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Chandelier – 32
Angelica took hold of the CD sleeve, and flipped through the next few pages.
"Whoa, wait," Bette said, stopping Angelica’s hands. She looked at the albums on the page. "This is more like it."
Jazz legends. Classical. Instrumental.
Bette smiled to herself. "Well, of course it’s more like it, she has my favorite CDs."
Or, to be more precise, these were the albums she’d given Tina to broaden the younger woman’s musical spectrum. She knew from her own handwriting on the disc, with track numbers indicated for Tina’s listening pleasure.
Angelica glanced up at her mom. "Mama."
Bette grinned at her. "You’re adorable, you know."
"Mama," Angelica nodded.
"That’s right, you’re just as cute as your mama," Bette told her, nuzzling her nose to her daughter’s. "And take just about the same amount of time to get dressed."
Angelica held Bette’s face in her tiny hands.
"And please develop better taste in music." Bette kissed Angelica’s cheek. "Some more jazz, a little opera, because you can do better than David Bowie."
"You should know, negative critiques of David Bowie are not allowed under this roof," Andrea said, as she entered the house. "Sorry I’m late."
"We’re not allowed to critique David Bowie?" Bette questioned.
"Nope," Andrea shook her head. "Unless you want to be given a full dissertation on how wrong you are."
"You speak from experience," Bette noted.
Andrea nodded. "And your kid really likes the new stuff."
"None of the Ziggy Stardust music?" Bette asked, hopeful.
Andrea shook her head. "Count your blessings."
Bette smiled at Angelica, who was now playing with the necklace around Bette’s neck.
Andrea glanced at the clock, then went to the kitchen. She paused near the doors to Tina and Angelica’s rooms. "He’s just a pretty rocker, and Iman knows it."
"I know you’re not slamming David Bowie in my house," Tina warned from her room.
Andrea turned to Bette. "See?"
Bette laughed. "Has Tina railed on you yet?"
Andrea looked at her questioningly.
"Our friend Shane." Bette said.
Andrea hesitated. "Uh oh."
"Yeah," Bette nodded.
"Okay, in my defense, I didn’t know you owned the blue Saab when I saw it last Friday." Andrea said quickly.
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1st brb
For a one yr old she is pretty smart. Love how she interacts with Tina. thanks
Wow Angelica has taste if she was entranced by The Who’s “Tommy,” even if she was only looking at the CD case. I was a music major, but I think I’d probably have more fun listening to Tina’s playlist. Oh, been waiting for you too because I’ve been missing this story. :)
You just are spot on w/dialogue. You’re funny as hell. A bit sarcastic and snarky which is fine. I love this story. Could you post every day? Pretty please.
So fantastic, loving the dialogue. And the characters are so cute. Love the interactions. And Angelica’s powers of persuasion. :)
Bette’s a bit evil and Angie’s as adorable as usual. =)
great! looking forward to the next post…
LOL.dialogue is superb!!!! Andrea is funny.
haaaa loved it
Bette and Tina have such diverse music tastes, great choices. Angelica this little girl is just sweet. Tiff your story – always brings a smile to my face. Thank you.
Excellent…as always. Love the way you have them interacting. Too funny!
wonderful!! i love B&T together and happy and wiht a little smart and lovely Angelica!
love your story, so sweeeeeeeeet, please postnext instalment soon.
nice chapter…loved the music debate with Angel. funny! post soon
Great as usual!!! Angie is such a cutie… and mini-Alice had me LMAO!! Tina’s collection: You go Tee!!!!!Post soon please!!!
Absolutely nothing wrong with Bowie. He was a seminal(?) influence in my youth and went through some wide-ranging ch-ch-ch-changes over his career. It may be my prejudice as an American, but I’ve come to love his colleague, Iggy Pop even more. Not an American, are you, TD? We would have styled Peggy a great-aunt. So where are you from? And when do we get to the horizontal part?
But don’t get me wrong! Love the old school R&B.
Loving your story and the addition of Andrea is super – her humor is wonderful.
Love the way this chapter starts out exposing their differences and finishes with their common interest. :) While this chapter appears to be about musical tastes, it’s really about the things that bind couples together. Yes, it’s nice when you share musical tastes but when you don’t then you can both learn something – diversity it good. After all, the life of a couple is made up of a thousand little things and so long as you agree on the major life issues, like putting your family first, then the rest is really unimportant. Wonderful chapter… about music. ;)
absolutely perfect
Love this chapter, They are wonderful. Bette is funny, Angie is so cute and sweet, Andrea is crazy and funny, love them all. Ok post soon please, thanks!
Andrea is a hoot. Loved the horizontal comment. Angelica has her mamma’s wraped around her fingers and does not even know it. I get the impression that Helena is not to keen with the whole Bette and Tina togetherness. Is she a tad jealous? I am so loving this story.