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Pick A Part – 9
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"Don’t you get tired of torturing me?" Angelica asked, approaching her parents’ bed and giving each mother a kiss on the cheek. "Newsflash, there’s an eight-year-old who worships the ground you step on."
"You don’t worship us?" Tina teased.
"Funny." Angelica turned to her MaBe. "You must love her a lot to put up with her wonderful sense of humor."
"She has her talents," Bette told Angelica, smiling, as she entwined her fingers with Tina’s.
"Again, ugh. And if you’re going to go there, please be quiet." Angelica said, turning to leave, and passed her sister at the doorway. "’Night, Katie."
"’Night, Angie." Katie returned. She walked into her parents’ bedroom, and sat on the edge of the bed.
Bette and Tina looked at her, waiting for the declarative sentence that was sure to come.
Katie only smiled at them.
Bette smiled at the little girl, who, although genetically matched Angelica, was even more a part of herself, being the one who carried her for all those months. Katie reminded her so much of herself as a child, that focused determination, the same adult disposition. The balance of being the younger sister to the headstrong older sister. Luckily for Katie, though, Bette believed herself and Tina to be better parents than Melvin, or the absent Maxine.
"Come here," Tina instructed, and Katie crept closer, lying down beside Bette.
Katie snuggled close as Bette wrapped an arm around her waist. "Mom, is Angie coming with us on our way to school?"
Bette glanced at Tina. Technically, it was possible, since both schools were minor detours on the way to the Bette Porter Gallery. It had been declaration of independence and the stubborness of adolescence that had forced Bette and Tina to allow Angelica to go to school on her own, picking up Terry on the way, hence the car.
"Katie, can you keep a secret?" Tina asked her younger daughter.
Katie nodded.
"We’re punishing Angelica." Tina whispered conspiratorially. "She’ll never figure that out."
Katie smiled. "Serves her right."
Bette grinned, smiling to Katie’s head of curly brown hair. "Promise me you won’t get into as much trouble as your sister?"
Katie giggled. "I promise."
"Oh, Mom?" Angelica asked, peering back into the room. She frowned, seeing the sight before her. "Why wasn’t I invited to this cuddlefest?"
"Because Katie worships us and you don’t," Tina reminded.
"Of course I do," Angelica corrected. "I didn’t say I didn’t. Just not the ground you step on. There’s a difference."
"Know it all." Tina noted, and looked down at Bette. "So yours."
Angelica sidled up to her sister, careful not to lie on her broken arm. She smiled up at her two mothers, who only smiled back.
A small silence descended upon the four women, Katie held close to her mother’s chest, Angelica facing the other members of her family.
Angelica looked up at her family. "Being how I’m being sweet, and everything, can we discuss my being grounded?"
"You couldn’t let the peaceful silence last, could you?" Tina asked dryly.
"It was getting too 7th Heaven for my taste," Angelica said.
"Should we be worried that you can reference that?" Bette asked.
"Terry and I need our laughs," Angelica admitted.
Katie turned to her parents. "What’s 7th Heaven?"
"A family-based TV show with derived storylines." Tina replied.
"But consistent characterization." Bette added.
"Good vision, and it clearly had a definite set of story writers."
"Unlike some shows." Bette said.
Katie looked confused, but nodded anyway. "You didn’t like it."
"It was boring." Both parents declared.
"You’re grounded." Tina told Angelica. "Acknowledge. Understand. Accept."
"But–" Angelica stopped at Tina’s look.
"Baby, just because we love you doesn’t mean we’re going to jump through burning hoops." Tina told her.
Katie snorted her laughter. "Mommy called you a baby."
"Her baby. Not a baby." Angelica said defensively.
"You’re so spoiled." Katie told her sister.
"Coming from the girl who got the chemistry set she wanted!" Angelica retorted.
As the two argued, Bette smiled up at Tina. "In some cultures families stick to one girl."
"We could learn a thing or two from those cultures," Tina replied, and watched their two children argue.
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love it, the family is so cute together…love their talks
I love this family. See so much of both parents in the girls and yet so different.Both Tina and Bette has rubed off on both girls. Thanks
I wanna be a member of this family! You make each of the characters so comitted in their own unique way. What a lovely story :-)
I LOVE IT!!!!
very enjoyable post.
always a pleasure tiffy!
Definitely a pleasure, thanks for sharing.
The reference to Skipton is Shelly, Bette’s assistant.God I love your writing! I too wish that the L Word has some dedicated writers…but I dream! I didn’t see last night’s episode, not b/c of the super bowl but b/c I can’t be bothered staying awake til 10 to be depressed, so I catch it on Mondays at 9, where I can get an extra hour of sleep b4 work the next day. Wow! That’s a far cry from S1 when I’d watch them back to back on Sundays and wake up bright eyed and bushy tailed for work on Monday.
am so loving this family!!!
“…Unlike some shows.” Bette said. ” }}} snort! {{{
How come Angie always manages to spoil Bette and Tina’s finest moments? Heh. Yes, the reference is Shelly. Keep it up. This is a pleasure to read.
this is such a beautiful story…wish we would see some of this on the show…maybe in S4. I WISH I COULD READ A CHAPTER OF UR STORIES EVERY MORNING!!!!
juz love reading your stories…do post more often! hehe.. i won’t mind.
TD, Again, another magnificent stroke from the master. This story is going from strength to strength as I get to peek inside the lives of this family. The dialogue and dramatic scenes are pitched perfectly. I can feel the love from this household as well as the desperate need to protect, care for and teach their children from Bette and Tina. Parent can only show you the way and then trust that you will follow it. We all know that Angel is basically a good kid but does seem to be the nose for finding trouble. It is good to see that Tina has lost none of her ability to read people as Bette only see the surface. The argument with Jake being a prime example of this. I would like to see more of Katie’s take of this and her relationship with her sister. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Can’t wait for you next installment. Thank you so much for this fabulous fan fic. Your Loyal Fan
Continuing to enjoy. Quite liked the veiled crack about the writing on L Word.
God, the way you can write dialogue…pure joy to read this story, as your others…how do you do it??? Talent to sum it up…thanks for sharing!!!!
3 a day!! love this chapter.
Enjoyed this chapter. Post soon.
This one put a big smile on my face. Thanks for the humor and your consistently entertaining writing.
Another wonderful chapter, Tiff! Loved it, and not just for showing Bette’s tender bond with Katie (thanks :D). The writing and voice you apply to each character are spot on. I saw last night’s episode and definitely preferred reading this story to watching what unfolded on the scene. Ugh, can we be done with this season alrady??
My God, your writing is so damn good.
Great chapter..post soon..
I’m so frustrated with S3, I’m letting typos slip through. I meant, “already.”