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Million Dollar Safari (1)
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Part One – Peggy’s Request …
Helena stood upon the steaming tarmac in the dead of the night, surveying her surroundings. The warm equatorial air was stifling and yet it seemed, even in the middle of the night there was activity in Dar Es Salaam. Night porters and airline staff came past her every once in a while, staring briefly upon the pale skinned beauty who sat alone, a small suitcase at her feet and a silver briefcase on her lap. She should have been frightened, to be alone in a place where wealth almost certainly ensures no safety. Yet she was anything but, freed from the constraints of her previous life as people acknowledged her, but she couldn’t understand them.
She left the concrete terminal, smiling politely as men in washed out suits jostled to take her somewhere, to be her fare. She passed over the suitcase, and took a seat in the back of a tin can car, the briefcase upon her lap the whole while, her eyes closed as the engine roared to life, promising to take her somewhere for a considerable amount more Shillings than a local would ever dream of paying.
The days ran by, turning slowly and then rapidly into weeks, her absence missed only by those who loved her. She sat alone at the window of the hotel room, spending most of her days in quiet contemplation as the rains distorted her view. The sun stayed hidden from that first day onwards, the rains relenting each afternoon to make way for warm moist air that drained her body of energy.
She slept alone, recalling each night the bodies of women who’d lain against her, their smell, their touch and taste. She dreamt of California, of home and of peaceful days with friends making plans to meet and have lunch. In her waking hours she thought of them wistfully, gazing longingly at advertisements in dusty windows for phone cards and the internet. She pictured her children, their eyes wide in astonishment at all the strange smells and unfamiliar faces. She longed to bring them and see them educated in a way she had never been as a child.
Other pale faces scared her; her trip across the ocean planned erratically. She scoured the equator line and booked a flight to the first place that took her fancy, Tanzania. From Los Angeles she flew to London, staying no longer than was necessary inside London’s busy Heathrow airport before moving on, to Paris next, all the while looking over her shoulder expecting an official to stop her. In Paris she slept in a small hotel, just minutes from Charles Du Gaulle, the sound of planes flying in low overhead awoke her long before she meant to. She drank coffee at a café on the corner, daydreaming of the Planet in West Hollywood and its occupants, before boarding a flight to Dubai. In Dubai she bought scarves, and mailed them back to America, before joining the rest of the muddled bunch of passengers who sat waiting alongside her to take the flight to their final destination in Africa.
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I am really enjoying this. I laughed at the whole Alice thing, I could just imagine that. You’re a talented writer, update soon. :)
I wish Alice and Shane was on the trip. I don’t think I can stand just Bette and Tina their boring….hope they find Helena soon.
sweety, let me just say, your brilliance is only growing. really, honestly, i love this…i love how your characters know so much more, understand so much and have evolved in such interesting ways. i also love where this is going;) i mean you know i do, but i have to thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to indulge my every whim. you’re the best babe. xo
Pants! Bloody hell! Now it’s Angelica and Tina sounding like Brits. Personally, I think Bette would’ve headed to the Gap’s somewhat more upscale sibling Banana Republic to satisfy her lust for khaki. Speaking of lust, it seems to have reared it’s head in Tina’s head. Clearly just a beginning as I was shocked and dismayed to see a threesome composed of a twosome (unless you count the offspring, and that’s just too creepy) and an all too wholesome PG-13 rating (but, lordy, 80 hours a week is just obscene). And Dar Es Salaam in the rainy season (not familiar with the climate there-is there a dry spell as well?) sounds like a tropical heaven. Damn, Helena sure can pick an out of the way spot to hide out. May they all have a non-mosquito induced fever once they all meet.
this could one hell of an adventure, where as later on shane and alice could come assist bette and tina… but i’m sure there will more characters as time goes on. looking forward to more, very well written please keep going!
Excellent! I really love how you have crafted this unique storyline. What a fresh idea, and one that has alot of intrigue built in. I love how B&T reminisced about Dana, and more so how Bette reassured Tina she wasn’t leaving. Excellent! PPS
more,more,more,more,more,more,more….oh and by the way I read somewhere that you are quite the hottie – any comments on that:-)
who called sofa a hottie? *whistles innocently*
This is an outstanding idea. The thought of Tina and Bette rescuing Helena is brilliant.Don’t for get the malaria drugs and shots. Maybe better to leave little Angelica home before the head to the wilds of Africa. That’s just the doc in me talking. But really, just loving this story
I heard the “hottie” rumor too! And I read “helebette’s stories” because the “hottie” (who will not be named )mentioned them, and was surprised at how good they are ( you know, Helena-Bette? ewww…) but I’m still not sailing on that ship ,only on sofa’s great Tibette boat!!! Enjoying as always…. , keep the sail up! :)
A mission from Peggy. I’m intrigued….
now on to the ass smacking sex scenes! lmao…geezus, what has RS done to my mind this time…and all you’ve done is write her with stomach problems…maybe it was those image of her in prison orange, cuz you KNOW that’s my thing…women gone wild prison style. *rolls eyes* i don’t want tina to get dysentry though, because how are you going to write that in a way that you find exciting and interesting? helena should adopt angelica and live happily ever after in africa with bette and that should end the l word this season. hehehe
Wonderful start. I loved everything about it – the African setting, the plot setup, the insights into B&T developing reconciliation, Peggy’s ingenuity, everything!
and also, it’s a homecoming for angelica and for bette, so i love the setting as well. who better to dispell the myths of the beautiful continent than you babe? you do that good work and i’ll reward you with a thousand x’s in just about 8 weeks;)
Have not really read one that promises something exciting for a while. This certainly looks promising, different setting and all, opening up opportunities for re-discovery. PPS!
Very well done!!! I just hope Helena will go with B&T!!!!! Thanks PPS
As a Belena shipper, I’m hoping Tina will get malaria or dysentary and Bette will have to return home with just Helena and live happily ever after! HA!
Very nice a little cloak and dagger but good.
will tina be eaten by a lion…oops, my bad..i mean loved the post…pps
Holy mackerel! Helena in Africa? Peggy needs her daughter to be rescued by la famille Kennard-Porter? Quick, B, T, Angie, to the Bettecave! This was a great start, I’m sure this is gonna rock, sofa. Post when you can (80-hour work weeks, geez, how do you find time to sleep, let alone write?), ta!