable boyfriend!

I also feel bad for Melissa! If I'd been her, I think that I'd come up with some lame excuse and call it a day! Too much family information to handle in just a few hours!

Having said that, I loved your summary of the ups and downs in the lives of Gary and Valene ... and Lucy and Mitch! The concept of renewal of wedding vows doesn't exist in the Ewing clan!

All children with divorced parents seem to wish for their parents to get back together! And John Ross is no different! And I loved Melissa's comment: “Anyone can tell that your parents are far from over each other.” (Just don't get your hopes up too high for them to live happily ever after, John Ross! )

Please keep the updates flowing! Preferably at a slightly higher speed! :wink@

 

[Ms Southworth]

... ... it might as well have been me giving JR a mouthfull or a kick in the behind!

... ... perhaps instead a large piece of my mind followed by a kick in the crotch!

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback.

Presea, you are right that the only thing standing between Donna and Ray right now is the fact that he's married to Jenna...
So well the sooner he realizes that he wants a divorce the better off everyone's gonna be. Except maybe Lucas...

True this generation is not wrecked yet...they can get marry once and make it stick maybe...

Ms Southworth, that's cool that you can identify with Miss Ellie.
She reminds me of my grandmothers in a sense, being a strong woman and the matriarch of the family.

Well let's not forget that a big part of why Ray didn't want to visit Donna and Margaret was because she was remarried to Andrew and he found it painful to see Donna with Andrew. Of course now Donna's divorced and that changes everything. Because let's not forget that Ray didn't walk out on Donna. Donna walked out on Ray. She was the one who asked for the divorce and hence the mistake was hers to make.

Finally since you're asking so nicely I will give you a double treat tonight. Update time:


JR was reading a newspaper when Sue Ellen came out on the balcony and said, “JR?”

“What?” JR looked up from the paper. “I’m actually trying to read. It’s bad enough with the kids hanging around.”

Sue Ellen looked down only to see Rebecca and Margaret sitting by the edge of the balcony staring down towards the pool area and giggling. Sue Ellen went over to them to see what was so funny and noticed John Ross and Melissa sitting below in a chair making out. She said, “Right you are. You’re spying on our son!”

“Well he’s my boy for sure,” JR grinned.

“That he is, but don’t you think they are getting a bit too serious for a first date?” Sue Ellen asked in a concerned voice.

“Nah,” JR shook his head. “They are just making out with their clothes on.”

“Still Melissa seems like a nice girl. I don’t think she wants things to go too far,” Sue Ellen said in a concerned voice. Before she turned to Margaret and Rebecca and said, “Girls, I’ll give you five dollars each if you go down and interrupt John Ross and Melissa.”

“Wow! We get money to go bug them,” Rebecca grinned.

“I don’t know Aunt Sue Ellen, isn’t that morally wrong?” Margaret asked.

“No it’s just doing me a favor,” Sue Ellen coaxed the little girl.

“Oh come on Sue Ellen, John Ross is almost an adult, he’s not gonna like you meddling into his private life,” JR objected.

“That may be so, but he’ll thank me later.”

“I don’t think so,” JR said.

“Oh he will, because if he doesn’t cool off soon that girl is going to dump him,” Sue Ellen said.

“Fine have it your way then,” JR muttered.

“So girls will you do it?”

“Sure we’ll do it,” Rebecca said.

“Oh I don’t know,” Margaret said hesitating.

“It’s okay if you don’t want to. I just thought you might want to give Melissa a copy of your book before she goes home,” Sue Ellen said.

“You’re right, I forgot all about that. I must do that,” Margaret said. “Come on Rebecca, let’s go.”

“Not without my five dollars,” Rebecca held up her hand.

“Here,” Sue Ellen paid Rebecca who grinned. But Margaret wouldn’t take her money. The girls disappeared into the house.

 

[Karin]

A couple of minutes later Rebecca and Margaret came out of the house and Rebecca yelled, “John Ross and Melissa, do you wanna watch me do the hula hoops?”

Melissa pulled away from John Ross and hurried to move over to another chair. She felt embarrassed about the interruption. John Ross was just as annoyed, “No, what are you doing out here?” John Ross exclaimed. “You’re supposed to be indoors!”

“I’m sorry but I just remembered that I promised you a copy of my book,” Margaret said and handed Melissa the book.

“Thanks,” Melissa said and accepted the book. “I’ll read it later.”

“Okay,” Margaret said.

“Did you have to come all the way out here for that?” John Ross asked. “We were sort of in the middle of something.”

“I know you were kissing,” Rebecca giggled.

“Rebecca, you blew our cover,” Margaret said annoyed.

“What cover?” John Ross narrowed his eyes.

“Oh nothing,” Rebecca said innocently.

“How did you know we were kissing?” Melissa asked.

“Were you spying on us?” John Ross asked.

But Rebecca didn’t have a chance to answer before Christopher came out of the house. “Margaret! Rebecca! You know, you aren’t supposed to be out here!”

“Why not?” Rebecca asked.

“Because your cousin John Ross wants his privacy,” Christopher said. “Hi I’m Christopher by the way, John Ross’ cousin,” Chris greeted Melissa.

“Hi I’m Melissa, I’ve heard a lot about you.”

“Thanks likewise,” Chris said. “So were the kids bothering you?”

“Yes, they were spying on us,” Melissa said.

“I’m sorry, but don’t you worry I’ll take care of this,” Chris said. “So kids, how about some ice-cream?”

“Yeah I love ice-cream,” Margaret beamed.

“Me too,” Rebecca beamed.

“Well good,” Christopher smiled as they had taken the bait. “You can have some if you’ll leave John Ross and Melissa alone.”

“Hey aren’t that a bribe?” Margaret asked.

“Yes, is it working?” Chris asked.

“Yeah but I want you to also watch me do 100 hula-hoops,” Rebecca said.

“And read my book too,” Margaret said.

“Okay I’ll do it later. Let’s go indoors now and have some ice-cream,” Christopher sighed. Before he and the girls started walking into the house. The last thing John Ross and Melissa heard was Chris giving the girls a lecture. “Also girls, how many times do we have to tell you that it’s not nice to spy on someone?”

“But we weren’t spying we were just sitting on the balcony with uncle JR,” Rebecca said defensively.

John Ross and Melissa looked up at the balcony when they heard that and surely enough they saw JR and Sue Ellen sitting there. Melissa blushed as she realized that they’d been watched and wrapped a towel around her. Then she said annoyed, “Do your parents and cousins have to stare at us all the time?”

“No of course not,” John Ross said before he yelled at his parents. “Mom, dad, get the hell off that balcony!”

“I told you he wouldn’t be happy,” JR said to Sue Ellen, before they disappeared into the house.

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

Caught up again.

Donna and Ray; Jenna needs to arrive at Southfork soon, Ray and Donna are just about ready to rekindle their relationship (and I won't have a problem with that at all, especially if it means Jenna gets written out, though I feel like it doesn't mean that, even the show writers kept her around post her relevant relationship with Bobby).

Speaking of Jenna, Charlie etc. they treat Lucas like an annoyance, it bothers me, as I keep saying, he sounds cute, so it's more sad to read scenes where he seems to be treated like he's just bothering them all the time.

*Cough* I wouldn't be all that upset if Jenna and Charlie took a drive by themselves and found themselves repeating Pam's fate in 1987. Not Lucas and not even Randy, but Jenna and Charlie can leave and I wouldn't be upset.

JR and Sue Ellen, JR is being kind of creepy with his pushiness toward Sue Ellen in the kitchen, however, I did enjoy their talk on the balcony, even if they were being super invasive in John Ross' life. I get what Sue Ellen meant regarding John Ross losing Melissa too, in a way JR wouldn't understand (or maybe he would since he courted the virgin Sue Ellen for years), but if John Ross did push too hard, he could lose Melissa. It doesn't sound though like Melissa is all that conservative, so maybe not. I'd hope they wouldn't be taking things too much further than making out in broad daylight in a shared family space, if they did want to, the stables or a spare bedroom might be a better location

Speaking of John Ross and Melissa too, Melissa's reaction to the family dynamics is just hilarious. Like yep, only when you look at it from an outside perspective does it become clear how weird the Ewing family is.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Ms Southworth, that's cool that you can identify with Miss Ellie.
She reminds me of my grandmothers in a sense, being a strong woman and the matriarch of the family.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you didn't mean it the way it sounded! Yes, I'm a strong woman like Miss Ellie ... ... just like Donna and Pam were on Dallas! :girl: But I'm no way near being the matriarch of my family!

Well let's not forget that a big part of why Ray didn't want to visit Donna and Margaret was because she was remarried to Andrew and he found it painful to see Donna with Andrew. Of course now Donna's divorced and that changes everything. Because let's not forget that Ray didn't walk out on Donna. Donna walked out on Ray. She was the one who asked for the divorce and hence the mistake was hers to make.

Sorry, I don't remember the details of the double digits seasons (even though I wish I did when it comes to Ray and Donna)!

Even if is was Donna who asked for the divorce, it took the both of them to get to the point of divorce! They share the responsibility of their marriage falling apart, IMO ... ... just like it will require an effort from the both of them to find their way back into each other's arms!

Finally since you're asking so nicely I will give you a double treat tonight.

Thanks so very much for the double scoop! Even more so since the two scenes were kind of tied together! :thank:

 

[Ms Southworth]

Thank you for giving me a lot of good laughs when reading the update from the balcony!

I have to emphasize the dialogue in this scene when I give my feedback, since you did an awesome job! :10::10::10::10:

I chuckled when JR said: “What?” ... ... “I’m actually trying to read. It’s bad enough with the kids hanging around.”
(And I wondered what Margaret and Rebecca were doing in JR's room in the first place? Was Rebecca wanting to spend time with her favorite uncle? :lolo: )

I also chuckled when Sue Ellen found out what was going on: “Right you are. You’re spying on our son!”

Sue Ellen's concern for her 16 year old son was precious ... ... yet also a bit disturbing rolleyes, especially since John Ross and Melissa were only kissing:

• “... don’t you think they are getting a bit too serious for a first date?”
• “... Melissa seems like a nice girl. I don’t think she wants things to go too far”

Oh my ... Sue Ellen blackmailed her nieces? I had not seen that one coming! But it was really funny! Especially the way Sue Ellen convinced Margaret that it was okay to "interrupt" the teenagers, if she brought along her book! :lolo:
Rebecca and Margaret's reactions to the offer of each "earning" a 5 dollar bill were hilarious - each in their own way! Their different personalities really shined through!

Thanks once again for giving me a lot of great laughs! :bh:

 

[Ms Southworth]

Two funny updates in one day? :bravo: :thank: And this scene also deserves a full score: :10::10::10::10::10:

I loved how you wrote the scene so that John Ross found out that they had been spied on! Not only by his cousins, but also by his parents!

Christopher was acting like a young and responsible adult addressing the girls' presence at the pool the way he did! I have to wonder where that came from? Is he trying to score cheap points so he can get out of his grounding early? Or had John Ross asked for "assistance" prior to Melissa's arrival?

I can totally see my almost seven year old daughter in Rebecca, especially when Rebecca insisted that they had to watch her do 100 hula-hoops! Very typical behavior for that age, I guess!

I completely understand Melissa's reaction when she found out that JR and Sue Ellen had been observing their son from the balcony: “Do your parents and cousins have to stare at us all the time?”

JR's response to Sue Ellen (after they had been spotted) was priceless: “I told you he wouldn’t be happy”!

PS. I guess that "hell" isn't a profanity on this board? Remember when the board changed your choice of words, Karin?

 

[Mrs Bobby James Ewing]

Cute updates Karin! John Ross and Melissa are so cute together in your story but I really think Melissa should dump John Ross soon after everything she has been through with John Ross and his family on their first date. Melissa is very brave to put up with all of that just to be near John Ross. Miss Ellie needs to sit down with her family and lecture them all about how to act and behave properly in front of guests after Melissa leaves because everyone has acted horribly except for Miss Ellie and Clayton while Melissa has been visiting them at Southfork.