Dallas in the 90's

[Honkytonkangel]

Aside from the fact I hate every woman who slept with my girl Sue Ellen's man (and there are others I hate more) there's just something about Marilee and interest in JR that's just ugh.
Loved today's update. I knew Rebecca was gonna bring up that phone call LOL (they really should watch what they say. They should all know by now at Southfork someone is ALWAYS listening).
Fabulous to see the moment between Pam and Chris. I'm really happy they had fun.
Still like Margaret but I do think it's time for her to embrace the Ewing/Krebbs in her. She's a little too serious for a kid and needs to have some fun.

 

[Mrs Bobby James Ewing]

Great updates Karin. I am so happy that things are finally starting to work out for Bobby, Pam, Christopher, and Rebecca. I secretly hoping that Pam is pregnant with Bobby's baby since she mentioned that her stomach was feeling weird after she and Christopher had lunch earlier at Pizza Hut during dinner in front of the family.

 

[Ray&Donna]

Poor Margaret. LOL. As smart as she is, she really needs to pick up an American history book

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback on my story.

Ms Southworth, I am really glad that you found the last update hilarious. Some parts are meant to be funny so I'm glad it came across.
I love that about original Dallas too. Sometimes just dialogue is enough to make me go :lolo: whenever I rewatch certain episodes.
Oh and no Rebecca doesn't know what sex is. She is completely clueless which in certain circumstances can be a bit funny.
Then as for what happened later that night at Southfork I'll leave that to your imagination since the story makes a jump to another day after this scene.

Honkytonkangel, you are right that someone always seems to be eavesdropping at Southfork!
I understand why you don't like JR's mistresses. I dislike many of them too. But Marilee for some reason I find funny. Maybe it's because her affair with JR was carried out after she was widowed and when JR was divorced from Sue Ellen. I also liked how she got screwed over since she thought JR might marry her but he ended up marrying Sue Ellen again instead!
Well Margaret is going to learn how to ride in the next episode. So you'll see how it goes when she starts to embrace the Krebbs within her...

Sanda, well it is possible to feel bad if you've eaten something greasy that you're not used to as well. Also not a lot of time has passed since Bobby and Pam first got back together. I think it's less than a week...

Tommie, I can't seem to understand your comment why needs to pick up an American history book.
Did I miss something?

Anyway it's time for another update and since it's a short one you'll get a double treat:

It was Saturday afternoon and Lucy and Mitch were driving around in the northern suburbs of Dallas in the Allen/Parker area. Mitch looked at Lucy, who was behind the wheel and said, “By the way I called mom before.”

“Oh good finally!” Lucy smiled. “So how did she take the news?”

“Good, she was a bit surprised we’d gotten married again. But she was mostly happy, not so much about me moving from Atlanta though but…”

“You’re not having second thoughts, are you?”

Mitch shook his head, “No. After all Afton’s here too.”

“Speaking of Afton when are you gonna tell her?”

“Soon I guess,” Mitch shrugged his shoulders. “She did try to call me before.”

“And you haven’t called back?”

“I haven’t had the time but I will.”

“Good 'cause I wanna meet your niece. Maybe we could have lunch someday…”

“Yeah, yeah but first shouldn’t we concentrate on getting to dinner?” Mitch asked. “Do you really know where we are?”

Lucy looked around the open plains before she sighed, “Um… No!”

“Just great,” Mitch rolled his eyes. “I better call Trevor,” Mitch sighed and took up his cell phone.

 

[Karin]

Miss Ellie and Clayton were sitting on the patio outside of the house, playing backgammon while they were enjoying the afternoon sun. Clayton smiled, “Ah listen to that.”

“What?” Miss Ellie asked. “I don’t hear anything.”

“Exactly, finally some peace and quiet around here,” Clayton smiled.

“Clayton…” Miss Ellie said, giving him a look.

“Don’t get me wrong, I love the grandkids but the noise level sometimes is…”

“I know,” Miss Ellie laughed, before she added, “But it feels so great to have my family back together again!”

“I understand that, however I never thought I’d see the day when Pam returned to Southfork.”

“Me neither, but I’m so glad she’s worked out things with Christopher!”

“Yeah he seemed really happy when they left for the circus.”

“Sure did, and it’s so nice to see Ray and Donna spending time with Margaret,” Miss Ellie said.

“Yeah sometimes it’s hard to believe they are divorced,” Clayton remarked.

Miss Ellie frowned, “I just can’t help but worrying about Jenna and Lucas.”

“Well Ray said they’ve gone up to the Chalet in Switzerland over the summer.”

“Maybe that’s just as well considering that Donna’s visiting for the summer and Pam’s moved back here. Southfork is a big ranch but I’m not sure it’s big enough for the three of them…” Miss Ellie reflected and Clayton laughed.

 

[Presea]

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

I know what you mean. Even though the pizza isn't greasy at the Pizza Hut I go to, they won't even properly heat the pizza up anymore! It used to be so hot it was steaming, but now it is always practically cold now! And when I ask them to heat up my pizza first, they just lie and say they will, but it is still the same! What is so hard about heating a pizza up!? Especially when hardly anyone is there!? I guess they just use auto timers or just re-heat frozen pizza. The lazy bums who work there have ruined the dining in experience at that particular Pizza Hut!

 

[Presea]

The stuff about the phone line was hilarious! I knew that would come back to embarrass them! It is kind of sad that Margaret seems to have no other interests besides politics. Cliff is so stupid. What is the point of going after JR when he has a chance to have a nice life with Afton and Becky? And he shouldn't trust Marilee so much. She could be a spy for JR and just be pretending to help Cliff. After all, she has done it before.

 

[Ms Southworth]

I know what you mean. Even though the pizza isn't greasy at the Pizza Hut I go to, they won't even properly heat the pizza up anymore! It used to be so hot it was steaming, but now it is always practically cold now! And when I ask them to heat up my pizza first, they just lie and say they will, but it is still the same! What is so hard about heating a pizza up!? Especially when hardly anyone is there!? I guess they just use auto timers or just re-heat frozen pizza. The lazy bums who work there have ruined the dining in experience at that particular Pizza Hut!

Sorry to hear about your disappointing experience at your local pizza parlor! :ch:
Maybe pizzas in the 80's weren't pre-baked like I assume they are in many fastfood restaurants now? And if all the "stuff" they put on the pizza aren't completely fresh anymore either, it definitely could change the dining experience a great deal!

It's nice to be pleasantly surprised nowadays too! Back in the 80's, I didn't care for Dominos pizzas, because I found them to be too greasy. When I visited a Dominos pizza place recently, I discovered that their pizzas were made fresh with durum flour, and with all fresh, local products! And the taste was amazing! It just goes to show that you really have to have an open (but perhaps also critical) mind! :wink@

 

[Ms Southworth]

Karin, I'm sending a thousand hugs your way for yet another double treat!

Somewhat funny that Lucy doesn't seem to know her way around Dallas! Maybe if she'd spent more time in school or attending girl scouts activities (instead of, for instance, on the American Hotline or messing around in the hayloft), she would have a bigger talent in finding her way around town! I'm glad that Mitch has finally found the time to tell his mother about his marriage to Lucy! Maybe they should invite his mother to Dallas, so they can have a big family reunion?

I really enjoyed the conversation between Miss Ellie and Clayton! I can understand why they would enjoy a bit of quiet time together! After all, it must be a "mad house" sometimes at Southfork! It's interesting though that Miss Ellie referred to "her family" instead of "our family". Clayton has been her husband for many years now, so I would just assume that it was as much his family as her family! But maybe he still feels that Southfork isn't quite his home (and the Ewings aren't his family)?

I'm wondering why Sue Ellen was left out, when Miss Ellie talked about Southfork not being big enough for both Donna, Pam, and Jenna?

Please update soon! I'm loving all the HARMONY at Southfork this very minute!

PS. Regarding the comment about picking up a history book, my guess is that some people would find George Washington (1st US president) to be a greater president than Bill Clinton (42nd US president)!!!

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback!

First off as for the pizza, if I eat out I expect to get a pizza that is freshly baked. I mean heating up a pizza in the oven I can do at home!
So if I eat out I expect something more for my money.

Presea, I'm glad you found the phone line comment funny. Margaret actually has other interests too. She loves reading books, remember?
I agree that Cliff should spend more time trying to get his family back instead of going after JR. But well Cliff is Cliff.
Also as for Marilee she's not that happy with JR after he left her in that swimming pool all those years ago. So she's actually on Cliff's side for real.

Ms Southworth, you're welcome about the double update. als:
I think the reason why Lucy is having trouble finding their friends house is because they live in a part of town that is quite newlybuilt. So when Lucy was younger there was nothing but fields out there. Then as for Arliss, they are going to visit her in Atlanta at a later occasion...
Clayton is of course a part of the family but even after 12 years I think a part of him is aware of Jock's shadow. Then as for why they didn't include Sue Ellen in the house comment was because Sue Ellen doesn't have any problems with any of the other women. There is no tension between them since they get along fine. She is friendly with both Jenna and Pam and also gets along with Donna. Of course there's tension between JR/SE but since JR is the one who invited her there Miss Ellie stays out of it.
Whereas with Pam-Jenna-Donna it's more complicated as they've shared men. Technically Sue Ellen's also been with Ray but nobody knows about their one night stand so...:lolo:

Okay so here's another update:

Lucy and Mitch were driving down Dublin Creek Lane, a cul-de-sac with a few fancy houses with big lawns. Then they stopped in front of a big white one-floor villa at the end of the street.

“Oh finally we’re here,” Lucy said.

“Yeah,” Mitch said, as they got out of the car. “Don’t forget the flower.”

“I won’t,” Lucy said, as she reached into the car got the flower and then locked the car. They then walked up to the front door and rang the doorbell, soon after Trevor came to open the door.

“Hi!” Trevor greeted them. “Welcome!” Trevor and Mitch shook hands.

Then he turned to Lucy, who held up the flower and said, “Hi there, a little gift for you!”

“Thank you,” Trevor took the flower. “Come on in.” They went into the hallway and Trevor closed the door behind them. “So it went okay to find the way after you called?”

“Yeah,” Mitch said. “Lucy had missed the turn off from East Parker Road.”

“Hey I was just driving. You were in charge of finding the way,” Lucy said and gave Mitch a pat on his healthy arm. Trevor smiled at them before they all turned their attention to a little three year old boy who came running into the hallway holding a toy car in his hands. The boy had dark blond hair and blue eyes, clearly resembling his father. The boy stopped to look at Lucy and Mitch before hiding behind Trevor.

“Hey Billy it’s okay,” Trevor said. “This is Mitch and his wife Lucy. Mitch went to school with daddy.” The boy looked out behind his father’s leg and smiled.

Lucy sat down and said, “Hi there Billy. What a nice car you got!”

“It’s a ford,” Billy said shyly and held up his car.

“Classy,” Lucy said.

“Billy where’s mommy?” Trevor asked as a medium tall woman with tall red blonde hair and blue eyes walked into the hallway, leading a one year old girl by the hand, who also had red blonde hair. The little girl was dressed in a summer dress.

“I’m right here!” The woman said.

“Lynette, this is my old collage friend Mitch and his wife Lucy. This is my wife Lynette and our daughter Kathleen.”

“Hi! Welcome,” Lynette smiled and shook hands with Lucy and Mitch.

“Hi!” Lucy said, before she looked at the little girl and in doing so she could feel her heart melt. “She’s adorable.”

“Yeah you really have a beautiful family,” Mitch said.

“Thank you,” Lynette said. “You have kids?”

“No not yet,” Mitch said.

“But we’re hoping,” Lucy said, as she really felt that she wanted a child of her own someday!

Lynette lifted up Kathleen and said, “So I’m just gonna put the little one to bed and then we can eat.”

“Oh I’ll be happy to help you,” Lucy said.

“Thank you,” Lynette said and went over to Trevor. “Say goodnight to daddy!”

Trevor gave the child a kiss, “Goodnight darling.”

“We’ll be right back,” Lynette said as she and Lucy walked off.

Trevor turned to Mitch who said, “You have a beautiful wife.”

“Likewise,” Trevor said before the men turned their attention to the little boy who was still playing with his cars.

 

[Ray&Donna]

Yeah, that was what I meant. Margaret just didn't seem very informed about the father of our country

 

[Ms Southworth]

Cute scene with Lucy and Mitch visiting their friends!

Please give a nice update for us to enjoy today! I'd love some more harmoneous times around the Ewings!

But somehow I imagine that all h... is about to break loose! I'll bet that Jenna & Co. will disrupt the Ewing family enjoying either Saturday night in each other's company ... or brunch on Sunday morning!

It makes me sad to think about Lucas being the innocent "victim" caught in the middle of the "fire", so to speak! I really hate when parents aren't upfront with their children about, for instance, how they came to be! I also wish that Jenna would have prepared the Ewings, not only for their arrival but also the fact that Lucas is more "educated" about his heritage! It's bound to cause trouble for quite a few people when they show up unannounced!

Enough said ... please update ASAP!

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback.

Tommie, I don't think it's that Margaret is not informed about who George Washington was. I think it's merely that she is biased and likes President Clinton more due to having met him.

Ms Southworth, the Lucas drama is not happening just yet so you'll have your wish tonight. A fluffy update of sorts.

At Southfork was the family gathering in the living room for their drinks before dinner. The children were happily telling Miss Ellie and Clayton all about their day at the circus. “And the elephants were so big,” Rebecca beamed.

“I thought they were smelly, besides it’s not nice to have wild animals caged up like that,” Margaret said displeased.

JR sighed and said to Ray, “Well Donna sure did a job on her!”

Ray scratched his head and said, “I know it’s so hard to believe she’s only 8, she’s so politically correct all the time!”

“Maybe Rebecca will have a good influence on her,” Bobby reflected.

Pam came into the room and asked, “Influence on who?”

“Margaret,” Ray replied.

“Hi honey,” Bobby greeted Pam with a kiss on the mouth. “Not smelling like elephant anymore?”

“No thank goodness,” Pam replied, before she turned to Ray. “I sure wish Margaret would have ridden that elephant with Rebecca instead of me!”

“Well it would have been easier if John Ross and Christopher would have taken her in their basket but since you only could sit two…” Bobby grinned.

Pam sighed and Christopher said teasingly, “What didn’t you like the elephant ride mom?”

“Well…” Pam looked at Rebecca’s beaming face and said, “it was alright.”

“Good, because I thought we had a good day at the circus!” Christopher smiled.

“We sure did,” Pam smiled back.

“That makes me real glad to hear,” Miss Ellie smiled.

“Did you have a good day too John Ross?” Clayton asked.

“It was alright,” John Ross replied unenthusiastically.

“What didn’t you think the trapeze artists were cool?” Christopher asked, “Because I did!”

John Ross shrugged his shoulders, “They were alright.”

“Wasn’t it anything that you liked?” Sue Ellen asked.

“Well I liked that we were all together,” John Ross smiled. “It’s nice that you and dad don’t argue all the time!”

Miss Ellie looked concerned and Clayton said, “Well that would be a first!”

Sue Ellen harked, “Well I guess you’re a little bit too old for the circus.”

“So there wasn’t anything about the show that you liked John Ross?” Bobby asked.

John Ross grinned, “Well sure, I liked the line dancer, her legs were real hot!”

JR, Bobby and Ray laughed approvingly and Pam and Sue Ellen looked displeased. “Right you are son, those legs were real fine,” JR grinned. Sue Ellen gave him a dirty look and he hurried to add, “Of course not as fine as your legs darling!”

Sue Ellen snorted, “Leave my legs out of it, darling!”

JR and Sue Ellen kept bickering and John Ross rolled his eyes thinking, here we go again. But out loud he changed the subject by saying, “By the way where’s Lucy?”

“Oh she and Mitch were going to some friends for dinner,” Miss Ellie replied.

Donna came into the room and said, “Good evening everyone!”

“Good evening Donna,” Miss Ellie smiled. “Good that you’re here. Now we can go eat dinner…”

“Dinner?” Rebecca echoed. “Already?” Rebecca looked displeased. “But I’m not hungry!”

People got up to go to the table and Margaret said, “I told you, you shouldn’t have eaten that much cotton candy, it’s just a lot of sugar in that!”

Rebecca pouted, “Why do you have to be right all the time?”

“It’s not about being right, it’s about having knowledge of things and…” Margaret kept explaining things to her younger cousin as they followed the adults into the dining room.

 

[Mrs Bobby James Ewing]

Great updates Karin! I love your story so much and I can't wait for Jenna and her kids to arrive at Southfork for a visit so we find out how the Ewing family is going to react to the news that Lucas now knows that Bobby is his biological father since they are all starting to get along with each other while they are all living together under the same roof .

 

[Ms Southworth]

Fluffy update????? I am very pleased! It was a great family scene, which also had quite a few funny moments! As a matter of fact, I will give this update ... 10 out 10 points! :10:
Please give us more of this, Karin!

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback!

Sanda, I'm glad that you're looking forward to when Jenna and her kids arrive at Southfork. But you will have to wait a bit longer for that...

Ms Southworth, I'm glad you're pleased with the fluffy update!

So here's another update:


Back at the Jones house were the grownups seated at the dining table eating dinner. Lucy and Mitch were just in the middle of telling Trevor and Lynette about how they had first met. Lucy smiled, “And he paid for the cab, making sure I’d get home safe!”

“That was very thoughtful of you Mitch,” Lynette said.

“Well I couldn’t let anything happen to such a beautiful girl,” Mitch said.

“Oh honey,” Lucy gave Mitch a pat on his arm. “Anyway I looked him up to pay him back and on that way it is.” Lucy ended the story.

“I see!” Lynette said. “Trevor mentioned though you’d been married and divorced 3 times…”

“Divorced twice,” Lucy corrected her.

“What can you say, third time’s the charm,” Mitch smiled sheepishly.

“For marriage,” Lucy said.

“Yeah not divorce!” Mitch said and they laughed.

“So how did you two meet?” Lucy asked.

“It was at a ski trip in Vermont,” Lynette said. “My friend took a tumble in the slope and Trevor stopped to help us.”

“Oh love at first sight!” said Lucy.

“For me it was,” Trevor said. “She was the cutest girl on the entire mountain.”

“Lucky your friend fell so he could help you,” Mitch said.

“Lucky for me unlucky for her,” Lynette said.

“She broke her leg,” Trevor said.

“Tough luck,” Lucy said.

“I can’t remember you from SMU though,” Mitch said to Lynette.

“I didn’t go to SMU. I’m from Vermont but I took the bar in Austin ‘cause I got a cousin down there.”

“The bar… you’re a lawyer?” Mitch asked.

“DA… or assistant district attorney,” Lynette said.

“Oh tough job,” Mitch said.

“No tougher than yours. I could never stand the ER,” Lynette said.

“And I could never stand those defense attorneys! How can you even defend a criminal?” Trevor snorted. “By the way Mitch I gave your application to the boss, with a few good words. I would think he’d contact you soon.”

“Can’t thank you enough man,” Mitch smiled.

“What won’t you do for an old friend!” Trevor smiled back, when a cry was heard in the baby monitor.

Lynette started to get up, “Looks like Kathleen’s awake.”

Trevor stopped her and said, “Sit down honey. I’ll go.”

“Thanks,” Lynette said and gave him a short kiss. “Check in on Billy too will you?”

“Got it!” Trevor said and left the dining room.

“So how long have you been living out here?” Mitch asked. “This must be kind of new built villa.”

Lynette nodded, “It is. We were the first to move in two years ago. Before that we lived in Oldham near Irving,” Lynette said. “And before that we had an apartment down town.”

“So how long have you known Trevor?”

“We met in ‘86,” Lynette said. “I was almost twenty-eight and he was thirty going on thirty-one!”

“And you’ve been in Dallas ever since?”

“Yes! I moved here in the summer of ‘86 and we were married four years later! Best decision of my life,” Lynette smiled.

“He really seems like a wonderful man,” Lucy said.

“He is,” Lynette smiled.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Great update! Great dinner scene! Trevor and Lynette seem like the "perfect" couple-in-love with "perfect" jobs. They have a "perfect" family and a "perfect" home. I'm sure that they have their flaws, but on the surface, it's what we all dream of, right?

I think that Lucy and Mitch are very lucky to have friends like Trevor and Lynette! With "role models" like that, Lucy and Mitch could very well soon be on their way to have a family of their own! First step, though, should be for them to find a nice home just for the two of them away from Southfork! Maybe in the Allen/Parker area of Dallas? Oh, I almost forgot, I loved the "flashback" to when Lucy and Mitch first met!
Please give us the next update real soon!

 

[supermanfan]

 

[Ray&Donna]

I probably was similar to Margaret at the same age--not the politically-correct part, but the studious, bookworm part. I knew entirely more than geography, history, and current events than your average child. But I also enjoyed playing outside, so I had more balance in my life than she, unfortunately, seems to.

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback everyone.

Ms Southworth, it's funny but I've never thought of Lynette and Trevor as being perfect. Somehow I consider them more like the couple next door. Of course they are successful in their careers, in love and with a beautiful family. So they have everything most people dream of. Yet I sort of think of them as ordinary. But yeah considering where Lucy & Mitch are in life we figured it would make sense for them to have friends with young kids.

Shan, thanks for the emoticons.

Tommie, I was definitely a bookworm too. I've never been as bright as Margaret and I was definitely a tom boy too who loved climbing trees etc.
But yeah I can relate to her bookworm side too.

Okay so here's another update and it's the last one of the episode:


At Diamond’s Hotel, in their hotel suite was Jenna tucking Lucas in for the night. “And then Mr. Grumples drove on to find new adventures. The End.” Jenna closed the storybook about a little car that she’d been reading to Lucas.

“Ah that was a good Grumples Story,” Lucas smiled.

“Yes and now it’s time to sleep,” Jenna replied. “We have a big day tomorrow.”

“We do?” Lucas asked.

“Yes I figured we should go out to Southfork and see Daddy!” Lucas made a face and picking up on it Jenna said, “What? Don’t you want to go see daddy?”

“Of course I wanna see daddy,” Lucas said. “But he’s in Washington mommy!”

Jenna dropped her chin, “What?”

“Yeah I talked to him before we left Italy. He said he was gonna go visit his daughter Margaret!”

Jenna sighed, “Really?”

Lucas nodded, “Really!”

“Then why didn’t you tell me that before we left Washington?”

“Because then I wouldn’t have gotten my road trip,” Lucas smiled sheepishly.

“Great!” Jenna snorted.

“Are you mad at me Mommy?”

“No, I’m mad at Daddy,” Jenna said angrily, as she was annoyed that her husband didn’t even have the curtsey to tell her that he’d gone to visit his ex-wife.

“But I don’t want you to be mad at daddy,” Lucas whined.

Jenna plastered on a smile, “I know honey and don’t you worry, Mommy and Daddy may have some communication problems right now, but we will work it out.”

“Okay,” Lucas nodded.

“So did daddy happen to mention how long he was going to be in Washington?”

Lucas shrugged his shoulders, “I guess all summer, because he said he wouldn’t come see us in Gstaad!”

“Did he now?”

“Yeah I’m afraid so,” Lucas pouted.

“Well that’s good to know,” Jenna sighed. “Goodnight then,” Jenna kissed Lucas on the cheek.

“Goodnight mommy!” Lucas replied, hugging her.

Jenna then turned out the bed lamp and walked out of the bedroom, closing the door behind her. In the sitting room she found Charlie watching a movie. Jenna sat down next to Charlie and said, “You’re never gonna believe what!”

“What’s the matter mom?” Charlie asked, as she turned to face her mother.

“Lucas just informed me that my darling husband has gone to Washington all summer!”

“What?” Charlie exclaimed surprised.

“Yeah apparently he’s visiting Donna and Margaret!”

“Oh no,” Charlie sighed, “the whole summer?”

“Yeah seems like,” Jenna pulled her hands through her hair. “Oh Charlie what should I do now?”

“Well you could go to Washington…”

“And watch Ray with Donna and Margaret, no thank you!” Jenna said angrily. “Maybe I should just go home!”

“And do what?” Charlie asked. “Wait for Ray to maybe come home?”

Jenna sighed, “I don’t know, I’m just so confused.”

“Well here’s what I think, stick around here in Dallas for a while.”

“What?” Jenna looked surprised. “Why would I wanna do that?”

“Well you need a break and Lucas needs to get to know his roots, so why don’t you rent a house and stick around for the summer?”

“Maybe…”

“Come on mom, it would be great, that way we’d get to spend more time together…”

“That’s true,” Jenna smiled. “And I do enjoy spending time with you.”

“Well there you have it, so are you staying?”

“Yeah I guess we could spend the summer in Dallas!” Jenna agreed.

“Great,” Charlie smiled, “looks like we’re back in Dallas to stay then!”


To be continued…