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Foundations – Chapter 2
Tina was stopped in the hallway by a small hand tugging at the hem of her shirt. She looked down fondly at her daughter. “Mommy play with me?”
How could she say no to that face? She allowed Angelica to lead her into her bright, cheerful bedroom. Angie dragged her over to the reading chair, pushing at her thighs so that she would sit down. Tina did as her daughter wanted and waited with a smile for Angelica to choose between books.
Finally making a decision, Angelica clambered into Tina’s lap and opened the book, leaning back on her mother and waiting patiently for the reading to begin. Tina obliged and quickly began to retell the story of why mosquitoes buzz in people’s ears. She read animatedly, thinking to herself that there had been a “mosquito” buzzing in her ear earlier, but it was one she didn’t dare to slap. She gradually became aware of a pressure on her fingers and a small picking sound. Angelica was listening and turning the pages when she was told (Angie liked doing that), but she wasn’t looking at the pictures. What was she looking at? Tina looked over the top of Angie’s curly head and groaned. She had been aware that Angie was holding one of her hands, but, distracted by her reading, she hadn’t realized what else the little girl had been doing. She extracted her hand from Angelica’s grubby grasp and inspected her nails wryly. Angie had picked most of the freshly applied polish right back off. Great.
Oh, Bette’s gonna love this, Tina thought, smiling. She would try to keep it from her as long as possible, but she wouldn’t be pleased. At all.
Tina stood up and took down one of Angie’s favorite games. It was a memory game with a lot of little cards that had pictures of everyday items on them. Tina lined them up face down and started the game with Angie, her blinks getting longer and longer. She let her eyes drift closed and snapped them open not 30 seconds later, only to find Angelica peeking at each card and replacing them, looking for the match she needed.
“You little cheater!” Tina cried. Angelica looked at her with innocent surprise. She probably didn’t even know she was cheating or what a cheater was. Tina laughed and grabbed her daughter, “punishing” her with tickles. As her young voice filled the room with giggles and squeals, Bette appeared.
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Ooooooooo, another omalley post!!! I settled in my chair for a great read and was thrilled again. Thanks. I will wait impatiently for your next installment.
Bette’s trying so hard. I’m glad Tina appreciates her & told her so. Now, next chapter should be Tina showing Bette how much she appreciates her, right? PPS!!
AWE talking does wonders!!!! bette is trying so hard but tina is right she needs to chill out…. :) PPS
Thanks Omalley, that was really good! I dunno, if I was Tina I think I would have liked all that pampering,
Bette trying hard to do the perfect thing, Tina just trying to get a nap, and them both just frustrated. Amusing in that real life way. I am glad that Bette isn’t doing the anger thing and that Tina and her talked. This is a delight to read.
Bette is trying so hard and Tina being a mom to be just wants some peace and quite.
that was a nice surprise…I expected a little fight there. Thanks for the post
I’m over the moon you’re doing a sequel, and I’ve loved both parts of it so far. This latest post was just ace, ace, and to be thorough, *ace*. Thanks for the chapters!
Now, that is communication. Too bad it took most of the day for the issues to come out. Please post soon.
i know the feeling… and i’m glad tina was able to go back and rest… PPS
seriously humorous; it was beginning to seem like the day from hell!!! Bette in overkill mode…I liked T’s idea for spoiling B later though…PPS
Bette always tries so hard to be the perfect mother and wife to her girls, but Tina is right Bette just need to relax and make sure her family is alright but b in a calmly manner,, I love them as a family, but I am ready to read some spice *wink*