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Cornucopia ~ Chapter 8 ~ Thanksgiving Day (Part One of Two)
"Well, my last apartment was much larger in a different neighborhood, but I lost my roommate and didn’t feel like sharing anymore. You understand."
Tina nodded, "I can’t wait until I can have a place of my own."
Russ made tea and toast for them. He needed to eat something simple because nausea would begin soon after he swallowed his dose of the new medicine he took every four hours.
"Tina, the phone call from your terrified and irate parents woke me so early, that I am exhausted. I’m going to take a nap for a little while. Will you be okay?"
"I’ll be fine, Uncle Russ."
"Look next to the TV. There’s a stack of videos. Where are you in your survey of Bette Davis’ oeuvre?"
"Next is Now, Voyager."
"Ah, a classic. ‘Don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars’."
"’I’d like to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair,’" Tina began their quote game.
""I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative," Russ immediately realized that, though he loved the quote from Dark Victory, it had been a poor choice under the circumstances. His thought was confirmed when he saw, for a moment, a flash of pain cross his niece’s face.
Tina quickly returned to the game, "’What a dump!’"
"That was too easy. You’re fading and victory is in sight." Russ countered with a quote that his circle of friends adored and used, ‘The necessities of a queen must transcend those of a woman’."
"’With all my heart, I love the man I killed’."
"That is good. Little Foxes?"
"The Letter."
"’Come on, Oscar. Let’s you and me get drunk.’"
"I haven’t gotten that far in my studies," Tina protested.
"You started the game and now you are adding rules?"
"All right. ‘Fasten you seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.’"
"All About Eve. You’ve looked ahead in the book," Russ looked at his niece in genuine disappointment.
"Just a little. The video store didn’t always have the next movie on the list you sent, so I got a different one."
"’I don’t ask for things that I can’t get’."
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nothing to be embarrassed about, holidays are one big blur to me right now anyway…great update
What a pleasant surprise. Doesn’t matter if the story is out of sync with the calendar, you evoke the time anyway. Too bad Jenny couldn’t have inherited a little more sanity from Drew. You made me google McLean, but it was worth it.
whoa! u have parades at Thanksgiving? Such humor, pathos and detail. magnificent. Happy holidays.
What a wonderful chapter with present day events along with past events intermingled within the scope of the post. Will the cast ever remember meeting each other as young teenagers? Can’t wait for the next post to appear for my reading pleasure.
wasn’t expecting an update on this one but surprise surprise, I new I didn’t wake up at 5am for nothing. Thanks for the update looking forward the next part!!
I’m thrilled your embarrassment did not outweigh your will to post!!! I still rate this my favorite holiday story (no matter what holiday it spills over on, lol). The Russ, Shane, and Tina triangle is breaking my heart. Your Alice-antics are priceless! Jenny as a rainbow blur is spot on, lol, and Dana’s thought bubbles are just delightful! Bette’s mission to re-unite mother and son is deeply moving. Please keep going, I’m good for the ride until St. Patrick’s Day!!! “Erin Go Bragh!” (or is it “Erin go braless”???) SK/C
”I’m very embarrassed…” – Dear S, if anyone complains we’ll bop’m for you! – re:Spotlight on Authors, Got a link to the pg? (I’ve done maybe 3 posts on other parts of this site; I get lost easily, apparently) – “Point symmetry”: I’m sorry, but my relatives do not allow me to play with pointy objects. – See? Some of us do read author’s notes!… ;-D
Hey Ice Cream, so glad your choosing to continue over your embarrassment. My word if I didn’t anything becaue of embarrassment I wouldn’t do much. So what they all said up there, ya that is what I think too. Turkey is good everyday so I hope you keep going with this. I tink this link will work for Nanc. ttp://fanfiction.l-word.com/fanfiction_comments.php?id=32647 Otherwise just pm someone Nanc and they will walk you through it. Can’t wait for more Spumoni, Thank you, Md
Thanks for the update!! One of my favorites ;)