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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Karin" data-source="post: 79824" data-attributes="member: 57167">Thank you so much Ms Southworth. :bh:40 000 views is a lot of course but if you divide it by number of posts it equals about 32 views/post and then I guess some viewers might check more than once to see if there's any new updates. So I doubt we have more than 25 regular readers and I do hear from about 10 of you regularly. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Still that means that we do have some silent readers too. So you are right about that assumption.It might be sad that Chris thinks JR/Bobby's relationship is the norm for siblings. But considering where he's grow up it makes sense that he thinks that.You are right to assume that Lucy's gallery scene is going somewhere...I get what you mean about wanting to go deeper into the characters minds and while it's true that a fanfic that just focus on one pairing tend to do this more, we do go underneath the surface occasionally when we find it warranted. So there will be times when we will offer a bit more depth too. But well it's hard to do that in a scene with many characters without stopping the flow of dialogue and slowing down the pace of the story.I don't blame you for being indifferent about Charlie's Aunt Martha. But I doubt you'll still feel that way once the season is over... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />This season has 25 episodes by the way...I'm glad you're enjoying the double date so far...Okay so it's time for an update: At the City Hall in an auditorium had a crowd gathered. They were listening to Vice-President Al Gore who was standing on a podium holding a lecture. He showed some slides as he talked about environmental issues. On the first row in the auditorium were Donna, Ray and Margaret seated. Ray hid a yawn as he glanced towards the big clock on the wall. It had only been four minutes since the last time he had checked it. Once again Ray wished for the evening to be over soon as he was bored out of his mind. Unfortunately the same couldn’t be said for his daughter Margaret who was taking careful notes in a pad and was hanging onto every word Al Gore said, “To those of you who are here tonight, remember that you have the influence to change things. This is not just a political issue. It’s a matter of giving our children a world to live in. But we need to do this together. Remember that we are one. Thank you very much I appreciate it,” Al Gore finally ended his lecture.The audience applauded eagerly and Margaret turned to Donna and Ray with a big smile on her face, “Thank you so much for bringing me, this was such an inspiring evening. We all really need to think more about how we treat our planet.”Ray sighed and Donna smiled, “I’m glad you enjoyed this.”“Me too so shall we leave for dinner now?” Ray asked.“In a minute I’m just gonna go exchange a few words with the Vice-President,” Donna said as she got up from her seat.Ray sighed again and Margaret smiled, “Great, may I come too mom?”“Of course, why don’t we all go,” Donna said and Ray shifted uncomfortably.“If you don’t mind I think I’ll go grab our coats instead and meet you in the lobby,” Ray tried to get out of the meeting. But Margaret wouldn’t have it.“But dad he’s the vice-president don’t you wanna meet him?”“No it’s okay sweetheart, I don’t know what to say to a guy like him,” Ray said and made a motion to walk towards the exit. But before he could make a run for it, Donna stopped him by grabbing hold of his arm. “Don’t be silly Ray. You just be yourself and hello is always a good start to open a conversation.”Margaret took Ray’s hand, “Come on Daddy”“Alright you two win,” Ray sighed. “Let’s get this over with.”Ray, Donna and Margaret walked up to the podium. When Al Gore and his wife Tipper spotted Donna they smiled broadly, “Donna! How wonderful to see you again,” Tipper said.“Yeah but what are you doing down here in Texas?” Al Gore asked.“Just visiting back home, do you remember my daughter Margaret?”“Oh certainly you’ve really grown,” Al said.“Yes the last time I saw you, you must have been like six,” Tipper said.“Hello Mr. Vice-president and Mrs. Gore, how charming to meet you again,” Margaret shook hands with them and curtsy politely. She then turned to the Vice-President. “It was a wonderful lecture sir. I really enjoyed it. I think I’ll choose to work with environmental issues for my special project at school this fall.”The vice-president smiled broadly, “I’m so glad I could be inspiring to the youth of America.”“So Donna will we see you at Cape Code later this summer?” Tipper asked.“Oh unfortunately I don’t think we have time for the Code this year,” Donna said. “You’ll see we are visiting with Margaret’s father. This is my former husband Ray Krebbs.”“Oh I see, nice to make your acquaintance,” Tipper shook hands with Ray who said awkwardly.“Yeah same to you Mrs. Vice-President.”Margaret giggled, “Daddy you just call her Mrs. Gore.”Ray hawked, “Excuse me, Mr. and Mrs. Gore.”Margaret giggled again and Donna said, “I think we’ll better get some dinner, but it was lovely to see you both again.”“Likewise, we’ll look forward to see you again at the campaign for ’96,” Tipper said.“Yes the work you’ve done for our campaigns so far has been really invaluable,” Al Gore smiled and shook Donna’s hand. Donna smiled back proudly, while Ray felt hopelessly out of place.</blockquote>

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