Dallas in the 90's

[Karin]

At Southfork, the phone rang. JR, who was just coming down the stairs, picked it up in the hallway, “Hello, J.R. Ewing here.”

“J.R. It’s Doctor Haynes.”

“Haynes what the hell are you doing phoning me at Southfork?” JR exclaimed. “What if someone else would have picked up?”

“I’m sorry J.R but I have to talk to Mr. Farlow,” Doctor Haynes said. “You see your mama was here today and gave me quite a scare. She was this close to finding out the whole scam!”

“I see, so what are you gonna do about it?”

“Well I have to tell Mr. Farlow to stop exercising.”

“Good, the old fool is overdoing it. I was just trying to occupy them. Not getting him killed!”

“Now you’re telling me!”

“Anyway how did things go with Bobby?”

“Oh fine. I’m about to check up on the tests after I’ve talked to Mr. Farlow!”

“That’s great and remember to send the results to Southfork in Bobby’s name. I want it to look like he’s made the check up,” JR smiled his shit eating grin.

“I’ll remember, now can you get Mr. Farlow on the phone?”

“Of course, he’s in the workout room. I’ll get him,” JR said and walked towards the exercise room.

 

[Karin]

Inside of the exercise room was Clayton working hard lifting weights when JR found him.

“Clayton, Doctor Haynes on the phone for you,” JR handed Clayton the phone.

“Thank you,” Clayton took the phone. “This is Clayton Farlow!”

“Mr. Farlow, Doctor Haynes here. I’m afraid I have some bad news for you!”

“What?”

“Are you exercising?”

“Yes two hours a day. I feel fitter and stronger than in years!”

“Well that’s good, but you’ll have to stop!”

“What?” Clayton asked before adding, “Have you been talking to my wife?”

“Yes and it’s a good thing I did. You see when I talked to her I discovered that there’s been an unfortunate computer error.”

“What does that mean?”

“Well it means that with your high risk for cardiac failure you never should have started exercising again.”

“Now I don’t understand. Last month you told me that I could exercise as much as I wanted to and now you’re telling me it’s lethal for me?”

“I’m afraid so. The computer gave me the wrong journal. Therefore I made a mistake when I told you that you could exercise!”

“But…”

“Mr. Farlow it’s very important that you stop exercising right away. I’ve also arranged an appointment for you with your cardiologist in two weeks. Just to make sure that everything’s alright!”

“I understand. Thank you for calling.” Clayton hung up the phone and sighed. Before he got up and left the exercise room, this time for good.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Thank you for the feedback Ms Southworth, I do appreciate it!

My pleasure!

And thanks so much (again, but who’s counting?) for sharing you and your sister’s amazing fanfic! :loveit:

Also since the last update was so short I'll give you a tripple treat tonight:

What? A TRIPPLE TREAT??? I can’t remember you ever giving us three scenes on the same day before! But thanks so very much! Now, I better get some reading done! :wink@ Hoping my favorite characters will be in’em!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Even though I’m not into the storylines surrounding the Wade’s family, I will say that you did a great job with the dialogue between Jenna and Martha! Their talk flowed really well, and your talent shows!

Great job!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Terrific talk betwen JR and Dr. Haynes!

I loved the setting of this scene! It was easy to picture JR standing by the stairs of Southfork talking on the house phone!

JR had some great lines in this scene:

• “Haynes what the hell are you doing phoning me at Southfork? What if someone else would have picked up?”
• “Good, the old fool is overdoing it. I was just trying to occupy them. Not getting him killed!” :bag:

Uhh, JR can be so heartless! It doesn’t always seem like he’s thought things through before setting up a scheme like the one involving his brother! But still, great job of describing JR’s demeanor! :wink@

I can’t wait for the paternity results to come in and also find out what happens when Bobby receives the letter from the doctor! :loveit:
Keep up the great work!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Great phone conversation between Clayton and Dr. Haynes!

Great lines from Clayton:

• “Yes, two hours a day. I feel fitter and stronger than in years!”
• “What? Have you been talking to my wife?”
• “Now I don’t understand. Last month you told me that I could exercise as much as I wanted to and now you’re telling me it’s lethal for me?”

Pleas update soon!

 

[Ms Southworth]

No update yesterday, @Karin Schill???

 

[Karin]

Sorry it slipped my mind. I was busy shopping online, as I needed to get a special Christmas gift for my parents but before I shopped I needed to look up some information and compare different brands of the same product. It took hours!

Anyway thank you so much for the feedback on the latest updates Ms Southworth.
I'm glad that you enjoyed all of them and even thought the Wades scene was well written!

Then as for the paternity test results, they will come back sort of soonish...
Of course when I say soonish I mean like a couple of months from here with our posting speed!

Here's tonight's update:

On Friday at Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas was Donna sitting in a lunch meeting with three men from the Democratic Party. They had been making polite small talk about politics before the men finally stopped beating around the bush. “So if the rumors are true and Governor Bush is heading for a senate seat in January the governor seat will be vacant,” congressman Murphy said.

“And of course we want to make sure a democrat takes it in that case,” Senator Dave Culver filled in.

“Of course,” Donna agreed. “So do you have anyone in mind?”

“Actually yes, Gregory Packard,” Mr. Morris said. He was a political consulter, that Donna had not crossed path with before. But word in Washington was that he had been given an important role in President Clinton’s upcoming 1996 campaign.

“Packard?” Donna frowned, as he was far from the first politician she would have picked. But knowing that Mr. Morris was in the know about things she didn’t want to disagree with him. So she added, “Yeah he could work.”

“Great. So then we can count on your help lobbying for his campaign?” Mr. Morris question threw her off guard as she hadn’t expected him to say that.

“Well… while I’m here I’ll be sure to do what I can but I’ll be going back to Washington soon and…”

“Actually that’s what we wanted to talk to you about. You see we have a proposition for you,” Dave Culver said.

Donna raises an eyebrow, “You do?”

“Yes, you see we would like you to remain here in Texas until the election.” Congressman Murphy explained.

“You would like me to stay here for six months?” Donna asked surprised.

“Yes. We’d like you to be Packard’s campaign manager. With your experience I think you could be the right person for the job and considering that next year is the presidential election having a democratic governor in Texas would be…” Mr. Morris started saying.

“A valuable asset,” Donna finished his sentence as she realized it did make sense. “I agree.”

“Great!” Congressman Murphy smiled. “Then you’re in?”

“Well I’m honored really but, I’ve already promised the vice president I’ll be joining the preparations for next year’s presidential campaign in Washington during this fall.”

“I see,” Murphy said. “No chance you could postpone that to the spring?”

“Well… maybe but…”

“Donna think of all the good you could be doing down here. I mean when it comes to the electoral votes…” Dave said.

“Well that of course,” Donna said thoughtfully. “If we could get a democrat in the governor mansion it would put us at an advantage for next year’s election and Texas does have a significant number of electoral votes at stake.”

“It would be a win, win situation,” Mr. Morris said persuasively and they smiled.

“So what do you say?” Dave asked.

“Well maybe, but on one condition,” Donna said.

“Anything!” Mr. Morris promised.

“I’d like to be based in Dallas instead of Austin,” Donna said.

“Dallas?” Mr. Morris frowned.

“Yes, my daughter’s father lives there so…” Donna explained.

“Of course, you should be based in Dallas,” Dave promised. “So?”

“I’m going to miss you if I stay,” Donna said.

“I’ll miss you too,” Dave replied. “Believe me, I wouldn’t ask this of you, if I didn’t think it was for the good of the party.”

“I know,” Donna nodded. “So can I have some time to think it over?”

“How much time do you need?” Murphy asked. “If you can’t do it we’ll need to find someone else…”

“Like over the weekend?” Donna asked. “I’d really like to talk to my daughter Margaret first. After all it affects her and her schoolwork too.”

“Of course,” Dave nodded. “We’ll look forward to hearing from you on Monday then.”

“Thank you!” Donna smiled.

 

[Ms Southworth]

No update yesterday, @Karin Schill???

I was dead serious! Yet you found my comment funny? .... .... .... .... .... .... ....

Sorry it slipped my mind.

My gut tells me that you left part of your heart in CA! And therefore, you get easily distracted! Of course, I could be all wrong!

BTW, how come you didn’t buy all of your Christmas presents in The Big Orange?

I was busy shopping online, as I needed to get a special Christmas gift for my parents but before I shopped I needed to look up some information and compare different brands of the same product. It took hours!

I’d be a bit worried about doing online shopping this close to Christmas! What’s your back-up plan, if the gift for your parents doesn’t arrive before the holidays?

Anyway thank you so much for the feedback on the latest updates Ms Southworth.
I'm glad that you enjoyed all of them and even thought the Wades scene was well written!

:yw:

Then as for the paternity test results, they will come back sort of soonish...
Of course when I say soonish I mean like a couple of months from here with our posting speed!

Does that mean that the paternity storyline won’t get wrapped up until episode 11? :thinker:

 

[Ms Southworth]

Great update about Donna! :up:

I’m absolutely thrilled at the prospect of Donna staying longer in Dallas (no matter what her initial reasons may be)!

I loved the way the three men slowly but surely worked their way up to asking Donna what they really wanted to ask:

• “So if the rumors are true and Governor Bush is heading for a senate seat in January the governor seat will be vacant”.
• “And of course we want to make sure a democrat takes it in that case. ... ...”.
• “Great. So then we can count on your help lobbying for his campaign? ... ...”.
• “Yes, you see we would like you to remain here in Texas until the election.”

Oh yes, Donna! Please stay in Dallas for the next six months (or how ever long you’re needed and wanted)!!! :loveit: I’m sure that you'd make an amazing campaign manager! Especially if you're based in Dallas instead of Austin. There's even a chance that Ray's divorce could be over and done with before the end of the year, so you'd be able to spend Christmas and New Year's in the arms of the man of your dreams!

BTW, I think that Donna would make a great governor of Texas herself! :wink@ (But maybe that's the three men's real plan? And they just haven't shared the news with Donna yet? )

Great writing work with the dialogue in this scene! It worked really well, Karin!

Please give us another update ASAP!

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback Ms Southworth. It's much appreciated as always.

Yeah of course we had to come up with some reason for Donna to extend her visit in Dallas...

BTW, I think that Donna would make a great governor of Texas herself! :wink@ (But maybe that's the three men's real plan? And they just haven't shared the news with Donna yet? )

I agree that Donna would make a great governor of Texas and I wonder if she's become one yet in Tommie's story...
I still haven't had the time to catch up properly since I returned. There's just too much Christmas related stuff to deal with and work to get done before the holiday. *sigh* Oh well it'll give me something to look forward to read later...

As for this story. No the men doesn't plan to ask Donna to run for governor as they are hung up on this Packard guy. So they want Donna to work with his campaign, in a sort of like "he takes the credit, she does the work" kind of way. But that's all I will say about it for now as you will see how the whole thing will play out eventually.

I was dead serious! Yet you found my comment funny? .... .... .... .... .... .... ....

Yeah funny in the same way I find it funny when I watch Dallas and the phone rings and I know Sue Ellen will remove an earring before she answers the phone. I know it because I know the character and well knowing you I'm not surprised you asked!

BTW, how come you didn’t buy all of your Christmas presents in The Big Orange?

Because some things won't fit in my suitcase.

Does that mean that the paternity storyline won’t get wrapped up until episode 11? :thinker:

Something like that yeah. But don't fret we're more than halfway through episode 10 already.

Okay so update will follow in the next post.

 

[Karin]

In downtown Dallas outside of On the Rocks were Bobby and Pam standing first in line to go into the nightclub. “ID’s?” A guard at the door asked.

“Are you sure that’s necessary?” Bobby asked.

“Yes everyone has to show IDs,” the guard said looking up. He looked surprised when he saw Bobby and Pam. “Oh good evening, sir, ma’am. Are you sure you’re at the right place?”

“Yeah this is On the Rocks disco isn’t it?” Bobby asked.

“It’s on the rocks, but it’s hasn’t been a disco in ages!” The guard replied.

“But it is still a night club, right?” Bobby asked.

“Yeah but it has an 18 years age limit. So I really think someone your age would be more comfortable at the dance club for middle aged people on the other side of the street,” the guard said and pointed towards a club called Sylvie’s.

“Thanks but no thanks, you’ll see we used to come here all the time in the late 70s and early 80s,” Bobby explained.

“And now you want to relive your glory days?” The guard sighed.

“Something like that,” Bobby smiled sheepishly.

“So will you please let us in?” Pam asked.

“Okay sir, ma’am,” the guard agreed. “But don’t say that I didn’t warn you!”

Bobby and Pam walked past the guard without showing their ID’s and the guard shook his head. Inside the club Bobby and Pam left their jackets in the closet and walked towards the dance floor. A slow song was playing. A handful of youngsters were dancing while clinging onto each other and some of them were making out.

“I think I’m gonna like this place,” Bobby smiled.

“You better,” Pam said, as they joined the youngsters on the dance floor, dancing with their arms around each other to some love song.

 

[Presea]

Nice to have you back, Karin. It's cool that you went to California. I don't know how much you saw of the state, but my sister lives in Oakland.

I know that we have seen the storyline with Clayton's health before on the show, but I like how you expanded on it here. If Miss Ellie thinks that electronic records were bad back then, then she ain't seen nothing yet! Lol!

I'm sorry to say that I am already tired of this Martha storyline. Jenna is naive if she believes that Martha won't be found by her husband as long as she is with them. I'm sure that Lorenzo could easily find out (or might already know) about the ex-wife of Martha's late brother Naldo, and could guess that Martha is with Jenna. Is there no way for Martha to go into a witness protection program or something? At this rate, it's going to about another year before we get to the Katherine stuff!

I REALLY hope that Afton will start seeing the light about Mario soon! Becky and the others' complaints are getting tiresome. But if Afton meets Mario's family, it would be hilarious if he said, "And I'd like you to meet my brother, Luigi." Lol.

I don't know why the heck Pam needs to shop so dang much. I thought that was more of Sue Ellen's thing. I hate to say it, but this kind of makes Pam look a bit shallow, and I don't remember her being a shopaholic on the show. However, I loved that Bobby and Pam haven't forgotten their disco days! That stupid bouncer had no right to suggest that they go to a club for middle-aged people! Did he not realize that he was talking to the king and queen of dance in Dallas!?

I liked the Donna part. Donna, please get rid of the Electoral College for me! Even without this convenient "excuse" to stay in Dallas, I think that Donna would still stay with Ray now!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Thank you for the feedback Ms Southworth. It's much appreciated as always.

:06:

Yeah of course we had to come up with some reason for Donna to extend her visit in Dallas...

I agree that Donna would make a great governor of Texas and I wonder if she's become one yet in Tommie's story...
I still haven't had the time to catch up properly since I returned. There's just too much Christmas related stuff to deal with and work to get done before the holiday. *sigh* Oh well it'll give me something to look forward to read later...

For some reason, @Ray&Donna was quite busy while you were on the road! We've been blessed with updates every 2-3 days! Did the two of you strike up some kind of deal that you didn't share with the rest of us? Anyway, he made sure that we weren't bored at all! And yes, plenty to look forward to!

As for this story. No, the men don't plan to ask Donna to run for governor as they are hung up on this Packard guy. So they want Donna to work with his campaign, in a sort of like "he takes the credit, she does the work" kind of way. But that's all I will say about it for now as you will see how the whole thing will play out eventually.

Oh, I see! It makes sense, yet I have a hunch that things may not play out that way after all! I'm looking forward to this storyline!

Yeah funny in the same way I find it funny when I watch Dallas and the phone rings and I know Sue Ellen will remove an earring before she answers the phone. I know it because I know the character and well knowing you I'm not surprised you asked!

Hmm ... ... ... ...

Because some things won't fit in my suitcase.

If the special gift to your parents won't fit in your suitcase, I can pretty much guarantee that it won't fit under the Christmas tree either! :lolo: (or in a stocking for that matter! :cooler: )

Something like that yeah. But don't fret we're more than halfway through episode 10 already.

Hmm ... I'm already wondering what the cliffhanger will be for episode 10! :thinker:

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback Presea. I always enjoy reading your comments.
I agree with you about the electronic records and to tell you the truth I am not sure I like that everything is computerized these days. I think we've gotten too dependant on "new" technology for our own good.

Interesting idea to put Martha into the witness protection program. It's too bad you're sick of her plot already, as you really haven't seen much of it so far. Believe me when I say that it will be going somewhere and will create some drama that will not only involve the Wades.

Oh yeah the electoral college. I really don't understand why the USA has insisted on keeping that old relic from the 1700s or such!
You really need to get rid of that one so that whoever gets the most votes in the next election will become President.

I loved that Bobby and Pam haven't forgotten their disco days! That stupid bouncer had no right to suggest that they go to a club for middle-aged people! Did he not realize that he was talking to the king and queen of dance in Dallas!?

Right you are!

I REALLY hope that Afton will start seeing the light about Mario soon! Becky and the others' complaints are getting tiresome. But if Afton meets Mario's family, it would be hilarious if he said, "And I'd like you to meet my brother, Luigi." Lol.

That is hilarious. Also who knows maybe it was Super Mario Bros who originally inspired us to chose the name of Mario...
We did love to play video games when we were younger. But then again I don't think so, as I recall having a huge crossword puzzle dictionary that we borrowed from our mom. In it there were lists of mens names and womens names and surnames and well sometimes when we had a hard time deciding on a name we would open the book and one of us would move our fingers across the names and the other one would say "Stop" and that's how some of the names for the minor characters in this story were chosen! :lolo:

Nice to have you back, Karin. It's cool that you went to California. I don't know how much you saw of the state, but my sister lives in Oakland.

Thank you it's good to be back. Also that's cool that your sister lives in Oakland. I almost visited it as I went to Berkley.
But yeah I saw quite a bit of beautiful California.
We started out in Los Angeles and then went down the coast to San Clemente and then we travelled back to Burbank and Malibu and then up the coast all the way to San Francisco. We made some stops along the way in Santa Barbara, Solvang, San Simeon (Hearst Castle), San Luis Obispo, Pismo Beach, Monterey and around the Big Sur.

For some reason, @Ray&Donna was quite busy while you were on the road! We've been blessed with updates every 2-3 days! Did the two of you strike up some kind of deal that you didn't share with the rest of us? Anyway, he made sure that we weren't bored at all! And yes, plenty to look forward to!

I'm glad to hear that.
No we haven't made any deal, I just let him know that I wouldn't be able to keep up with his story while I was travelling and that it had nothing to do with the writing. But yeah I'm glad to hear that you've gotten lots of updates. Hopefully I will have time to catch up properly over the Christmas break.

But yeah I'm glad you're looking forward to the new Donna plot in this story.

If the special gift to your parents won't fit in your suitcase, I can pretty much guarantee that it won't fit under the Christmas tree either! :lolo: (or in a stocking for that matter! :cooler: )

It definitely won't fit in a stocking but it will be okay to put underneath the Christmas tree. I mean after all I don't have my wardrobe underneath the Christmas tree. See I had lots of clothes with me when I went to California so there wasn't much room for shopping to begin with!

Okay update will follow in the next post...

 

[Karin]

Meanwhile at Southfork were Donna and Margaret sitting on Margaret’s bed talking about her trip to Austin. Margaret asked excitedly, “So what else did Uncle Dave say?”

“Well he wanted to discuss something really important with me,” Donna replied. “And it’s something that concerns you too. So I really think we need to have a grown up talk about this.”

“A grown up talk?” Margaret’s eyes widened. “That sounds serious mom!”

“It is,” Donna nodded.

“Okay mom, so what is it?” Margaret asked.

“Well I was thinking it’s not long until school starts.”

“I know,” Margaret smiled. “I’m looking forward to it!”

“I know,” Donna nodded. “Are you also looking forward to going back to Washington?”

“Yes of course, I’d love to go home!”

“Even if it means leaving your family behind?”

Margaret looked down, “Oh…I didn’t think of that. I’m sure gonna miss Daddy and Rebecca and Southfork and grandma and uncle Bobby and…”

“Yeah me too,” Donna said.

“But we can always come back and visit,” Margaret said.

“Yes we could, unless…” Donna paused for a moment, “Margaret how would you feel about staying here? Margaret looked surprised. “What do you mean?”

“Well as it turns out the party would like me to work on the presidential campaign from here,” Donna explained.

“What?” Margaret was astonished. “But why?” Margaret asked. “It’s in Washington everything happens!”

Donna couldn’t help but smile at her comment, “No not everything darling,” Donna corrected her daughter. “Sometimes you have to go state wise to win the electoral votes and with a democrat at the governor’s mansion…”

“Oh I see. With you here the party will have a better chance at affecting state government. Smart thinking mommy,” Margaret said and Donna smiled at her daughter’s ability to keep up with politics even at such a tender age. “So how long would this be for?”

“Six months,” Donna replied.

“Oh okay, that could be fun,” Margaret said. “But after six months…?”

“We’ll be going home to Washington,” Donna said. “Now before you say yes or no I want you to think it over really careful. I mean staying here would mean that you have to change school and you won’t be in the same class as your friends anymore.”

“Oh…well since I’m gonna skip ahead a school year I wouldn’t be anyway,” Margaret shrugged her shoulders.

“No I guess not…however if we stay here this fall I think you will have to wait to skip ahead until the spring,” Donna said.

“What?” Margaret didn’t like that idea. “Why?”

“Well if you start a new school it's not sure they’re gonna be willing to move you up…” Margaret made a sore face and Donna tried to cheer her up by saying, “But I promise you will be able to just as soon as we get back to Washington.”

Margaret sighed, “Well I guess it’s ok. I mean it’s a small price to pay to get to stay here at Southfork…” Then she got a concerned look in her eyes. “Cause we are staying here, right mom?”

“Would you like that?” Donna asked.

“Of course, I would love to stay here with our family,” Margaret said.

“Alright then I’ll talk to Miss Ellie tomorrow but I’m sure it shouldn’t be a problem.”

“Good,” Margaret hugged Donna.

Suddenly Rebecca came running in through the door holding a big book screaming, “I found it!”

Margaret turned to Rebecca saying, “Did you hear that Rebecca? Mom and I are staying in Dallas this fall!”

“Great me and mommy are staying too,” Rebecca said, dropping the big book in Donna’s lap. Rebecca then took Margaret’s hand and pulled her with her onto her bed.

The girls started jumping up and down in Rebecca’s bed singing, “We are staying at Southfork! We are staying at Southfork!”

“Margaret Krebbs you stop that right now!” Donna scolded her daughter.

Margaret jumped off Rebecca’s bed and blushed as she knew she had misbehaved. “I’m sorry mom!”

“Rebecca Ewing, get down or there’ll be no bedtime story!” Donna told Rebecca off.

“Sorry Aunt Donna,” Rebecca quickly apologized before she jumped off the bed and sat down at Donna’s side.

“Let’s see what we’ve got here,” Donna said opening the book and Margaret sighed at the sight of the children’s book but sat down nicely and Donna started reading. “4:th of August. “Who shall be king?” Once up on a time there was a king named Antonius who was the ruler of a country far, far away. One day he called upon both of his sons. I am twice as old as you and I deserve to retire…”

 

[Mrs Bobby James Ewing]

Great updates and Happy Holidays Karin. I still enjoy reading your wonderful story daily. I am so happy that Donna and Margaret have agreed to stay in Dallas for the time being. I am looking forward to Ray and Donna's reconciliation in the near future after Ray and Jenna end their marriage which will be sad for both Jenna and Lucas even though I really wasn't a fan of them as a couple but I did like their scenes together dispite the fact that I wanted Ray and Donna to reconcile so they could raise their daughter together.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Terrific scene from downtown Dallas! Very entertaining dialogue!

I laughed out loud when I read the guard’s reaction to seeing Bobby and Pam in line: “Oh good evening, sir, ma’am. Are you sure you’re at the right place?”
These responses from the guard were just hilarious:

• “... ... So I really think someone your age would be more comfortable at the dance club for middle aged people on the other side of the street”.
• “And now you want to relive your glory days?”
• “Okay sir, ma’am. But don’t say that I didn’t warn you!”

The fact that the guard shook his head after he’d lead Bobby and Pam through said a lot about what’s to come! :rlol:

I can’t wait to find out where this storyline is going, so please update soon!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Amazing update about Donna, Margaret, and Rebecca! Sweet, funny, entertaining, and so much more!

How can Margaret not be looking forward to go back to school? Being the wizz that she is, I’d be surprised if she’d want summer to go on forever and ever!

These lines from Margaret sounded so ... ... “Margaret-like” and fit her character to a T:

• “But we can always come back and visit”.
• “What? But why? It’s in Washington everything happens!”
• “Oh I see. With you here the party will have a better chance at affecting state government. Smart thinking mommy”
• “Oh…well since I’m gonna skip ahead a school year I wouldn’t be anyway”

My favorite part of this update have to be this one, because it entails so much hope for the future for the Krebbs family:
“Margaret sighed, “Well I guess it’s ok. I mean it’s a small price to pay to get to stay here at Southfork…” Then she got a concerned look in her eyes. “Cause we are staying here, right mom?”

Rebecca just cracks me up with both with her lines and her behavior! And slowly but surely, Rebecca is “teaching” Margaret how to be a kid, and Margaret is taking some of it in! Great writing, Karin:

• “Suddenly Rebecca came running in through the door holding a big book screaming, “I found it!”
• “Great me and mommy are staying too,” Rebecca said, dropping the big book in Donna’s lap. Rebecca then took Margaret’s hand and pulled her with her onto her bed.
• The girls started jumping up and down in Rebecca’s bed singing, “We are staying at Southfork! We are staying at Southfork!”

I would have thought that Donna would have let the girls celebrate just a bit more! Why did she have to be so uptight? I think that Donna could be in need of some TLC to get rid off tension, stress, etc.! And I know just the perfect guy for the job!

Cute fairytale at the end! The last line made me laugh out loud: “I am twice as old as you and I deserve to retire…” :lolo:

Please entertain us some more, Karin!

 

[Karin]

Thank you so much for the feedback on my story everyone. I do appreciate your comments.

Sanda, I'm glad that you liked Jenna and Ray's scenes together although you want him together with Donna. That's more than most fans who really seem to dislike him with Jenna a lot!
Ironically I saw him with Jenna first as I began watching the show in season 10...

But yeah I'm sure you're not the only one who's looking forward to Ray & Donna's reconciliation.

Oh and I hope you'll have a Happy Holidays too!

Ms Southworth, good that you enjoyed that first scene at the disco because you're gonna find out more how it went in tonight's update.
I guess Donna was just trying to set some bounderies for her daughter. Some parents don't want their kids to jump in their beds. Of course kids being kids they still do that!

The quotes from the end is from an actual book that my mom used to read to me and my sister when we were kids. She used to read to us a lot until I was like 10 and preferred to read silently on my own. I remember going to the library to borrow books every week when I was about 4 years old and also being subscribed to a Disney's kids bookclub that sent out new books I think once a month. So I've loved books since I was a young child.

Anyway here's tonight's update:

A couple of hours later at On the Rocks were Bobby and Pam standing over by a table, sipping on their drinks. The club was now filled with people ranging in the ages of 18 to 30 that jumped around the dance floor to some loud hip hop song.

“So what do you say Pam, you wanna dance some more?” Bobby asked.

“What?” Pam screamed, as the music was so loud that she could barely hear what Bobby was saying.

“Dance?” Bobby gestured and Pam nodded.

“Alright but I can’t dance like that,” Pam pointed towards the youngsters on the dance floor.

“Never mind them, let’s just do our thing,” Bobby replied. He took Pam’s hand and they walked out onto the dance floor. Bobby and Pam then started to dance in an old fashioned disco style while the teenagers and people in their twenties’ breakdanced or danced in chains. Suddenly a guy grabbed Pam’s waist and pulled her into the chain.

Pam screamed in surprise and as she was not prepared for the sudden movement she sprained her ankle. “Damn!” She screamed, as she broke free from the chain, pushing the kids in front of her so that they almost tripled over each other. People screamed as it caused quite a commotion and some of them ended up on the floor.

“What the hell are you doing with my woman?” Bobby yelled at the boy who had grabbed Pam.

“Just having some fun!” The boy shrugged his shoulders, as it was no big deal to him.

“Well does it look like she’s having fun?” Bobby asked pointing towards Pam who was standing on one leg.

The boy took a closer look at Pam and exclaimed, “Oh man, I’m sorry I didn’t realize she’s old enough to be my mother!”

“Hey I’m not that old!” Pam objected. “You tell them Bobby!”

But Bobby looked at the angry crowd that had started to get off the floor and thought better of it. “Pam let’s just drop it. Those kids don’t look like they should be messed with!” Bobby pointed at the angry mob.

“You’re right, let’s get out of here,” Pam nodded.

But it was too late, as the angry mob had already noticed them. “Hey old folks why are you here?” A guy asked, as he climbed off the floor.

“Yeah what’s going on?” Another guy asked.

“Nothing this is all just one big misunderstanding,” Bobby said in an attempt to calm down the youngsters. But unfortunately it didn’t work.

“Hey that’s the lady who pushed me, you are so going to pay for this!” A guy exclaimed, as he took a threatening step towards Pam.

Watching him Bobby snapped, “Hey you stay away from her, you hear?” Bobby stepped in front of them, protecting Pam.

“And if I won’t?” The guy asked.

“Don’t push it boy or you’ll regret it!” Bobby threatened the guy.

“Bobby please, let’s just leave,” Pam pleaded with Bobby as she tried to pull him away from the angry men. But it was too late as the guy attacked Bobby who easily hit him to the floor.

“Hey no one messes with my brother!” Another guy replied, before he also attacked Bobby. Bobby threw him back into the crowd that just got angrier and angrier. The crowd started fighting each other. A third guy then attacked Bobby and they fought for a while until Bobby threw him into a pair of chairs.

Just as a security guard showed up, “Hey what’s going on in here?”

“Oh nothing, they just made the mistake of messing with us Ewings!” Bobby replied.

“Well I tried to warn you, this is not a nice place,” the guard replied before he and two other guards moved towards the fight to try to break it up.

Bobby then turned to Pam, “Are you ok Pam?”

“Yeah it’s just my ankle that hurts like hell,” Pam replied.

“Ouch, then you’ll better lean on me as we need to leave!”

“I say you’re right, so you wanna go somewhere else or…”

“No let’s go home, I’ve had enough partying to last me all year!” Bobby replied, before he and Pam left the nightclub with their arms wrapped around each other. When they left the club they almost bumped into a younger couple that they knew. But neither couple cared to take a closer look at each other, so they didn’t recognize each other.