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Episodes S305, S306, S307 – Scottish New Year Special
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‘. . . of course the lighting is so good,’ Bette was droning on, holding her hand in that way that art connoisseurs always do. ‘The balance. The use of colour.’
Meanwhile Alice was panting, and pointing over Bette’s shoulder.
‘The . . . suit . . . the suit . . .’
‘Hmm?’ Bette queried.
But then Alice snapped, turned and ran from the room yelling Fuuuuuuckkkkk! At which point everyone else – who’d been primed to know what was going to happen – burst into laughter. Shane, especially, who high-fived Bette and hugged her hard.
‘That was awesome, man!’
They laughed, their arms around each other, as they watched the visor on the suit of armour flip up, and Ben’s grinning face appear.
‘I can’t get my arm up that high, Aunt Shane,’ he said, offering her a low-five. Which, even though it meant touching the armour, Shane didn’t leave hanging.
***
Goodbye, when it came, was both poignant and cheerful. Jimmy, Andy, Rhona, Jim, Aileen and the girls hugged everyone while luggage was piled into cars and selfies were taken and promises to keep in touch were issued. Young Glen shook hands. Mhairi said nothing.
‘You gonna miss this place?’ Sonny asked Shane as they stood by their car, waiting for the others.
Shane looked up at the granite walls. At the small windows set deep in the stone, the crenelated balcony, the turrets. In daylight, it was a lot less scary than when they’d arrived.
‘Maybe,’ she said.
‘I won’t,’ said Alice, texting on her phone. Her nose was still out of joint from the prank.
‘Oh, Alice . . .’ said Kit. ‘You gotta learn to take it, girl!’
Alice curled her lip. And then Bette came over with a somewhat contrite look on her face. ‘No hard feelings?’ she said.
‘Huh,’ Alice huffed. But then she opened her arms and Bette put her phone down on the car hood, to take her dear friend into a warm hug. Alice did the same.
‘I’ll miss you when you go, y’know,’ she said. Alice was coming back to East 12th Street for one more night before flying back to the west coast.
‘Me too, Porter.’
And then it was truly time to go. Peggy got in the Rolls. The Porter-Kennards got in their car. Alice glanced one last time at Mhairi, then went across to her and looked into the gnarly old housekeeper’s face.
‘I’m sorry if I was annoying,’ she said. ‘Thank you for my egg. It was the best one I ever had.’
Mhairi just stared. Alice’s smile faltered. But then the woman inclined her head, just a tiny amount, and said, ‘Haste ye back.’
Alice frowned. ‘Haste ye back,’ she whispered under her breath, processing it, and then she grinned. A pure Alice Pieszecki beamer.
‘Hurry up and come back?’ she asked.
Mhairi blinked. Slow, and with immense forebearance. But yes. Alice had guessed right, and they both knew it.
***
In the car, the trip was starting to catch up with everyone. Tina quickly fell into a doze, with Sasha leaning against her. Ben, more alert because he was still buzzing from the prank, stared out the window at the cars on the wrong side. That never got old.
Angie looked at her phone. Bette watched the countryside. It was bleak but beautiful. Patches of dark-green heather, tufts of green and yellow grasses. Mostly bare trees, and a huge, milky-blue sky.
Presently, her phone vibrated. She took it out of her pocket and looked at it. Then stared. The lock screen had a text message on it but that wasn’t what was odd. Because behind that was a wallpaper photo of Alice, Jed and Herbie on Splash Mountain.
Bette cinched her brow. How the fuck did she wind up with Alice’s phone?
She thought back . . . Ah. The hug. We both put our phones on the car.
She looked at Tina. She was too peaceful to disturb with this, and anyway it was only till they got to the airport. She sighed, and looked at the message again.
Can do Friday if you can do Sunday, it said. The sender: ‘Quentin Gray’.
Bette blinked. She knew that name. But how? She stared out the window, her eyes narrowed as she tried to remember. And then it hit her. Tina’s prime target for art director!
‘But how the hell does he know Alice?’ she wondered.
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Happy New Year Largo!!!!
On my list for visiting countries, Scotland is high on it, love your description of the place and the house they stayed in, the dancing and the dialect.
Alice, it’s a pleasure to read your version! She is and never was my favorite character but you make me like her in this story.
Nice touch that despite how horrendous GQ is, Bette, Tina and Alice learn something about it.
Looking forward to the next chapter!
Hi Bibi – thank you so much for all your support and friendship. I hope you do visit Scotland one day!
Take care
Lx
Largo,
I love your sense of humor for the most part….. I am not particularly fond of people scaring one another as Alice and Ben does to Shane and then the revenge for Shane and Ben on Alice… Just a personal thing, in that I hate being scared and I hate for other to be scared too. But I love Sasha announcing that she does not know what the hell her Granma Peggy is saying and probably doesn’t have a clue about the other Scots as well.
I love that Alice wants to comfort Mhairi in her time of emotion and that she is so persistent in getting her breakfast without getting angry or ugly about it. There are things about Alice I love… and there are things about Alice I can do without… but I know Alice never does anything which she truly believes is harmful… its always in good fun.
As to getting lesson on life from Gen Q? Based on your story, I would say that the lessons they learned about themselves have been known by each of them for a very long time… I would say that Alice has it right… they should be grateful that the Real Tibette and friends are nothing like their Gen Q twins. The Real Tibette and friends have a real opportunity to experience joy, positive relationships and love. I am not sure the same can be said for the Gen Q characters..
And now we have a bit of mystery… who is this Quentin Gray and how does he know both Alice and Tina?
Thanks for this chapter…
Hi Martha! Sorry for the long delay in replying.
Thank you so much for your comment. I fully understand not liking the pranks – entirely fair.
I felt I had to try and come up with some rationale for what was happening, so I settled on a kind of reverse It’s A Wonderful Life, in which their real lives are better than the version they’re shown.
Anyway, thanks again!
L
As an English lady who will Celebrate her 80th Birthday this year and who has attended quite a few great Celebrations in Scotland I thoroughly enjoyed this ‘wee’ story.
Thank you, so much
SG
Wishing you the very Best Happy Birthday!!!
You are a gem & treat all the writers here on Lesfan with respect & gratitude.
And look – you share a birthday with Peggy!!! So funny.
Happy Birthday SassyGran!!!
A little early as the big day is not until August but had to mention it as the wonderful Peggy was to celebrate hers.
SG
Aw, thanks SG! And happy birthday when it comes. That’s a grand age to reach. I hope you have a lovely wee party as well x
Hey pal,
I’ve only had time to do a quick breeze though & want to read in more detail before I comment. I have to get my head around the fact that Alice sees GQ too!!!
Unfortunately, I’ve never been to Scotland in my trips to England – Now I’ll have to get there for sure!!!
Will post soon.
Take care :-) !!
Hey Largo, just got round to reading this chapter!
It was so lovely having them all together for Peggy’s big birthday!
Your stories come alive , I’m there with them all, laughing and joking and having fun.
Scotland is a beautiful place with some amazing places and scenery,
You are very lucky to be a wee Scottish lassie !!
Can’t wait for your next update
Hey Janice! Hope you’re well!
Thanks so much for reading this chapter and for commenting. I’m glad you enjoyed the party. It was a helluva job keeping all these people in my head, lol. I don’t make it easy for myself.
Take care
L
Hey Lassie, :-)!!
As per my ususal, I read thorough this twice & always notice little things I missed the first time around. :-)
Lovely story chapter set in your home country with all the elements that make it interesting & informative.
Great insight into the Peabody’s family & history.
Strange though that Helena doesn’t have a life partner at this stage of the game. Kinda feel a tad sad for her. Maybe Stephanie???
Bette & Tina have come so full circle in this story – each supporting the other & the deep profound love they have for each other is evident in how they talk, touch, love each other.
Like Martha, I’m not a fan or scaring people, but Alice did get what she deserved!!
Certainly the ‘grateful’ message for GQ could be a viable solution to why it exists. If only that was the case in RL & it was so much better written & presented. By then, that why we have you & your awesome creation of what Tibette could have been life.
Curious to know who this guy Quentin is & how he’s connected to both TK & Alice.
Ok, gear up for the next 2 episodes – as sadly they could be the last we actually see of JB & LuH together on screen. Any that seems so unbelievable to say.
They have been such a huge part of us for 20 years & will definitely live on in our hearts for all time.
Take care my pal & stay warm this winter!
Hey, my friend! Thank you so much for reading this chapter and for your close attention to it….
I said to Martha that I fully understand not liking the pranks. Sorry if that was annoying. Glad you liked the Scottish details though! And yeah, I had to try and come up with a rationale for why they would be seeing this show, and that was about the best I could do. I think it *kind of* works??
Anyway, thanks again, for all your support and encouragement. It’s fair to say i would’ve given up a couple of times if not for you reaching out to me. You’re a good ‘un.
Take care
Lx