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Summer Vacation. Chapter 39
“Hey,”
“Hey,” Bette smiled and set Che free, he stood down, shook himself and then toddled off towards his stack of toys on the floor beside their table,
Freddie wobbled on top and watched with his eyes at Che’s retreat, before deciding he too would like to play,
“Woah …”
“Shit …”
Bette and Shane both yelled and lunged for him, as he made a bid to become free of his tabletop prison,
“Easy there …” said Shane, lifting him down, she sat him on the floor beside Che, muttering, “play nice, … Kid has a death wish,” she said to Bette as she returned to her seat, accepting an espresso from Kit as she appeared with another round of drinks, “just yesterday I caught him trying to climb out the flap in the back door we had fitted when Jenny got that stupid dog,”
Bette rolled her eyes at the mention of their old friends name,
“Carm keeps on at me to baby-proof the place now that he’s crawling,” Shane continued, “but I don’t know,” she shrugged, “how far did you go with Angie?”
Bette sipped her hot coffee carefully, “Put away anything that could have given her more than a gentle bump if it fell, and put the fence up around the pool, but that’s about it, not having to worry about stairs helped back then,”
Shane nodded, “I thought Tina said you had to quit drinking so much coffee?”
Bette groaned, “She did, and I promised her I’d quit drinking it at work,”
“And now?”
“I’m not at work,” Bette answered gleefully,
After that the two conversations merged again, as both Bette and Carmen watched the children carefully out the corner of their eyes, Bette began fishing for clues as to what the others had all got Lottie for her birthday,
“You know Alice won’t say … don’t you,” Dana muttered indignantly, “she asked for film of our wedding, and yours …” she added, nodding towards Shane, “but that’s it, I’ve never known her keep a secret this well before,”
Bette chuckled, though the years had softened everything, both passion and feud between Alice and Dana, there was still that schoolyard taunting they always made of one another,
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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.