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<blockquote data-quote="CeeCee72" data-source="post: 271595" data-attributes="member: 5055">I don&#039;t own any of the characters in this story and no copyright infringement is intended.This fic is an alternate timeline where the dream season wasn&#039;t a dream. It picks up of after the last episode of season 9.***Life Is But a DreamPart 17:***&quot;Thanks for agreeing to have lunch with me.&quot;Jenna looked up from her menu and smiled. &quot;Of course, Jack. I was happy to hear from you.&quot;&quot;Really?&quot; Jack said doubtfully.&quot;Of course,&quot; Jenna smiled. &quot;I told you before that I value our friendship. How are you holding up?&quot; &quot;I&#039;m doing about as well as I can,&quot; Jack sighed. &quot;I miss Jamie so much. I dread the funeral tomorrow.&quot;&quot;Is there anything I can do for you?&quot;&quot;You&#039;re already doing it,&quot; Jack smiled at her. &quot;I&#039;m happy to be able to see you and talk to you.&quot;&quot;I&#039;m happy to see you too,&quot; Jenna shifted nervously. &quot;Is your friend April still in town?&quot;&quot;Yes,&quot; Jack told her truthfully. &quot;And you should know, Jenna - she&#039;s not really my friend. She&#039;s my ex-wife.&quot;&quot;Ex-wife?&quot; Jenna breathed out. &quot;I didn&#039;t realize you&#039;d ever been married, Jack.&quot;&quot;Yeah, well, I don&#039;t talk about it much. It was a very short marriage and it ended badly.&quot;&quot;But she came to visit you?&quot;&quot;Yeah,&quot; Jack chuckled. &quot;To be honest, not sure why. I thought she hated my guts.&quot;&quot;She obviously doesn&#039;t if she came to see you when she heard about Jamie.&quot;&quot;True. And I won&#039;t lie. Having her here has brought me a lot of comfort. She knew Jamie and it&#039;s nice to talk about her. Cliff is too angry and upset to do anything besides plot revenge.&quot;&quot;Revenge against who?&quot;&quot;JR,&quot; Jack growled. &quot;He blames JR for Jamie&#039;s death.&quot;&quot;Oh, I see… Do you?&quot;&quot;What? Blame JR?&quot; Jack asked, then shrugged. &quot;Yeah. Some. Everyone, including Sue Ellen, warned him to stop yanking Angelica&#039;s chain. But..&quot;&quot;But what?&quot;&quot;But JR didn&#039;t plant the bomb that killed my sister. And I know deep down that he would never have kept up with Angelica if he really believed his family could get hurt. Plus, I feel…&quot;&quot;What?&quot; Jenna pressed him.&quot;I feel like Cliff is using Jamie&#039;s death as an excuse to do what he promised her he wouldn&#039;t do while she was alive.&quot;&quot;Go after JR?&quot;&quot;Yeah. And I&#039;m worried, Jenna. I&#039;m worried that Miss Elie and Sue Ellen are going to get caught in the crossfire.&quot;&quot;What are you going to do?&quot;&quot;I don&#039;t know,&quot; he confessed, &quot;but I know I have to do something to stop Cliff before he goes too far. Too many people are going to end up as collateral damage. And I just can&#039;t be a part of that.&quot;***&quot;Are you sure this is the best way to handle things? Yes. I understand. No. Don&#039;t worry Graison and Kenderson won&#039;t be a problem. Alright. Let me know when it&#039;s done and I&#039;ll go see Ewing. Alright. Talk soon.&quot;Daughtry hung up the phone and absently rubbed his temples.Bobby Ewing was to continue his life as Richard Rice. Dr. Ellis would stay on as his doctor and continue his research for the CIA. Ellis seemed to be relieved to be out from under Kenderson&#039;s control and Bobby would never have to know the truth.Angelica was being disposed of. Whatever value her superiors thought she had paled in comparison to the worth of Bobby Ewing and Dr. Ellis. The Company had manufactured enough evidence to prove beyond any doubt that she was responsible for Sue Ellen Ewing&#039;s kidnapping as well as for the bomb that injured her and the one that killed Jamie Ewing.Once Angelica was dead, it was up to Daughtry to go see JR Ewing and convince him to accept their story and walk away.Daughtry prayed Ewing wouldn&#039;t put up a fight. If he did, The Company wouldn&#039;t hesitate to dispose of him too.***&quot;How much longer are you staying in Dallas?&quot; Sue Ellen asked.&quot;A few days at least,&quot; Lucy answered. &quot;At least until you&#039;re able to come home from the hospital.&quot;&quot;I wish you could stay forever,&quot; John Ross pouted.&quot;I know. Me too. But I have to get back to Mitch. He needs me too.&quot;&quot;Mitch…&quot; Sue Ellen repeated. She turned the pages back on the photo album Lucy had brought her until she found a picture of Lucy and her husband on their first wedding day. She took a deep breath and tried desperately to hold on to her composure. &quot;He has a sister..,&quot; her eyes moved to a picture of Lucy with her bridesmaids. &quot;Afton, right?&quot;&quot;Yes,&quot; Lucy answered and cast a nervous look at JR.&quot;You remember her, honey?&quot; JR asked softly.&quot;Vaguely,&quot; Sue Ellen answered in a small voice.&quot;Why do we need a new mattress?&quot;&quot;The old one&#039;s been used too much.&quot;&quot;Sue Ellen?&quot; JR&#039;s voice penetrated the fog around her mind and interrupted her memory. &quot;I&#039;m fine, jR,&quot; she told him in a shaky voice.&quot;Remember this?&quot; John Ross asked, turning the page and pointing to a different picture. Sue Ellen looked at what he was pointing at and smiled. &quot;Yes,* she smiled. &quot;Your first pony.&quot;&quot;You and Daddy gave him to me on my birthday. We went riding together. Daddy wouldn&#039;t go though. You teased him about being scared of horses.&quot;&quot;I&#039;m not scared of horses,&quot; JR protested, &quot;I just don&#039;t particularly like being on one.&quot;&quot;Why?&quot; Sue Ellen asked him.&quot;They stink,&quot; he shrugged. &quot;They smell like a stable.&quot;Everyone laughed and Sue Ellen gifted him with a beautiful smile. &quot;I&#039;d better get John Ross back to Southfork,&quot; Lucy said, standing up. &quot;It&#039;s late and it&#039;s a long drive back.&quot;John Ross hugged his mother and hopped off her bed. &quot;I&#039;ll be back tomorrow, Mama, okay?&quot;&quot;Okay, baby. I love you.&quot;&quot;Love you too,&quot; the little boy walked over and hugged JR. &quot;Love you too, Daddy.&quot;&quot;Love you, back,&quot; JR patted his head. &quot;See you tomorrow. You too, Lucy. Thanks for bringing him by.&quot;&quot;Anytime,&quot; Lucy waved at Sue Ellen and led John Ross from the room.JR watched them leave then moved to sit beside Sue Ellen. &quot;We need to talk about Afton?&quot; he asked her.&quot;No,&quot; she sighed. &quot;But if you ever bring another woman into our bed…&quot;&quot;I won&#039;t,&quot; he cut her off with a kiss. &quot;You&#039;re the only woman I&#039;ll ever take to bed with me for the rest of my life.&quot;She nodded and leaned against him, continuing to look through the photo album. She settled on a picture of her and a young woman sitting by the pool. &quot;Jamie… she...she was Cliff&#039;s wife. Donna said...oh, my God, JR! She&#039;s gone?&quot;&quot;Yes. I&#039;m sorry, Sue Ellen. You loved her very much.&quot;&quot;Yes...I can feel that. What happened to her?&quot;&quot;Someone put a bomb in her car. The same person who had you kidnapped and hurt.&quot;&quot;But you&#039;re going to make them pay, aren&#039;t you, JR?&quot;&quot;Yes, I am,&quot; he promised her softly. &quot;I promise you I am.&quot;***&quot;Marilee is in for sure,&quot; Cliff said. &quot;Jordan hasn&#039;t given me an answer yet.&quot;&quot;He&#039;ll be with us,&quot; Pam told him. &quot;There&#039;s too much money to be made for him to walk away.&quot;&quot;I hope you&#039;re right. We need him if this is going to work.&quot;&quot;He&#039;ll be with us,&quot; Pam said again. &quot;Cliff, I&#039;ve been thinking. I&#039;m going to the hospital to see Sue Ellen in the morning.&quot;&quot;What? Why?&quot;&quot;Because JR deserves to have more than his business destroyed. I want him to lose the one thing other than Ewing Oil that means anything to him.&quot;&quot;And what&#039;s that?&quot;&quot;His family. I want him to suffer the pain of losing John Ross and Sue Ellen.&quot;&quot;How are you going to turn Sue Ellen against him?&quot;&quot;With the truth,&quot; Pam said evenly. &quot;I&#039;m sure JR hadn&#039;t told her that he&#039;s responsible for what happened to her or for Jamie&#039;s death.&quot;&quot;You sure you want to do that?&quot; Cliff pressed her. &quot;You care a lot about Sue Ellen. This will really hurt her.&quot;&quot;Yes, but it will save her in the end. We both know JR will hurt her again anyway. Better to get it over with. Besides, if her being hurt makes JR suffer, then it&#039;s all worth it. I don&#039;t want him wounded, Cliff. I want him destroyed. And I&#039;ll do whatever I have to to see that he is.&quot;***April sipped her wine and stared out the window at the skyline.Dallas really was a beautiful city. She could learn to love living here.She glanced over at the folder on the table in the sitting room and frowned. Eventually she was going to have to tell Jack the real reason for her visit.A judge had given her the right to half of Jack&#039;s income for the next five years. She&#039;d already been planning to come to Dallas and break the news to him before she&#039;d heard about Jamie. She hadn&#039;t felt right about hitting him with the bad news while he was still dealing with Jamie&#039;s death.But she had to tell him. And soon.And she knew he wasn&#039;t going to be happy about it. Not one little bit.***JR glanced over at his wife and smiled when he saw she was still flipping through the photo album. &quot;Anything else coming back?&quot;&quot;Yes,&quot; she sighed. &quot;A lot. Too much.&quot;&quot;Want to talk about it?&quot;&quot;Not really. I don&#039;t want to dwell on the bad things. I want to focus on the happy memories.&quot;&quot;We have had some very good times,&quot; he told her.&quot;Yes. There&#039;s a magic between us. I know it and so do you.&quot;&quot;That sounds like something I said to you once.&quot;&quot;I know. I remember. It made me feel…&quot;&quot;What?&quot;&quot;It made me want you,&quot; she blushed and dropped her eyes to the sheet on her bed.JR chuckled and moved to sit beside her on the bed. &quot;Is that so, Miss Texas?&quot; His voice was low and teasing.Sue Ellen&#039;s blush grew darker and she swallowed hard. &quot;This picture,&quot; she pointed at a photo of John Ross and Christopher in what looked like a gym lifting tiny little weights.&quot;What about it?&quot;&quot;It made me remember. You and me. In a gym or exercise room…&quot;&quot;Oh yeah?&quot; JR&#039;s voice dipped even lower. &quot;Now I know for a fact that&#039;s a good memory. A damn good one.&quot;Sue Ellen shivered involuntarily. &quot;I remember what you did to me on that weight bench.&quot;&quot;I remember too, honey,&quot; he bent his head to nuzzle at her neck. &quot;And I can&#039;t wait to do that to you again.&quot;&quot;JR…&quot; She sucked in a shaky breath.&quot;Hmmm?&quot; &quot;I love you.&quot;&quot;I love you too, Miss Texas. And I can hardly wait to get you home so I can show you exactly how much.&quot;***</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CeeCee72, post: 271595, member: 5055"] I don't own any of the characters in this story and no copyright infringement is intended. This fic is an alternate timeline where the dream season wasn't a dream. It picks up of after the last episode of season 9. *** Life Is But a Dream Part 17: *** "Thanks for agreeing to have lunch with me." Jenna looked up from her menu and smiled. "Of course, Jack. I was happy to hear from you." "Really?" Jack said doubtfully. "Of course," Jenna smiled. "I told you before that I value our friendship. How are you holding up?" "I'm doing about as well as I can," Jack sighed. "I miss Jamie so much. I dread the funeral tomorrow." "Is there anything I can do for you?" "You're already doing it," Jack smiled at her. "I'm happy to be able to see you and talk to you." "I'm happy to see you too," Jenna shifted nervously. "Is your friend April still in town?" "Yes," Jack told her truthfully. "And you should know, Jenna - she's not really my friend. She's my ex-wife." "Ex-wife?" Jenna breathed out. "I didn't realize you'd ever been married, Jack." "Yeah, well, I don't talk about it much. It was a very short marriage and it ended badly." "But she came to visit you?" "Yeah," Jack chuckled. "To be honest, not sure why. I thought she hated my guts." "She obviously doesn't if she came to see you when she heard about Jamie." "True. And I won't lie. Having her here has brought me a lot of comfort. She knew Jamie and it's nice to talk about her. Cliff is too angry and upset to do anything besides plot revenge." "Revenge against who?" "JR," Jack growled. "He blames JR for Jamie's death." "Oh, I see… Do you?" "What? Blame JR?" Jack asked, then shrugged. "Yeah. Some. Everyone, including Sue Ellen, warned him to stop yanking Angelica's chain. But.." "But what?" "But JR didn't plant the bomb that killed my sister. And I know deep down that he would never have kept up with Angelica if he really believed his family could get hurt. Plus, I feel…" "What?" Jenna pressed him. "I feel like Cliff is using Jamie's death as an excuse to do what he promised her he wouldn't do while she was alive." "Go after JR?" "Yeah. And I'm worried, Jenna. I'm worried that Miss Elie and Sue Ellen are going to get caught in the crossfire." "What are you going to do?" "I don't know," he confessed, "but I know I have to do something to stop Cliff before he goes too far. Too many people are going to end up as collateral damage. And I just can't be a part of that." *** "Are you sure this is the best way to handle things? Yes. I understand. No. Don't worry Graison and Kenderson won't be a problem. Alright. Let me know when it's done and I'll go see Ewing. Alright. Talk soon." Daughtry hung up the phone and absently rubbed his temples. Bobby Ewing was to continue his life as Richard Rice. Dr. Ellis would stay on as his doctor and continue his research for the CIA. Ellis seemed to be relieved to be out from under Kenderson's control and Bobby would never have to know the truth. Angelica was being disposed of. Whatever value her superiors thought she had paled in comparison to the worth of Bobby Ewing and Dr. Ellis. The Company had manufactured enough evidence to prove beyond any doubt that she was responsible for Sue Ellen Ewing's kidnapping as well as for the bomb that injured her and the one that killed Jamie Ewing. Once Angelica was dead, it was up to Daughtry to go see JR Ewing and convince him to accept their story and walk away. Daughtry prayed Ewing wouldn't put up a fight. If he did, The Company wouldn't hesitate to dispose of him too. *** "How much longer are you staying in Dallas?" Sue Ellen asked. "A few days at least," Lucy answered. "At least until you're able to come home from the hospital." "I wish you could stay forever," John Ross pouted. "I know. Me too. But I have to get back to Mitch. He needs me too." "Mitch…" Sue Ellen repeated. She turned the pages back on the photo album Lucy had brought her until she found a picture of Lucy and her husband on their first wedding day. She took a deep breath and tried desperately to hold on to her composure. "He has a sister..," her eyes moved to a picture of Lucy with her bridesmaids. "Afton, right?" "Yes," Lucy answered and cast a nervous look at JR. "You remember her, honey?" JR asked softly. "Vaguely," Sue Ellen answered in a small voice. [I]"Why do we need a new mattress?" "The old one's been used too much."[/I] "Sue Ellen?" JR's voice penetrated the fog around her mind and interrupted her memory. "I'm fine, jR," she told him in a shaky voice. "Remember this?" John Ross asked, turning the page and pointing to a different picture. Sue Ellen looked at what he was pointing at and smiled. "Yes,* she smiled. "Your first pony." "You and Daddy gave him to me on my birthday. We went riding together. Daddy wouldn't go though. You teased him about being scared of horses." "I'm not scared of horses," JR protested, "I just don't particularly like being on one." "Why?" Sue Ellen asked him. "They stink," he shrugged. "They smell like a stable." Everyone laughed and Sue Ellen gifted him with a beautiful smile. "I'd better get John Ross back to Southfork," Lucy said, standing up. "It's late and it's a long drive back." John Ross hugged his mother and hopped off her bed. "I'll be back tomorrow, Mama, okay?" "Okay, baby. I love you." "Love you too," the little boy walked over and hugged JR. "Love you too, Daddy." "Love you, back," JR patted his head. "See you tomorrow. You too, Lucy. Thanks for bringing him by." "Anytime," Lucy waved at Sue Ellen and led John Ross from the room. JR watched them leave then moved to sit beside Sue Ellen. "We need to talk about Afton?" he asked her. "No," she sighed. "But if you ever bring another woman into our bed…" "I won't," he cut her off with a kiss. "You're the only woman I'll ever take to bed with me for the rest of my life." She nodded and leaned against him, continuing to look through the photo album. She settled on a picture of her and a young woman sitting by the pool. "Jamie… she...she was Cliff's wife. Donna said...oh, my God, JR! She's gone?" "Yes. I'm sorry, Sue Ellen. You loved her very much." "Yes...I can feel that. What happened to her?" "Someone put a bomb in her car. The same person who had you kidnapped and hurt." "But you're going to make them pay, aren't you, JR?" "Yes, I am," he promised her softly. "I promise you I am." *** "Marilee is in for sure," Cliff said. "Jordan hasn't given me an answer yet." "He'll be with us," Pam told him. "There's too much money to be made for him to walk away." "I hope you're right. We need him if this is going to work." "He'll be with us," Pam said again. "Cliff, I've been thinking. I'm going to the hospital to see Sue Ellen in the morning." "What? Why?" "Because JR deserves to have more than his business destroyed. I want him to lose the one thing other than Ewing Oil that means anything to him." "And what's that?" "His family. I want him to suffer the pain of losing John Ross and Sue Ellen." "How are you going to turn Sue Ellen against him?" "With the truth," Pam said evenly. "I'm sure JR hadn't told her that he's responsible for what happened to her or for Jamie's death." "You sure you want to do that?" Cliff pressed her. "You care a lot about Sue Ellen. This will really hurt her." "Yes, but it will save her in the end. We both know JR will hurt her again anyway. Better to get it over with. Besides, if her being hurt makes JR suffer, then it's all worth it. I don't want him wounded, Cliff. I want him destroyed. And I'll do whatever I have to to see that he is." *** April sipped her wine and stared out the window at the skyline. Dallas really was a beautiful city. She could learn to love living here. She glanced over at the folder on the table in the sitting room and frowned. Eventually she was going to have to tell Jack the real reason for her visit. A judge had given her the right to half of Jack's income for the next five years. She'd already been planning to come to Dallas and break the news to him before she'd heard about Jamie. She hadn't felt right about hitting him with the bad news while he was still dealing with Jamie's death. But she had to tell him. And soon. And she knew he wasn't going to be happy about it. Not one little bit. *** JR glanced over at his wife and smiled when he saw she was still flipping through the photo album. "Anything else coming back?" "Yes," she sighed. "A lot. Too much." "Want to talk about it?" "Not really. I don't want to dwell on the bad things. I want to focus on the happy memories." "We have had some very good times," he told her. "Yes. There's a magic between us. I know it and so do you." "That sounds like something I said to you once." "I know. I remember. It made me feel…" "What?" "It made me want you," she blushed and dropped her eyes to the sheet on her bed. JR chuckled and moved to sit beside her on the bed. "Is that so, Miss Texas?" His voice was low and teasing. Sue Ellen's blush grew darker and she swallowed hard. "This picture," she pointed at a photo of John Ross and Christopher in what looked like a gym lifting tiny little weights. "What about it?" "It made me remember. You and me. In a gym or exercise room…" "Oh yeah?" JR's voice dipped even lower. "Now I know for a fact that's a good memory. A damn good one." Sue Ellen shivered involuntarily. "I remember what you did to me on that weight bench." "I remember too, honey," he bent his head to nuzzle at her neck. "And I can't wait to do that to you again." "JR…" She sucked in a shaky breath. "Hmmm?" "I love you." "I love you too, Miss Texas. And I can hardly wait to get you home so I can show you exactly how much." *** [/QUOTE]

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