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Summer Vacation. Chapter 39
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Angie grinned, when a while later she found them both sleeping, the TV remote unoccupied, turning the sound down low she switched to trashy American comedy her Mom would never allow her to watch and went to fetch her box of art supplies from Bette’s study, settling down on the floor in front of the TV to make Lottie a birthday card to rival all birthday cards, something she’d been meaning to do for days,
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As she forced down the last of her sixth beer, Lottie groaned, realising that she could take the beer fine but the shots of sambuca in between were killing her,
“You can’t quit now …” Greg teased, egging her on, “can’t have it be known that your big sister the Dean can hold more sambuca than you …”
Lottie grizzled at him, “No way could you know that …”
With alcohol her tongue grew looser, allowing herself to bite occasionally as Greg professed to know more about Bette on certain levels than she did,
He shrugged, “Graduation 2005 … I have it on good authority she drank nine … and still walked out the door with her robes not a stitch out of place,”
Lottie stuck out her tongue as one of the others put the seventh in front of her, she shook her head, “No more …” but as they drank theirs, downed it anyway,
Two more later, and she began trying to remember when she’d last taken her medication, remembering, then instantly forgetting when asked something else too crude and too personal about her sister’s life to even be worthy of repose,
Not that morning, for sure, she was late and Alice had woken her. They lived downstairs in the cupboard where Helena kept the children’s vitamins, which she occasionally tried to force on Lottie and Alice, Lottie always escaped, saying there was a chance they could interfere with her meds,
Helena rarely believed her, but the vitamins they took were icky looking and huge, unappealing compared to the tiny white pills she was so habitually used to swallowing every morning,
If not that morning, then surely the morning before, but then the thought was gone, replaced by Greg’s appearance with a tray, and shot ten,
They burst out laughing like drunken fools as each one groaned, unwilling yet unable to give up or give in, the benchmark was set. Greg sat across from her like a coach in a boxing ring, talking it up, “Go on … one more and you beat the Dean …”
Lottie winced, the aniseed flavour all she could taste, she shook Greg’s hand boldly, “I will if you will,”
Their glasses chinked together, and went down in one to a resounding cheer, and Lottie smiled, after all, they were an odd bunch of people but as she glanced at her watch as the time approached midnight she concluded that it wasn’t a bad way to see in her birthday,
Then all of sudden, the bar began to seem far away,
“Are you okay?” Molly asked her, as she wobbled slightly in her chair and began to look as if she might faint,
Greg teased, “Uh oh … she’s gonna go!”
But he was silenced seconds later, as Lottie collapsed from her chair and began shaking uncontrollably on the floor,
They all stepped back, instinctively from the table, only Lucinda, who’d somehow managed to sit out several of the rounds move in to protect Lottie from hurting herself,
“I think she’s fitting,” she said obviously, unsure of what to do, a crowd had formed around them and a couple of bar staff wandered over,
“Greg … call an ambulance,” Molly instructed, hitting him on the arm as if to say she held him partly responsible, she stared at him intently as he pulled out his phone, adding menacingly, “and then, you’d better call Bette!”
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HEY! OH NO! huney, you left us with like…thats….thats not even a cliffhanger, thats just…ahhhhhh! wake up baby, post the other chapter!!! ok, ok, sorry, don’t wake up, you need your sleep. but geeez, i wasn’t expecting that one. a fantastic chapter as always sweets, and ya know, i was feeling so warm and fuzzy, even with bette’s emotional worries just at the start, and i was thinking ‘this really weaves it all together, family, community, our interconnections’ and then i hit that ending and now i’m all revved up, in a good way, so its a whole other good kinda story…the cliffhanger variety. i hope the kid’s ok!!!!
Sofa, great stuff. What is going on with Lottie? I hope it isn’t anything too serious. Gotta watch that Anise! Thanks so much for a great chappy! Can’t wait to read the next one.
Sofa, she can’t miss her birthday party after all Alice’s planning! What a great update. You had a lot of stuff packed in those 3 pages. Angie views Lottie like a big sister instead of an Aunt. Have I told you lately that I love this story!
God, I like to get a little twisted every now and again, but even when I was 20 I would not have attempted 9 or 10 anythings, with or without a beer chaser. You wouldn’t need epilepsy to have a fit after that. What was that about it being easy to be brilliant when you’re 20? No doubt, an episode of pure genius. And that Greg is a stalwart in an emergency, fucking sissy, backing away when the going gets tough! Thank god for Molly. I noticed HB’s comments re: the tendency of several characters to overindulge-she would be correct. I suspect Lottie may not be needing a lecture once revived. She may get one anyway, and perhaps from more than Bette alone. Does this mean the party’s off? BTW, I think my arse is an ass. I believe there may be the odd (and I do mean ODD) person out there that think’s I’m an ass.
No, NO, NO! You are killing me! What’s wrong with Lottie????? Bette is going to be PISSED at her grad students.
Not nice to leave us like that my friend lol. Damn this is so good and hope Lottie will be ok, she shouldn’t drink to much alcohol but please let her be ok. Bette gonna kick some ass. Please post more, thanks!
I LOVE LOTTIE; don’t let her be too sick. pps
Love this story. Hope Lottie is ok and i hope Bette doesn’t flip out on her for drinking so much. PPS
Hello Sofa, oh my god whats happening with Lottie, that was quite an ending to leave us on. I’m still loving the layers you create with these characters and their emotions. Bette is such an analytical person she dissects everything to try and make sense of it, and it seems Angelica has taken on this personality quirk. I love how you have created such a nice family dynamic between all these characters, Alice’s worrying, Shane and Carmen, Dana and Lara, everyone is such a staple for their family and Che is just so cute. I love the dynamic you have between Bette and Tina, you can see how they have evolved and yet still hold onto some of their past tendencies. Absolutely Brilliant. Sincerely, JC
pfft…bette and her *own* unquestioned issues with the drinky drink. i shall not say more here, but if she flies off any handles over any more sisters drinking, then i’m going to elaborate. *snicker*
what a place to stop….when is the next post gonna be up????? AHHHHH WAITING FOR UPDATES AFTER CLIFF HANGERS LIKE THIS SUCKS!!!!!
Oh no Sofa, I’m with your honey there, wake up and tell us what happened to Lottie, I think I’m going to be a while before I find out whats going on in Bettes head about the mother thing. Thanks for the post. Md
Is Bette going to fry Greg’s ass to a crisp, like a slab of bacon in a cast iron skillet? Damn, 10 shots of Sambuca is enough to give anyone a seizure… even if they don’t have a medical condition.
OMG, OMG…..I don’t remember anything about Meds!!! What the heck is going on….This is not the way to bring in a birthday!!! PPS
The meds were to stop seizures. What a way to spend your birthday, sick from drinking to much and now for Lottie having a seizure. I know that Bette will fly to the hospital to check on her sister and then will be really angery with her grad students for getting her sister (a minor) drunk.
Drinking when one has epilepsy is not good! she had way too much to drink and she forgot her meds. greg better start running NOW… the one thing i love about this story isn’t so oddly wild. in fact it’s just everyday life… i9 enjoy how the characters are being written, no one is prefect each ash their flaws and yet all are accepted regardless.heck what more can you ask for.