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Chapter 4
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‘It’s on the house, sweet cheeks!’ Joyce shouted.
Tina laughed. The truth was, she loved to sing. And she actually felt happy tonight, for the first time in months. However, there was a snag.
‘I don’t even know what to sing!’
‘Took care of that, too!’ Joyce replied, pointing at Alice as Vonda started gently vamping on some chords. Tina recognised them in a split second. A song that she’d loved as long as she could remember – and her karaoke go-to at Dinah Shore all those years ago . . .
‘Oh my God,’ she murmured, accepting the microphone from the MC.
‘I’ll follow you,’ Vonda smiled reassuringly.
Tina ran her hand through her hair, nervous but also feeling the rhythm of the song insinuating itself in a very enjoyable way into her hips and shoulders. She glanced at Angie, who gave her two thumbs up. At Alice, who was clapping along. At Bette, who was watching with a soft gleam of anticipation in her eyes. And Pippa, who was watching Bette.
The problem is all inside your head, she said to me
The answer is easy if you take it logically
I’d like to help you in your struggle to be free
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover . . .
The song proceeded through the second verse, then exploded into the chorus, which everyone joined in with, raising the roof of the ballroom in an explosion of joy. In the third verse, Tina really hit her stride and went around singing lines to people. On ‘and then she kissed me’, she tapped Joyce under the chin affectionately and Joyce did a massive swoon that was pure showbiz. Everyone – almost everyone – loved it. Tina, the star of the show.
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‘Ten more minutes?’ Angie pleaded.
Tina rolled her eyes. Completely typical that she was ready to leave and it was Angelica ‘This looks really boring’ Porter-Kennard who was now stopping her going home because she was talking books with Joyce’s niece.
‘Well, I’ll be outside,’ Tina said, pointing to the terrace. ‘And that’s a tight ten minutes, okay?’
Angie agreed and Tina got her bag and a glass of water and headed to the terrace. The party had thinned a little, although the DJ was still doing her thing and guests were dancing on the terrace too. Tina just wanted the air. She could’ve gone to the front of the building, but the she wanted another look at the greenery.
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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