:thank:Just been given the heads up of this fanfic.....Thank you everyone for the feedback. 
Sanda, I'm glad you enjoyed Lucy & Mitch's meeting with Trevor.
Jessie, I'm glad that you love Lucy in my story. I hope we've managed to capture her personality. She has never been shy you know?
Yeah at Chris & John Ross age Disney movies is not really that cool. I remember going to watch one with my grandma when I was about that age. It was not my first pick of movie but I went anyway since I wanted to spend some time with her. I agree that the women's friendship is nice. Yes for now Lucy & Mitch will be staying/living at Southfork...
Pammy P, thank you for joining us and for letting me know what you think of my fanfic. I'm glad you thought it was brilliant so far.
Okay here's another update:
At the multiplex were Christopher and John Ross waiting as the guard tried to call their parents from his office. “Let’s hope Lucy’s not back from her ride yet,” Christopher whispered to John Ross.
“Chill, I bet you no one’s going to pick up anyway,” John Ross said. But to his disappointment someone answered the phone.
“Hello may I speak to Bobby or JR Ewing?” The guard asked.
“This is Bobby Ewing,” Bobby replied. “How can I help you?”
“Well my name’s Donald Romero and I’m working at the multiplex in town. I caught your son and nephew sneaking into the movie French Twist this afternoon.”
“What do you mean sneaking in?” Bobby asked offended. “We Ewings don’t sneak into movies. Everyone knows we have enough money to pay for a ticket.”
“Mr. Ewing, that’s not the problem. The boys had tickets alright. But they were for another movie.”
“Oh I see…so did they get lost on their way to the bathroom or something?” Bobby asked sheepishly.
“Definitely not, you see the apple doesn’t fall that far from the apple tree…”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“It means like father like son. What was it you and your friends did when you were teenagers…”
“Oh we sneaked into R-rated movies to watch…” Bobby suddenly stopped as it occurred to him. “Oh so that’s it, French Twist is a restricted movie?”
“Bingo Mr. Ewing and since your son and his cousin are under aged they are not allowed to watch it without a parent.”
“I understand.”
“Also since they didn’t have valid tickets for the movie they were in we could charge them with theft but…”
“All charges can be dropped if I pay you a sum of money. I get it. So how much money do you want to forget this ever happened?”
“Not a dime. But that reminds me that the boys also tried to bribe me with 40 dollars.”
Bobby sighed, “I’m sorry about that. It’s just that…”
“You Ewings think you can buy yourself out of everything…I get that…”
“No you don’t get that. I mean it’s my son and nephew you’re talking about and I don’t want to see them get into trouble with the law so their driver’s licenses will be delayed and stuff. Surely you can understand that?”
“Yes I do understand and you’re lucky this time Ewing as the owner has decided not to press charges. However if this is repeated…”
“It won’t be. JR and I will make sure the boys are punished,” Bobby promised.
“That’s what I was hoping you’d say. Now if you could just get down here and pick them up we will be happy to release the boys into your care.”
“Oh I don’t think that’ll be necessary. I mean after all their grandma and grandpa took them to the cinema.”
“Really?” Donald swallowed as he hadn’t counted on that the boys’ story might be true. “Um…yes the boys told me something about that,” Donald begun to sweat as Ellie Ewing was not someone you’d like to mess with. “Okay fine. We’ll just wait here then until she’ll pick them up. But remember to have a talk with your son before it’s too late. You need to teach him right from wrong now or he’ll never learn.”
“Well I know how to handle my boy thank you, goodbye,” Bobby said annoyed.
“Bye,” Donald hung up the phone, before he turned to the two boys. “I talked to your dad Christopher. Seems like your story panned out. So we’ll just wait here until your grandmother comes and fetches you,” Donald said before he added mentally. And please let it be soon as I’ve already had enough of these spoiled brats, Donald sighed as he looked out of the window and silently wished that he was anywhere but here!
Sanda, I'm glad you enjoyed Lucy & Mitch's meeting with Trevor.
Jessie, I'm glad that you love Lucy in my story. I hope we've managed to capture her personality. She has never been shy you know?
Yeah at Chris & John Ross age Disney movies is not really that cool. I remember going to watch one with my grandma when I was about that age. It was not my first pick of movie but I went anyway since I wanted to spend some time with her. I agree that the women's friendship is nice. Yes for now Lucy & Mitch will be staying/living at Southfork...
Pammy P, thank you for joining us and for letting me know what you think of my fanfic. I'm glad you thought it was brilliant so far.
Okay here's another update:
At the multiplex were Christopher and John Ross waiting as the guard tried to call their parents from his office. “Let’s hope Lucy’s not back from her ride yet,” Christopher whispered to John Ross.
“Chill, I bet you no one’s going to pick up anyway,” John Ross said. But to his disappointment someone answered the phone.
“Hello may I speak to Bobby or JR Ewing?” The guard asked.
“This is Bobby Ewing,” Bobby replied. “How can I help you?”
“Well my name’s Donald Romero and I’m working at the multiplex in town. I caught your son and nephew sneaking into the movie French Twist this afternoon.”
“What do you mean sneaking in?” Bobby asked offended. “We Ewings don’t sneak into movies. Everyone knows we have enough money to pay for a ticket.”
“Mr. Ewing, that’s not the problem. The boys had tickets alright. But they were for another movie.”
“Oh I see…so did they get lost on their way to the bathroom or something?” Bobby asked sheepishly.
“Definitely not, you see the apple doesn’t fall that far from the apple tree…”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“It means like father like son. What was it you and your friends did when you were teenagers…”
“Oh we sneaked into R-rated movies to watch…” Bobby suddenly stopped as it occurred to him. “Oh so that’s it, French Twist is a restricted movie?”
“Bingo Mr. Ewing and since your son and his cousin are under aged they are not allowed to watch it without a parent.”
“I understand.”
“Also since they didn’t have valid tickets for the movie they were in we could charge them with theft but…”
“All charges can be dropped if I pay you a sum of money. I get it. So how much money do you want to forget this ever happened?”
“Not a dime. But that reminds me that the boys also tried to bribe me with 40 dollars.”
Bobby sighed, “I’m sorry about that. It’s just that…”
“You Ewings think you can buy yourself out of everything…I get that…”
“No you don’t get that. I mean it’s my son and nephew you’re talking about and I don’t want to see them get into trouble with the law so their driver’s licenses will be delayed and stuff. Surely you can understand that?”
“Yes I do understand and you’re lucky this time Ewing as the owner has decided not to press charges. However if this is repeated…”
“It won’t be. JR and I will make sure the boys are punished,” Bobby promised.
“That’s what I was hoping you’d say. Now if you could just get down here and pick them up we will be happy to release the boys into your care.”
“Oh I don’t think that’ll be necessary. I mean after all their grandma and grandpa took them to the cinema.”
“Really?” Donald swallowed as he hadn’t counted on that the boys’ story might be true. “Um…yes the boys told me something about that,” Donald begun to sweat as Ellie Ewing was not someone you’d like to mess with. “Okay fine. We’ll just wait here then until she’ll pick them up. But remember to have a talk with your son before it’s too late. You need to teach him right from wrong now or he’ll never learn.”
“Well I know how to handle my boy thank you, goodbye,” Bobby said annoyed.
“Bye,” Donald hung up the phone, before he turned to the two boys. “I talked to your dad Christopher. Seems like your story panned out. So we’ll just wait here until your grandmother comes and fetches you,” Donald said before he added mentally. And please let it be soon as I’ve already had enough of these spoiled brats, Donald sighed as he looked out of the window and silently wished that he was anywhere but here!
Ms Southworth
Telly Talk Dream Maker
Nice update! :danc:
However, I'm surprised at how calm Bobby appeared about the whole thing! I would have liked to read more about what was really going through his mind as he was talking to Donald Romero. It's one thing that Bobby did some "unapproved stuff" himself when he was under-age. But somehow I would have thought that he would still be quite upset at the fact that Christopher didn't "play by the rules". Also, I would have thought that Bobby would want to come down to the movie theatre himself to handle the parenting situation (i.e. the initial confrontation of the boys), instead of just passing it on to Miss Ellie and Clayton. It'll be interesting to see their reaction as grandparents ... and also to hear what JR has to say (and to observe his parenting skills in this regard)!
Donald Romero handled the situation right IMHO, and he shouldn't have anything to worry about. It serves the Ewing boys right that Donald didn't believe them at first, when they said that their grandparents were at the movie theatre too. If they were "bad" enough to sneak into a movie with women in skimpy outfits (or less), then I wouldn't have trusted their "storyline" either!
Keep up the great work
However, I'm surprised at how calm Bobby appeared about the whole thing! I would have liked to read more about what was really going through his mind as he was talking to Donald Romero. It's one thing that Bobby did some "unapproved stuff" himself when he was under-age. But somehow I would have thought that he would still be quite upset at the fact that Christopher didn't "play by the rules". Also, I would have thought that Bobby would want to come down to the movie theatre himself to handle the parenting situation (i.e. the initial confrontation of the boys), instead of just passing it on to Miss Ellie and Clayton.
It'll be interesting to see their reaction as grandparents ... and also to hear what JR has to say (and to observe his parenting skills in this regard)! Donald Romero handled the situation right IMHO, and he shouldn't have anything to worry about. It serves the Ewing boys right that Donald didn't believe them at first, when they said that their grandparents were at the movie theatre too. If they were "bad" enough to sneak into a movie with women in skimpy outfits (or less), then I wouldn't have trusted their "storyline" either!
Keep up the great work
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Thank you for the feedback.
Ms Southworth, you know if Bobby would have stormed down there to take care of the parenting situation himself it would be the same as to say that he didn't trust his mother to look after his son and that she had failed. Bobby has a lot of trust in Miss Ellie's judgement and therefore lets her bail the boys out and bring them home where he can take over. You will find out once they get home how JR/SE and Bobby/Pam will deal with the situation.
Silvie, I'm glad that you like the way Bobby reacted.
Then here's a short update:
Jenna, Charlie and Lucas had finally begun their road trip to Dallas. They were driving alongside the Interstate 66 going in the west direction and had just passing by the town of Marshall, Virginia. Jenna and Charlie were seated in the front seats as they took turns driving while listening to music. Lucas was sitting in the backseat together with a couple of toy-cars and some luggage that they couldn't fit into the trunk. At the moment Jenna was driving and Lucas was happily observing all the American cars on the road. As the car passed a veteran car Lucas exclaimed, “Wow mom, did you see that T-model?”
“The what?” Jenna asked.
“The Ford!” Lucas exclaimed.
“Yeah of course we saw it,” Charlie sighed. “It was the fifth veteran car we’ve passed in the last hour!”
“Yeah isn’t it the coolest?” Lucas asked happily.
“No cool would be getting something to eat, I’m getting hungry,” Charlie complained.
“Yeah me too,” Jenna agreed. “Maybe we should stop at the next service station.”
“Fine by me as long as they have a good restaurant,” Charlie commented. “I don’t wanna eat McDonald’s twice!”
“Look mom there’s a Taco Bell!” Lucas exclaimed happily, as he pointed at a big sign a bit further down the road.
“I see dear, we’ll stop!”
Charlie looked horrified before she said, “Seriously mom?”
“Oh don’t worry dear,” Jenna smiled. “They have a Kentucky Fried Chicken too!”
“What’s so special about that?” Charlie asked.
“They don’t have it in Italy,” Jenna replied. Charlie looked questioningly at Jenna who said sheepishly, “I’ve really missed American food.”
Ms Southworth, you know if Bobby would have stormed down there to take care of the parenting situation himself it would be the same as to say that he didn't trust his mother to look after his son and that she had failed. Bobby has a lot of trust in Miss Ellie's judgement and therefore lets her bail the boys out and bring them home where he can take over. You will find out once they get home how JR/SE and Bobby/Pam will deal with the situation.
Silvie, I'm glad that you like the way Bobby reacted.
Then here's a short update:
Jenna, Charlie and Lucas had finally begun their road trip to Dallas. They were driving alongside the Interstate 66 going in the west direction and had just passing by the town of Marshall, Virginia. Jenna and Charlie were seated in the front seats as they took turns driving while listening to music. Lucas was sitting in the backseat together with a couple of toy-cars and some luggage that they couldn't fit into the trunk. At the moment Jenna was driving and Lucas was happily observing all the American cars on the road. As the car passed a veteran car Lucas exclaimed, “Wow mom, did you see that T-model?”
“The what?” Jenna asked.
“The Ford!” Lucas exclaimed.
“Yeah of course we saw it,” Charlie sighed. “It was the fifth veteran car we’ve passed in the last hour!”
“Yeah isn’t it the coolest?” Lucas asked happily.
“No cool would be getting something to eat, I’m getting hungry,” Charlie complained.
“Yeah me too,” Jenna agreed. “Maybe we should stop at the next service station.”
“Fine by me as long as they have a good restaurant,” Charlie commented. “I don’t wanna eat McDonald’s twice!”
“Look mom there’s a Taco Bell!” Lucas exclaimed happily, as he pointed at a big sign a bit further down the road.
“I see dear, we’ll stop!”
Charlie looked horrified before she said, “Seriously mom?”
“Oh don’t worry dear,” Jenna smiled. “They have a Kentucky Fried Chicken too!”
“What’s so special about that?” Charlie asked.
“They don’t have it in Italy,” Jenna replied. Charlie looked questioningly at Jenna who said sheepishly, “I’ve really missed American food.”
Honkytonkangel
Telly Talk Fan
Damn, I didn't expect Bobby to go nuts but I did expect MORE somehow. Hate that he's just passed the buck onto his mama here (mainly because, even if it's punishment, I think Chris NEEDS Bobby's attention more than ever right now). I hope he will actually do something.
On the other hand though I would be WAY more scared of Miss Ellie LOL. Hopefully she can be what those boys needs while their parents sort themselves out.
Lastly even though the boys were wrong I still wanted to smack that snooty guard.
On the other hand though I would be WAY more scared of Miss Ellie LOL. Hopefully she can be what those boys needs while their parents sort themselves out.
Lastly even though the boys were wrong I still wanted to smack that snooty guard.
Ms Southworth
Telly Talk Dream Maker
Nice update once again
I have yet to figure out what the "purpose" of bringing Jenna & Co. to Dallas is. Isn't she in for becoming the 11th wheel (so to speak, if you count all the dream couples)? I'm just curious where Jenna's future lies (since I really wish for Ray and Donna to find their way back together).
Please bring us the next update sooner better than later :thank:
I have yet to figure out what the "purpose" of bringing Jenna & Co. to Dallas is. Isn't she in for becoming the 11th wheel (so to speak, if you count all the dream couples)? I'm just curious where Jenna's future lies (since I really wish for Ray and Donna to find their way back together).
Please bring us the next update sooner better than later :thank:
Mrs Bobby James Ewing
Telly Talk Well-Known Member
Great updates Karin. Bobby should have gone down to the movie theater himself to deal with Donald, John Ross, and Christopher. Bobby is Christopher's father. I feel bad for Clayton, Miss Ellie, and Rebecca having to deal with that mess after they finish seeing their movie.
Bobby should have gone down to the movie theater himself to deal with Donald, John Ross, and Christopher. Bobby is Christopher's father. I feel bad for Clayton, Miss Ellie, and Rebecca having to deal with that mess after they finish seeing their movie. Thank you for the feedback everyone.
Honkytonkangel, yeah that guard is meant to be sort of annoying even if he's right.
Don't worry Christopher will get his parents attention when he gets home. But yeah Miss Ellie can be pretty tough so the boys are not in for a good time.
Ms Southworth the purpose of bringing Jenna and her kids to Dallas is of course to cause more tension in the house. I mean she's married to Ray but has Bobby's son. So the original series left us with a situation that has a lot of built in drama to start with. You just need to tap into it. But don't worry it's gonna take some time before Jenna comes to Southfork so Ray will have plenty of time to spend with Donna and Margaret first...
Sanda, yeah Miss Ellie, Clayton and Rebecca are not having a good afternoon. It's not fun when someone ruins your family fun...
Anyway here's another update:
Over at the multiplex was Miss Ellie starting to get really worried about John Ross and Christopher. So after 30 minutes her patience had run thin and she had left Clayton and Rebecca watching Pocahontas while she had wandered off to search for the boys.
“Have you seen my grandsons?” Miss Ellie held up a photo of Christopher and John Ross that she handed to the woman selling popcorn.
“Oh sure they were here buying popcorn about 40 minutes ago.”
“And you haven’t seen them since then?” Miss Ellie asked.
“No ma’am I’m sorry, I haven’t.”
“Okay thanks anyway,” Miss Ellie said before she turned to another person, “Have you’ve seen these two boys?”
The man frowned as he tried to remember and then suddenly it hit him why they looked so familiar, “Actually yes.”
“Good, where did you see them?”
“Oh they were escorted by a guard to his office about twenty minutes ago,” the man in the candy shop informed Miss Ellie.
“Oh no,” Miss Ellie sighed. Why are the Ewing boys always getting into trouble? Miss Ellie frowned. Now I’ll have to go fetch them up at the office, she reflected before she went on, “So this office where is it located?”
“Oh I can take you there,” the man offered.
“Thanks I appreciate it,” Miss Ellie said. The salesperson then showed her to the guard’s office where Miss Ellie just barged in through the door. “Hello my name’s Ellie Ewing Farlow. I’m the boys’ grandmother…”
“Oh hello Mrs. Farlow we have been expecting you,” Donald smiled sheepishly. “I guess you’re here to pick up the boys.”
“Exactly so what is it they have done?”
“They’ve sneaked into an R-rated movie and as you know these boys are not 17 so…”
“No Christopher’s 13 and John Ross is 16,” Miss Ellie sighed.
“But grandma you weren’t supposed to tell the guard how old we are,” Christopher complained.
“Don’t grandma me, you are the ones who got yourself into trouble,” Miss Ellie told the boys strictly before she turned to the guard. “Thank you sir for catching them, but I’ll take it from here and don’t worry I am sure that their parents will come up with some proper punishment.”
“I’m glad to hear that Mrs. Farlow as if this is repeated we will have to press charges,” Donald informed her.
Miss Ellie nodded, “That won’t be necessary, since it won’t happen again. You have my word for it,” Miss Ellie replied before she took Christopher and John Ross’s hands and they started to walk out of the office. Miss Ellie then turned to her grandsons and said, “John Ross and Christopher, I don’t know what’s gotten into you this afternoon but I must say that I’m very disappointed in you both. I mean here I was trying to take you out for a fun afternoon and what do you do?” Miss Ellie scolded them. “You break my trust! I mean are you ashamed to be seen with me or something?”
“No grandma it wasn’t like that, I mean if Rebecca hadn’t been with us we could have watched another movie together,” Christopher explained.
“Yeah I really missed you when I was in England,” John Ross agreed.
“That’s sweet of you. But sucking up to me won’t help you now as I am still telling your parents and then I’m sure there will be repercussions of this. Now let’s go fetch Clayton and Rebecca at the Pocahontas movie so we can go home.”
“Can’t we watch the end of Pocahontas first?” Christopher asked.
“No I’ve had enough of this place to last me three years, so we’re going home now,” Miss Ellie insisted and the boys sighed, since they were so not looking forward to being punished.
Honkytonkangel, yeah that guard is meant to be sort of annoying even if he's right.
Don't worry Christopher will get his parents attention when he gets home. But yeah Miss Ellie can be pretty tough so the boys are not in for a good time. Ms Southworth the purpose of bringing Jenna and her kids to Dallas is of course to cause more tension in the house. I mean she's married to Ray but has Bobby's son. So the original series left us with a situation that has a lot of built in drama to start with. You just need to tap into it. But don't worry it's gonna take some time before Jenna comes to Southfork so Ray will have plenty of time to spend with Donna and Margaret first...
Sanda, yeah Miss Ellie, Clayton and Rebecca are not having a good afternoon. It's not fun when someone ruins your family fun...
Anyway here's another update:
Over at the multiplex was Miss Ellie starting to get really worried about John Ross and Christopher. So after 30 minutes her patience had run thin and she had left Clayton and Rebecca watching Pocahontas while she had wandered off to search for the boys.
“Have you seen my grandsons?” Miss Ellie held up a photo of Christopher and John Ross that she handed to the woman selling popcorn.
“Oh sure they were here buying popcorn about 40 minutes ago.”
“And you haven’t seen them since then?” Miss Ellie asked.
“No ma’am I’m sorry, I haven’t.”
“Okay thanks anyway,” Miss Ellie said before she turned to another person, “Have you’ve seen these two boys?”
The man frowned as he tried to remember and then suddenly it hit him why they looked so familiar, “Actually yes.”
“Good, where did you see them?”
“Oh they were escorted by a guard to his office about twenty minutes ago,” the man in the candy shop informed Miss Ellie.
“Oh no,” Miss Ellie sighed. Why are the Ewing boys always getting into trouble? Miss Ellie frowned. Now I’ll have to go fetch them up at the office, she reflected before she went on, “So this office where is it located?”
“Oh I can take you there,” the man offered.
“Thanks I appreciate it,” Miss Ellie said. The salesperson then showed her to the guard’s office where Miss Ellie just barged in through the door. “Hello my name’s Ellie Ewing Farlow. I’m the boys’ grandmother…”
“Oh hello Mrs. Farlow we have been expecting you,” Donald smiled sheepishly. “I guess you’re here to pick up the boys.”
“Exactly so what is it they have done?”
“They’ve sneaked into an R-rated movie and as you know these boys are not 17 so…”
“No Christopher’s 13 and John Ross is 16,” Miss Ellie sighed.
“But grandma you weren’t supposed to tell the guard how old we are,” Christopher complained.
“Don’t grandma me, you are the ones who got yourself into trouble,” Miss Ellie told the boys strictly before she turned to the guard. “Thank you sir for catching them, but I’ll take it from here and don’t worry I am sure that their parents will come up with some proper punishment.”
“I’m glad to hear that Mrs. Farlow as if this is repeated we will have to press charges,” Donald informed her.
Miss Ellie nodded, “That won’t be necessary, since it won’t happen again. You have my word for it,” Miss Ellie replied before she took Christopher and John Ross’s hands and they started to walk out of the office. Miss Ellie then turned to her grandsons and said, “John Ross and Christopher, I don’t know what’s gotten into you this afternoon but I must say that I’m very disappointed in you both. I mean here I was trying to take you out for a fun afternoon and what do you do?” Miss Ellie scolded them. “You break my trust! I mean are you ashamed to be seen with me or something?”
“No grandma it wasn’t like that, I mean if Rebecca hadn’t been with us we could have watched another movie together,” Christopher explained.
“Yeah I really missed you when I was in England,” John Ross agreed.
“That’s sweet of you. But sucking up to me won’t help you now as I am still telling your parents and then I’m sure there will be repercussions of this. Now let’s go fetch Clayton and Rebecca at the Pocahontas movie so we can go home.”
“Can’t we watch the end of Pocahontas first?” Christopher asked.
“No I’ve had enough of this place to last me three years, so we’re going home now,” Miss Ellie insisted and the boys sighed, since they were so not looking forward to being punished.
Ms Southworth
Telly Talk Dream Maker
Two updates in one day?
Great update ... Don't mess with mamma!
Really ... DON'T! It was so funny reading about how Miss Ellie dealt with both the boys and Donald
It's certainly not Rebecca's day! First, the family date is cancelled, then the boys treat her quite badly. Miss Ellie and Clayton take them all to the movies 
But now it seems like Rebecca will miss the end of the movie. I hope that she'll be able to handle the "crisis" better than my 6½ year old daughter would! Especially now that Rebecca's parents will have to devote their time to her brother. Maybe Margaret's arrival will turn things around for Rebecca?
Let's have another update real soon, okay?
Great update ... Don't mess with mamma!
Really ... DON'T! It was so funny reading about how Miss Ellie dealt with both the boys and Donald It's certainly not Rebecca's day!
First, the family date is cancelled, then the boys treat her quite badly. Miss Ellie and Clayton take them all to the movies But now it seems like Rebecca will miss the end of the movie. I hope that she'll be able to handle the "crisis" better than my 6½ year old daughter would! Especially now that Rebecca's parents will have to devote their time to her brother. Maybe Margaret's arrival will turn things around for Rebecca? Let's have another update real soon, okay?
Thank you for the feedback Ms Southworth.
Yep you got an extra treat (update) yesterday.
You are right that you should never mess with Mama. I really love the Miss Ellie character. She was so strong on the show and we have tried to capture some of that in this story as well. I suspect Rebecca won't deal much better with missing the end of the movie than your daughter would. So you are right Rebecca is having a horrible day.
You will find out later on how Rebecca's meeting with Margaret will go...
But first here's another update, which is actually the last one for this episode:
Cliff was sitting in the bar at Alfredo’s, watching the BBC International news on television as he took a zip of his drink and waited for Mr. Johnson to show up with his reports. Cliff looked at his watch, since he was getting bored by the news that were showing some reportage about the war in the former Yugoslavia, which didn’t interest him much. So when the detective finally arrived Cliff couldn’t be happier. “Hi Paul, sit down,” Cliff smiled.
Paul sat down and a bartender came up to him and asked, “May I bring you something from the bar?”
“Sure I’d like a beer please,” Paul placed his order and in less than a minute it was served to him and it was even cold too.
“Okay good that you’re here, now let’s get down to business, do you have the reports that I’ve asked you for with you?” Cliff asked.
“Absolutely,” Paul Johnson replied and handed Cliff two maps with papers. Cliff opened the first map and was just about to start going through it when something on the television news caught his attention.
“And finally to round up tonight’s broadcast here’s the entertainment news. A Family affair, by Lockwood productions is still number one at the box office. The new scandal movie, has grossed £ 10 400 000 in tickets sales on opening weekend in the UK alone. The movie which is rumored to be based on Sue Ellen Ewing’s first marriage to oil magnet JR Ewing of Dallas, Texas has caused quite a stir among audiences and the question we all want to know is if the movie is really about the Ewing family. Here’s what Mr. JR Ewing had to say about the movie when confronted by our reporters:
“The movie? I don’t know which movie you’re talking about darlin,” Mr. Ewing denies all claims of the movie being about his life. He is backed up by his niece Lucy Ewing Cooper who worked with Sue Ellen Ewing when the movie was made:
“The movie is a work of fiction, it has nothing to do with us Ewings,” The Ewing family hence denies all reports about the movie being accurate and also reports that Sue Ellen Ewing Lockwood is currently staying at Southfork. Besides for chasing his Ex-wife JR Ewing is also busy with wheeling and dealing. They then show the clip from when Bobby and JR came into the office that morning.
“Did we strike oil on Gold Everest 804?” JR asked.
Cliff’s facial expression changed into a grim look when he realized what had happened, “I should have known that it was JR who snatched Gold Everest 804 from me!” He said angrily. “Because that’s what you came here to tell me right?”
“Yes Cliff. It’s all in the report. Do you want me to go on investigating JR Ewing’s life?”
“Yes Paul do that, I want some dirt on him and I don’t care how old it is, just give me something I can use…”
“Hey look Cliff JR and Bobby are about to fall into the pool!” Paul pointed towards the TV that now showed JR and Bobby stumbling into the Southfork pool.
Watching that brightened Cliff’s mood considerably and he laughed raw, “Oh my God! That’s what I call free entertainment,” Cliff laughed even more when he also saw Mitch falling off the horse.
A reporter voice said, “As you can see there’s never a dull moment here at Southfork Ranch. Now over to the weather…”
Cliff and Paul were still laughing by the time the weather finished. Then when they finally regained their ability to speak Paul said, “You know, I’ve gotta say that if the Ewings are as klutzy when making business deals as in their personal life it’s not gonna be too hard to dig up some dirt on them,” Paul grinned.
Cliff raised his glass, “I’d drink to that. It’s about time that someone puts JR Ewing into his place. He made a big mistake stealing Gold Everest 804 from me. This means that the Barnes-Ewing feud is on again and this time I intend to win even if it means that I’ll have to get dirtier than ever before,” Cliff vowed, as a new plan of how to beat the Ewings started to form in his head. Of course at this moment in time he was still blissfully unaware of that hurting the Ewings also meant going after his long lost sister…
To Be Continued…
Yep you got an extra treat (update) yesterday.
You are right that you should never mess with Mama. I really love the Miss Ellie character. She was so strong on the show and we have tried to capture some of that in this story as well. I suspect Rebecca won't deal much better with missing the end of the movie than your daughter would. So you are right Rebecca is having a horrible day.
You will find out later on how Rebecca's meeting with Margaret will go...
But first here's another update, which is actually the last one for this episode:
Cliff was sitting in the bar at Alfredo’s, watching the BBC International news on television as he took a zip of his drink and waited for Mr. Johnson to show up with his reports. Cliff looked at his watch, since he was getting bored by the news that were showing some reportage about the war in the former Yugoslavia, which didn’t interest him much. So when the detective finally arrived Cliff couldn’t be happier. “Hi Paul, sit down,” Cliff smiled.
Paul sat down and a bartender came up to him and asked, “May I bring you something from the bar?”
“Sure I’d like a beer please,” Paul placed his order and in less than a minute it was served to him and it was even cold too.
“Okay good that you’re here, now let’s get down to business, do you have the reports that I’ve asked you for with you?” Cliff asked.
“Absolutely,” Paul Johnson replied and handed Cliff two maps with papers. Cliff opened the first map and was just about to start going through it when something on the television news caught his attention.
“And finally to round up tonight’s broadcast here’s the entertainment news. A Family affair, by Lockwood productions is still number one at the box office. The new scandal movie, has grossed £ 10 400 000 in tickets sales on opening weekend in the UK alone. The movie which is rumored to be based on Sue Ellen Ewing’s first marriage to oil magnet JR Ewing of Dallas, Texas has caused quite a stir among audiences and the question we all want to know is if the movie is really about the Ewing family. Here’s what Mr. JR Ewing had to say about the movie when confronted by our reporters:
“The movie? I don’t know which movie you’re talking about darlin,” Mr. Ewing denies all claims of the movie being about his life. He is backed up by his niece Lucy Ewing Cooper who worked with Sue Ellen Ewing when the movie was made:
“The movie is a work of fiction, it has nothing to do with us Ewings,” The Ewing family hence denies all reports about the movie being accurate and also reports that Sue Ellen Ewing Lockwood is currently staying at Southfork. Besides for chasing his Ex-wife JR Ewing is also busy with wheeling and dealing. They then show the clip from when Bobby and JR came into the office that morning.
“Did we strike oil on Gold Everest 804?” JR asked.
Cliff’s facial expression changed into a grim look when he realized what had happened, “I should have known that it was JR who snatched Gold Everest 804 from me!” He said angrily. “Because that’s what you came here to tell me right?”
“Yes Cliff. It’s all in the report. Do you want me to go on investigating JR Ewing’s life?”
“Yes Paul do that, I want some dirt on him and I don’t care how old it is, just give me something I can use…”
“Hey look Cliff JR and Bobby are about to fall into the pool!” Paul pointed towards the TV that now showed JR and Bobby stumbling into the Southfork pool.
Watching that brightened Cliff’s mood considerably and he laughed raw, “Oh my God! That’s what I call free entertainment,” Cliff laughed even more when he also saw Mitch falling off the horse.
A reporter voice said, “As you can see there’s never a dull moment here at Southfork Ranch. Now over to the weather…”
Cliff and Paul were still laughing by the time the weather finished. Then when they finally regained their ability to speak Paul said, “You know, I’ve gotta say that if the Ewings are as klutzy when making business deals as in their personal life it’s not gonna be too hard to dig up some dirt on them,” Paul grinned.
Cliff raised his glass, “I’d drink to that. It’s about time that someone puts JR Ewing into his place. He made a big mistake stealing Gold Everest 804 from me. This means that the Barnes-Ewing feud is on again and this time I intend to win even if it means that I’ll have to get dirtier than ever before,” Cliff vowed, as a new plan of how to beat the Ewings started to form in his head. Of course at this moment in time he was still blissfully unaware of that hurting the Ewings also meant going after his long lost sister…
To Be Continued…
Ms Southworth
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:rlol: ... Excellent update ... I'm glad that Cliff managed to catch the entertainment news ... I would have laughed that much too 
Keep the updates coming, please :heels:
Keep the updates coming, please :heels:
Mrs Bobby James Ewing
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Great updates Karin. Miss Ellie rocks. I love the way she dealt with Donald the guard and her grandsons. I know that Cliff isn't a fan of JR and the Ewing family but he and Paul should BOTH be ashamed of themselves for laughing at the news report about Sue Ellen's movie being made public. Mitch falling off of JR's horse isn't something to laugh at at all because. Mitch could have been seriously injured.
Miss Ellie rocks. I love the way she dealt with Donald the guard and her grandsons. I know that Cliff isn't a fan of JR and the Ewing family but he and Paul should BOTH be ashamed of themselves for laughing at the news report about Sue Ellen's movie being made public. Mitch falling off of JR's horse isn't something to laugh at at all because. Mitch could have been seriously injured.
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Honkytonkangel
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Oh man. Is Cliff EVER gonna grow up. People lose deals all the time, and he really doesn't need JR to screw up, he does so well on his own.
His constant sense of either entitlement or 'Poor hard done by me' really pisses me off LOL and I doubt he will factor Pam into it either. He's never cared about her feelings before where his vendetta was concerned.
Loved Miss Ellie here. You REALLY shouldn't mess with mama (or in this case grandma). But she could've let Rebecca watch the end of the film.
Can't wait to see what dram lands in their laps next.
His constant sense of either entitlement or 'Poor hard done by me' really pisses me off LOL and I doubt he will factor Pam into it either. He's never cared about her feelings before where his vendetta was concerned.
Loved Miss Ellie here. You REALLY shouldn't mess with mama (or in this case grandma). But she could've let Rebecca watch the end of the film.
Can't wait to see what dram lands in their laps next.
Ms Southworth
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I for one am sorry for laughing about JR & Bobby's fall into the pool and also Mitch falling off JR's horse. Honestly, I don't think that any decent television network would dare to show such episodes, if anyone had been seriously injured! I think that it was "candid camera" situations that even the three men will be able to laugh at AFTERWARDS, i.e. when they get to see themselves on screen.Great updates Karin.
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Toni
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Thank you Silvie. I am glad that you think it's a great story so far.
Our next update brings us back to Southfork...
The white ranch house, was standing proudly in the middle of nowhere, as it was surrounded by over 100 000 acres of farmland with nothing but cattle on it. In the middle of the land there was a lake and a river. Except for that there was nothing but wide grassy plains as far as the eye could reach. The ranch was located in the county of Braddock in Texas, with just about half an hour drive into downtown Dallas. In the otherwise metropolitan area around Dallas, Southfork Ranch represented a haven of tranquility, a place where cows, bulls and calves were still being moved from one section to another by cowboys on horses, much in the same way as they had been ever since Enoch Southworth had first bought the place in the 1850s. It has since then been passed down to his son Aaron before going to his granddaughter Eleanor. Today it was the home of her family, the mighty Ewing family. They had modified the place and built a bigger more modern ranch house with a swimming pool, basket ball court, stables and a bunch of paddocks where their horses could graze. Yet it was still a beautiful place, where the land has been left pretty much untouched, despite the massive riches of oil resting underneath section 40. That oil would never be pumped, as it would destroy the land. Yet ironically oil was the very thing that had saved the ranch from going bankrupt in the 1930s, as it was the money Jock Ewing had made from the oil business that helped preserve the land the way it was and keep the ranch in the family. But that was of course something that the youngest generation of Ewings rarely ever thought of, as to them it was unthinkable to live anywhere else but at Southfork.
Thirteen years old Christopher Ewing was out playing by himself in the swimming pool at Southfork. He was a good looking boy, with brown hair and blue eyes. He was still quite short as boys his age often were and he was athletic. He loved playing football and his dream was to follow in his father’s footsteps and play college football one day. He was a great kid who was nice, friendly, clever and obedient. He was mature for his age too, as he was used to spending most of his spare time with adults. But he was also lonely. Sometimes he missed the days when his cousin John Ross still used to live at the ranch. John Ross had been more than just a cousin to Christopher as they had been close like brothers. They could get into silly fights and be competitive and sometimes he’d sure gone on Christopher’s nerves. But John Ross was also someone who Chris looked up to and who could be protective when other kids picked on him. They would always stick together when it mattered and he was in many ways the older brother that Chris had never had. They still kept in touch through e-mails and phone calls but they didn’t get to see each other more than once a year. So in the past four years they had grown apart. It just wasn’t the same as back when they were kids and used to live together.
Sometimes Christopher missed those days. Occasionally he missed his mother too, even though he hated to admit it, as he had now lived more than half his life without her. As far as his father was concerned she was definitely a closed book. So as the years passed by Chris had thought of her less and less and he didn’t miss her as much as he had when he was a kid. Since his dad and he did ok without her. They were father and son team and Christopher surely worshipped his father. In his eyes there was no better man. He loved spending time with his father, just the two of them, whether they were hunting, fishing, working the ranch or just out riding it always made him happy. So all things considered Christopher knew that he could consider himself lucky to have Bobby as his father and to be a part of the Ewing family. Yet it was a privilege that Christopher never took for granted, since he was well aware of that he was adopted. Sometimes that made him feel like he had to prove himself to be worthy of the Ewing name. Christopher dove into the swimming pool again when a white pickup truck suddenly pulled up on the driveway and stopped.
Out of the pickup truck came a good ol’ fashioned cowboy, with grayish hair, blue eyes, big boots, blue jeans, big belt buckle, patterned shirt and a white cowboy hat on his head. It was Raymond Krebbs who had returned home to the ranch after living abroad for seven years. Just like his nephew Christopher, Ray was someone who felt like he had to work hard to prove himself worthy of being a Ewing. Being Jock’s bastard son, born to a nurse, who Jock had an affair with during the Second World War, Ray always felt a bit like an outsider in the Ewing family. Unlike his brothers his last name wasn’t even Ewing, as Ray had grown up thinking that Amos Krebbs was his father. Amos had been a mean drunk who his mother had married to avoid the scandal of being an unwed mother. It wasn’t the best decision his mother had ever made. Margaret Krebbs had been a strong woman who had dotted on her only son. She had been selfless, patient, compassionate and kind. But unfortunately she had gotten ill and died when Ray was 15. Right before she had died she’d made arrangements for Ray to be sent to Southfork after her death. So he had first come to the ranch at the age of 15, but not to be accepted into his father’s family, but to work as a ranch hand. So Ray had to work hard to earn the Ewing’s respect. It wasn’t until many years later when he was well into his 30s that he’d finally found out that Jock was indeed his father. Jock had been great about the whole thing and welcomed him into the family. But Ray hadn’t had much time to establish a father-son relationship with him, as his father had been taken from him about a year later, when Jock was killed in a helicopter crash in South America. Ray had reacted to the news with anger. Feeling cheated out of all the years he could have spent with his father he’d set out on a self-destructive path. It was only his brother Bobby’s influence and his wife Donna’s blind faith in him that had stopped him from losing everything that mattered to him.
Donna had been one of the best things that had ever happened to Ray. Yet people never understood what she’d been doing with him as on the surface she was someone who was his complete opposite. If Ray was proud, stubborn, hot-tempered, down to earth, self-destructive, insecure, hard working and not afraid of getting his hands dirty or work out his aggressions in a good old fashioned fist fight. Donna was a real lady who was intelligent, supportive, patient, strong, driven, confident and an eloquent speaker. She was also a bestselling author and a born leader. But Ray knew that despite all these differences underneath the surface they were more alike than one could imagine. Since Donna too was someone who had lost her parents at an early age. Underneath her calm surface she too could have outburst of anger and be just as proud and stubborn as he was. Yes the Donna he’d fallen in love with, was fiercely loyal and she wasn’t above using her fists, if it meant telling some blond bimbo to stay away from her man. She’d had more faith in him than anybody he had ever known and they’d loved each other passionately. Yet it couldn’t last, after five years of a rocky marriage they had grown apart and not even expecting a baby together had been enough to keep the marriage together. After six years they had divorced formally and Donna had moved to Washington D.C. before their daughter Margaret had even been born. It had left him lonely and hurt.
Not that he had to be lonely for very long though, as he’d soon found himself a new family, as he’d fallen in love with his brother Bobby’s first love Jenna Wade. Jenna and he had been friends for four years before they had fallen in love. It wasn’t something they had ever planned or thought would happen but the relationship had progressed naturally. Within a year after he’d divorced Donna, he had gotten married to Jenna, which meant that he’d become a step-dad to her teenage daughter Charlie and a father to his nephew Lucas. Since Lucas didn’t know that Bobby was in fact his real father, Lucas was the only son Ray had ever had. When he’d married Jenna 7 and a half years ago all he wanted was a family that he could live happily ever after with. But the marriage had been rocky from the start, as Charlie hadn’t accepted him as a father and had opposed to his attempts at parenting her. Then there was Bobby who Jenna secretly pined over when she thought he didn’t notice. Feeling like their marriage didn’t stand a chance living so close to the Ewing’s they had moved across the world to start over in Europe.
For a while things had been great, they had set up home in Italy and had built a vacation home in Switzerland. Charlie had moved out to go to college and he, Jenna and little Lucas had been a family. They had been so happy together that Ray didn’t even mind not being able to work the ranch at first. But then things had started to fall apart. Maybe a part of the problem was that they were so different. Ray was a man who had had to work hard for everything he had in life, whereas Jenna had grown up rich and was a former jet-setter who was well-travelled, cosmopolitan, fashionable, sophisticated, intelligent, sensitive, gracious, soft-spoken, loyal and kind. So unlike his wife, who had loved setting up a little fashion boutique in Italy, Ray didn’t feel like he belonged in Europe. As the years had passed by he’d started to miss the USA more and more so eventually he just couldn’t stand it anymore. Knowing that he just had to get back to his roots he’d hopped on a plane and travelled back to Dallas. He hadn’t even called ahead and warned them that he was coming, as he didn’t want them to talk him out of his decision of coming back home.
“RAY?” Christopher was surprised to see his uncle Ray, as his dad hadn’t mention anything about him coming. Yet he was happy to see him. “Hi Uncle Ray!” Christopher smiled happily and rushed out of the pool to give the man a big hug.
“Oh hi there Christopher,” Ray laughed and hugged him back even though the boy was dripping wet. “Gosh you’ve certainly grown!” Ray smiled, as it occurred to him that he hadn’t been much older than Christopher, when he’d first come to the ranch.
“Why do you grownups always say that?” Christopher made a face, as he just like any other child really didn’t like to hear how grown up’s constantly commented on how much he’d grown since the last time they’d seen him.
“Because it’s true,” Ray insisted, before he went on, “So is your daddy at home?”
“No I’m sorry, he’s away on a business trip in Los Angeles so it’s just me and uncle JR at home.”
Ray frowned displeased, “Uncle JR, huh?”
Noticing the uneasiness in Ray’s face Christopher hurried to go on, “But please stay anyway, grandma and Clayton will be back any day now and they’ll never forgive me if I’ll let you get away before then!”
“Sure I’ll stay,” Ray smiled, “even though it sure won’t be easy to put up with JR.”
“Why not?” Christopher asked puzzled. “I mean uncle JR has always been real nice to me and now he’s promised that John Ross will be back here soon”
“Oh he has, has he?” Ray commented. “And what do you think about that?”
“I think it’s great, John Ross and I have always gotten along real good and we still keep in touch by e-mail and phone calls,” Christopher beamed.
“That’s good.”
“Yeah it is, so what brings you back to Southfork?”
“Well...it’s a long story,” Ray sighed.
“Must be, since you do look a bit down,” Christopher commented. “Come to think of it, something is bothering you, isn’t it?”
Ray nodded, “Nothing passes you by, huh?” He wondered, as he battled with himself whether Christopher was old enough to hear the truth or not. Finally he decided that honesty was probably the best approach, so he confided in him, “But okay you’re right. It’s Jenna, we’ve separated.”
“You’ve separated?” Christopher asked in bewilderment. “But why?” Christopher looked at Ray questioningly. “I thought you and Jenna were happy…”
“So did I,” Ray sighed. “But well what can I say, Charlie and Lucas have always come before our marriage to her and on top of that I think Charlie hates me.”
“Oh no I’m sure she doesn’t!” Christopher shook his head. “I mean Charlie’s always been real nice to me.”
Ray sighed. Yeah to you maybe, just like JR’s real nice to you, still that doesn’t mean that they’re real nice to good ol’ Ray Krebbs, he reflected to himself, even though he didn’t say that to Christopher, as it was just too hard to explain. “Well maybe so, still let’s just say that we got off on the wrong foot concerning her ex-boyfriend Randy and from there on things never really been that good between us,” Ray offered as an explanation.
Christopher clearly bought it, as he didn’t ask anymore. Instead he just said, “I’m sorry Uncle Ray.”
“Yeah me too,” Ray sighed. “But don’t worry about it. I’m sure we’ll be fine after some time apart. It gives you a chance to think things through.”
“Ah so that’s why you’re here in the states rather than at home in Italy?”
“Yeah it’s easier to be away from each other here, gives us both some time to think. Then in the meantime I figured that I am gonna try to get hold of Donna and Margaret. I haven’t seen that little girl of mine in far too long so it would be nice if they could come down here for a visit or something,” Ray said and Christopher nodded in agreement, since he thought it was a good idea. Ray however still had some doubts whether it really was so wise to see Donna again. Since a part of him wasn’t really over Donna, just like a part of Jenna had never gotten over Bobby. Of course she’d deny it if he’d ask her and yet all he needed to do was to look at the way she looked at Lucas and it was plain to see it. Because even though they had raised the boy as their son, it still wasn’t his face that reflected in the boys looks but that of his brother, a fact that he was painfully aware of and he was sure that Jenna saw it too. But then again what could they expect really, as the main reason they had gotten married was because they were both lonely and deserted. Jenna by Bobby and him by Donna and since Jenna had the one thing he’d wanted all his life, a family; it had seemed like a match made in heaven 8 years ago. Unfortunately time had proved that the match was much harder to keep together than they’d first thought. Because no matter how much he tried to think of them as his family a part of him could never seem to shake his brother’s shadow, just like Jenna never entirely could fill the void Donna had left in his life. So yeah taking that into consideration he knew that seeing Donna and Margaret was probably the worst thing he could do for his and Jenna’s marriage now and yet he couldn’t let that stop him, as he just missed his little girl too much to give her up. So he just had to see little Margaret, even if that might cost him his marriage...
So Ray and Jenna are separated here, aren´t they? Probably Katzman was the only one to believe they could last as a couple...
Anyway Karin, I do know that you are a Jenna / Presley fan as well as an April fan too, so any way you take your story, I´m sure you´ll write it fine. I´m loving your "sequel" more and more, and I have a question, I don´t know if you have talked about it in this long thread. You said that you wrote it with your sister Jenny. How did you manage to do that, did you split it by characters, episodes or any other way? Or maybe one did the dialogues and the other the third-person text?
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Thank you Sanda. I'm glad that you love this story so far.
Here's the next update:
A commencement ceremony was coming towards it's end at the University of California Berkeley. The ceremony was held outdoors on the campus area and it marked graduation day for the 2000 college students who were seated on the stage, wearing their black caps and gowns. They were looking towards the future as they were listening to the chancellor, who was standing in the middle of the stage, calling out their names. One by one they walked over towards him and got their diplomas. The chancellor called out the next name which was, “Charlotte Wade!”
A 22 year old woman with long brown hair and brown eyes walked up to him and got her diploma. It was Charlie, who smiled happily when she received the diploma as this was a big moment in her life. In many ways Charlie resembled her mother, since just like Jenna she was fashionable, sophisticated, bright, beautiful and sensitive. She also loved living the good life and partying like she didn’t have a care in the world, just like her mother had done when she was young. In some ways Charlie was a little spoiled. But at the same time she hadn’t had it easy growing up without a father. When she was a little girl she used to believe that Bobby was her father since that’s what her birth certificate said. Later she’d found out the truth that Naldo Marchetta was her father. But before she’d gotten a chance to truly get to know him he’d been murdered. So in some ways Bobby was really the only father she’d ever known and he had told her she was the daughter he’d never had. Yet he had let her down in the end. Charlie refused to think of Ray as her father since he was to blame for sending her to boarding school and although she was all grown up now thinking about those years still left a bitter taste in her mouth. So it wasn’t an over exaggeration to say that things were a little strained between her step-dad and herself.
In the audience a beautiful short woman with shoulder length blond hair and sparkling blue eyes smiled proudly as a little 8 year old boy with dark brown hair and blue eyes was snapping photos. It was Jenna Wade Krebbs and her son Lucas Krebbs. This was a happy occasion for them and watching her daughter graduate Jenna had to blink back tears of joy. Because this was her little girl who she’d raised single handedly for so many years. The two of them were a mother-daughter team and there were no one more important than Charlie in her life. Even when her life was a mess she still had her beautiful little girl to remind her of that she’d done something right. So this was an incredibly proud moment for Jenna, since she knew that her daughter had made it. She was a grown up now and didn’t rely on her anymore. It made Jenna happy to see. Lucas too was happy as he didn’t get to see his big-sister that often and this was all very exciting for him to be in the USA. Since he’d grown up in Italy he hadn’t really spent a lot of time here and he liked what he saw.
Next to Lucas sat a handsome 25 year old man with dark blond hair and hazel eyes. It was Charlie’s boyfriend Randy Diamond, who looked lovingly at her. They have been together for a little more than 7 years now. It hadn’t been easy as they’d spent quite a lot of time apart to start with. Yet somehow they’d managed to make their long distance relationship work until Charlie was ready to go to college in the USA. Now after living together for the last 2 years their relationship was really better than ever. Randy really was Charlie’s perfect match since just like Charlie he was sophisticated, bright, a little spoiled, social and he knew what it was like to grow up with just one parent, as his mother Beatrice had abandoned him when Randy was just four years old. His dad had become bitter after the divorce and hadn’t been the best father as he’d spent more time working than with his son. Ronald Diamond was the owner of the Diamond’s Hotels, so Randy was the heir to a hotel empire. This meant that he would never have a hard time finding work, as his dad had secured him a job in his company, handling the economics. Yet Randy constantly felt like he had to prove himself to his father and to other people that he got the job on merits rather than because he was the boss’ son.
As the last graduate walked off the stage the head of the dean’s office said, “Now may I present to you, the class of 1995!”
The audience got up on their feet to applaud and the graduates happily threw their hats into the air. It was a joyous occasion, as four years of college was finally coming towards an end and they were now ready to truly begin their adult lives.
Another great mini-episode Karin! Funny that you, like me, decided to keep and expand Randy´s character on "Dallas"...I guess the temptation of handling Mr. Pitt´s strings is too hard for any writer...and it seems that Randy is a good catch, he made me think of the Hilton heirs...
I can´t wait to read more about the Wades and how you (I´m sure) make dear old dumb Jenna interesting...:hello: