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Sugar and Spice ~ Chapter 5
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“You’re melting! Melllllllllting.” Bill attempted an imitation of the Wicked Witch of the West.
“Daddy!” Tina giggled.
Dotty Kennard’s book club met every Thursday night, so father and daughter were on their own for dinner. It had become a ritual that both enjoyed as they found ever more inventive variations on the traditional recipes that were their usual meals. They had recently discovered the deliciousness of peanut butter and spaghetti, which Bill insisted to a skeptical Dotty was just like the cold noodles and sesame sauce they always ordered when they had Chinese food for dinner. Just that night, faced with the challenge of leftovers, Bill and his daughter had invented sweet and sour meatloaf. Tina thought it was the best recipe they had ever created.
The final part of the weekly ritual was cleaning up so that the kitchen met the exacting standards of the family matriarch.
“Daddy,” Tina asked her father as she carefully accepted the rinsed dishes from her father and placed them in the dishwasher, “Did they have Valentine’s Day when you were my age?”
“No, honey, we were too busy running away from the dinosaurs to have time for valentines.”
“Daaaaaddy, I’m serious.”
“Sorry, pumpkin. We did. Every February.”
“Did you have a valentine? I mean, before you met Mom?”
“No one stole my heart like your mom.”
“Yeah, but anyone when you were my age?”
“I met your mom when she was in second grade and I was in third. She has been my only valentine in my entire life.”
“Really?” Tina knew the story but for some reason that night she felt a special need to have it repeated.
“Uh huh. I knew right away that I would love your mother forever, though it took me a little while to convince her.”
At this point in the narrative, had she been there, Dotty Kennard would have interjected “12 years.”
And Bill would have replied, “Think of all the time you wasted because you’re not as smart as I am.”
“Daddy, why did Mommy take so long to love you back?”
“Oh, pumpkin, I’m sure she loved me back. She just didn’t realize it for a while.”
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See, I got the Melvin Porter version of an explanation for St. Valintine’s Day but with the assurance that it is perfectly acceptable to be foolish when it comes to expressing love. Ah, to be a kid again =) Thanks Spumoni!
I see Melvin has a broken heart somewhere
this story is so cute, does bette have a mom or just melvin… i hoep she does… looks like tina’s dad is a big kid himself… pps
such different households, i don’t envy Bette at all…is Tina going to give her roses or kiss her on the playground? LOL
Love this story, Spumoni! And no, it isn’t saccharine at all, far from it. Rather, it’s like a truly delicious, tastebud-teasing dessert… lemon sorbet… or oatmeal cookies… or Irish Coffee… or of course spumoni :-)
I think I like daddy Kennard’s version of Valentines Day better. I would have loved to have half of Bette’s brain power, only half because she needs at least half of it to survive herself.
The girls want to know about v-Day, and what it all means. And Tina’s mother and father meet the same age as our girls, but no one acted on the feelings until 12 years later, interesting.
If this had NC-17 methinks you’d be turned in for literary child pornography. :P
Oh no. I have a feeling someone is going to get hurt soon. Melvin is such a fuddy duddy. :(
This is just darling. And they’re both thinking about the other being their valentine. Sweet and lovely. More please. Thanks for posting.
Melvin Melvin Melvin, let her be a kid please. The story is so cute, love the interaction between bette and Tina. Can’t wait to see them back to school lol. PPVS
This story is just so very precious. Thank you. Love it!
Melvin is a nightmare.PPS
I like how you presented the contrast between the families of little TiBette, Spumoni. One is stiff and highly intellectual while the other one is more playful and expressive. Would feisty Tina be brave enough to follow her father’s daring Be-my-valentine-forever-and-ever kiss in the playground tactic or the much safer giving of flowers? Oh, this is going to be so much fun to read. Btw, I think the more appropriate rating for this story is not PG but SO, as in Sugar Overload. =) Thanks a bunch for my sugar fix today, Spumoni! Cheers! =)
OK, no NC-17 for sex, but you really should consider the violence you’ve portrayed in earlier chapters. Judging by the bruised shins I think a PG is at least in order. Alas that Melvin is so intent on he and his daughter being smart that it makes him stupid. And no fun.
Hey Spumoni, What a treat you deliver. this was most definitely a case of Kennard sweetness versus Porter spice.These words just roll off the screen and paint a wonderful picture.It was funny to have Tina’s parents meeting while in third and second grade.Perhaps history is repeating itself.This is just a joy to read.Thank you so much.Your Loyal Fan.
Hey S, I’m just here to collect my ”20% off coupon for a therapy session that covers childhood angst.”… (see? we do read your author’s notes. If you need a further test, next time include your credit card # w its expiry date… ;-)
Ah yes, “The Chronicles of Narnia.” That was one of my favs as a kid…giggled when you wrote about Bette looking ahead at the many other books at the illustrations but not reading so it’s not cheating. That’s what I did too!!!! Clever contrasting of family dynamics. One can only hope it doesn’t warp our mini-B, too much…or hurt mini-T in her attempt of first love. 5-star rating for SC – Super Cute!