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Chapter 4
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The voice was unmistakeable. Tina steeled herself and turned around.
‘Tina Kennard . . .’ Joyce beamed, holding her long arms out for a hug. ‘Bring it in, you beautiful thing!’
‘Happy birthday, Joyce . . .’
‘Oh, you got that right, honey! All this and a sexy single woman in my arms . . . Whoo-hoooo! I am one lucky son of a gun!’
Tina laughed and patted Joyce’s back whilst delicately extricating herself.
‘It’s a wonderful venue,’ she said, indicating the tees, the terrace.
‘Booked it eight years ago.’
‘Eight years?’
‘I don’t mind waiting for a good thing.’
‘Well, it’s certainly worth it.’
‘Mhmm, sure is.’ Joyce nodded, taking a sip of her drink. ‘And what about you?’
Tina just blinked, trying to process the connection. ‘Me?’
‘How long would I have to wait to get a booking with you?’
A slow, very charming fluster warmed Tina’s skin, visible in the plunging neckline of her little black Jill Sander dress. Joyce’s eyes skimmed her hungrily.
‘I . . . I’m not available,’ Tina said.
‘Really?’
‘I’m not dating, Joyce. At all. Anyone.’
Tina had that feeling tipsy people get, that they’re talking way too loud, but she couldn’t stop.
‘I’m just taking time out from the whole thing, y’know? Taking a step back. And it’s really lovely, actually. I’m enjoying it!’
She raised her glass and tipped the last of her Champagne down her throat. Joyce did the same. Then they clinked their empty glasses together, laughing like drains.
‘Hot damn, but you’re pretty . . .’ Joyce murmured.
‘Oh Joyce,’ Tina giggled. And then she was rescued by the MC, who wanted Joyce to come and start off the karaoke.
***
An hour later, the party was really rocking. Standout performances were Joyce’s uncannily good Karen Carpenter on ‘Jambalaya’, her ex Phyllis doing a bizarre, semi-spoken ‘Billie Jean’, her ex’s ex Alice doing ‘Telephone’ as a duet with Angie, and then suddenly the MC called for Tina.
She was sitting whooping and cheering madly for a guy who’d just nailed ‘Your Body Is A Wonderland’ when she realised what was happening.
‘Mom . . .’ Angie giggled, taking Tina’s hand and drawing her towards the piano.
‘What? What are you doing?’ The crowd hollered, but Tina was confused. ‘I didn’t put my name down to sing?’
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Hot damn, its on now! They are always meant to be together. Joyce is such a leech! PPS
Hi majicspider60! *waves* Good to see you here. :-)
Glad you ‘enjoyed’ Joyce, haha. I love writing her. She actually writes herself, she’s so vivid.
Will try and do another chapter or two at the weekend. :-) Thanks for the encouragement!
Largo, you nailed the Joyce character. So funny.
haha, thank you, my friend :-) She’s a dream to write, isn’t she? Hope you are well! Thanks for reading this and commenting. It is so appreciated.
L
Hey my Scottish pal,
Wow, another chapter so quickly – loving that. And I can imagine that Joyce does write herself!! Love Jane Lynch!!
But T & B – well, emotions do run deep, down to their very souls. Angie can see it, C saw it, now PP. Surely they can to. They ju st have to admit it & have the strength to face the inevitable- they belong together.
Great chapter & certainly hope you can compose many more soon.
BTW – did you happen to give Showtime your story outline???? I would worship you forever if you did & they took your advice!!!
Thanks for this little slice of heaven today!
Hiya pal! Thanks for reading this and commenting. They will wake up eventually, as you know, but not until the time is right ;-)
Not that I would, but I wonder if anyone has actually sent ff to Showtime?? I suspect they’d ignore it, not least for legal reasons. But yeah, you have to wonder by what route they are going to reach endgame…. I hope it’s not left till the very end. I would love to have at least a few episodes where they are actually coupled up, so we can get what we never got – happy, domestic, family Tibette!!
Anyway, take care – and enjoy your trip when it comes! Wishing you a lovely lovely time <3
L
LOVE LOVE LOVE This story. I meant to comment on the last chapter – Bette with the receptionist was classic and so well written. I love the slow draw, the long wait, the almost palatable foregone conclusion. SIGH. I could read your writing over and over. PLEASE for the love continue
BK
aw thank you, BK – you are the queen of Tibette and your encouragement and enjoyment of my writing means so much
I will definitely finish this story bc I don’t like leaving readers hanging! :-)
Take care
L
Joyce, still at the age of 70th is flirting away and Tina is so adorable when she gets shy and flushed.
It’s surely a slow path you have for our Tibette but the beginning is there, there is no way PP can’t see how Bette looks at Tina. Like Angie already saw, PP is on the way out.
I would love to see Tibette happy and domestic for a few episodes on GQ but knowing Marja she will string along the Tibetters only to get more viewers.
Look forward to read the next chapter!
I know, I could SO easily see how Laurel would act being flustered by Joyce. Those scenes where she’s flustered by Bette are *seared* on our eyeballs, aren’t they? When she’s composing the text to Jodie and when Bette is leaving for the airport and the kiss is a little more than Tina expected…. gah, so cute.
Thanks so much for reading and commenting. It encourages me to keep going! And yes, let’s hope we don’t have to wait the whole of S3 to see them together!
Have a great week, Bibi
L