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Holiday scenes from the Porter-Kennards
“I know,” Tina said consolingly. She poked Bette with one socked toe. “I’m only teasing you.”
Bette rested her hand on Tina’s knee. “Don’t keep things from me, T. What’s wrong? Really?”
Tina sighed, and readjusted the pillow behind her back. “It’s nothing serious. It just hasn’t been a great year. I’m kind of wrung out. And anyway, doesn’t everything kind of lose meaning after a time?”
“Yes,” Bette said slowly. “But when that happens, we’re supposed to try to find the meaning again, in a new way, if necessary. Not just drop the things that once meant something to us.”
“I guess…”
Bette raised an eyebrow as Tina’s face broke into a smile. “What?”
“It just occurred to me that Bette Porter just encouraged me to seek out the meaning of Christmas.”
Bette tossed a pillow at Tina playfully. “Shut up,” she said, laughing a little herself. It was kind of ridiculous, she had to admit.
Tina nimbly caught the pillow with a free hand and tossed it back across the couch they were sitting on. “Next you’ll be telling me that our love is the greatest gift of all.”
“Well, obviously. I’m the best thing that ever happened to you.”
Their eyes met. “I don’t deny it,” Tina said softly.
“It’s just as true for me, you know.”
Tina smiled. “I do know.”
The moment was broken when Angie sailed into the room and dramatically dropped her body into an armchair. “I’m bored,” she declared. “There’s nothing to do.”
Bette’s smile was tolerant. “Would you like for me to find something for you to do?”
Angie knew much better than to ever claim to be bored, as Bette always responded the way her father had responded to her. Bette didn’t believe a child as privileged as Angie had been should dare to complain of boredom, given that she had tons of toys, gadgets, books, and art supplies to keep her entertained.
But not even the implied threat of Bette finding something to keep her engaged, which never failed to include household chores to build character, or a rather dull learning experience, fazed Angie in this moment. The tween shrugged her thin shoulders. “Okay.”
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BlueFlame7 says
Love it!
omalley says
Thanks!
cellphone48 says
Merry Christmas! This was so cute! Thanks! Hope others will post today. Be Blessed and safe this holiday season.
omalley says
Thanks! Same to you!
fortlw says
Thanks Omalley You are one of my favorite authors and this story felt like a perfect Christmas gift for me. Please write more.
P.S. Five Ways To End It is my favorite story. Please write some more of B&T early days.
omalley says
Thank you! It means a lot to hear how much you enjoyed Five Ways… I’ll never say never on more early B&T stories! :)
Bibi28 says
Happy Holidays omalley!
This was so good. Bette Porter in Christmas spirit. Loved the Interaction between the three of them.
I hope to read more of you.
Thank you
omalley says
Thanks! Happy holidays to you, too!
CellaNox says
What a wonderful story, omalley! Hope your holiday season is filled with love and joy.
omalley says
Thank you! I actually had the flu, lol. But I made the most of it! I hope you enjoyed your holidays! :)
Spumoni says
Holy Cow!!!! An omalley holiday story!!!!!! Excellent, as always and a very welcome and very unexpected treat. Thanks so much for writing this.
omalley says
Hi! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! :)
meloveslu says
YASSSS! My Christmas wish for an omalley holiday story came true!!! Would love to see more omalley stories in the coming new year!!!!
Hope you had a fantastic Christmas!
omalley says
Aww, yay! Thank you so much! I hope you had a great Christmas, too! We’ll see what happens in the new year! :)
wkm says
Thanks so much! It was very cute
Dainty says
Lovely, enjoyed it. More please. Thanks for posting.