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Just The Girl 2.0 – Chapter Fifteen (based loosely on HYD: Returns)
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“You’re not?”
“I’m not.” Ken drawled, letting his accent run free. “Been there, done that.”
Tina took a second to take this information in. So he thinks he can hide from her, eh? It took her another moment to pull herself together.. but when she was ready, she took a deep breath, turned her body sideways and with all the pitifulness she could muster in one look, let her lips utter a quivering.. “Daddy..”
“…”
“Daddy..” She kept at it, this time letting out a well-executed sniffle too. And she knew it was working when she heard him swallow loudly – a subtle sign that his flimsy erected walls were showing signs of cracking. Grown men, no matter how tough they pretended to be, were always such suckers for tears.
“…”
“Daddy..”
Ken clenched his jaws and kept his gaze permanently glued to the front, his knuckles all white from gripping the steering wheel so tight. He said it twenty years ago – when the maternity nurse gingerly placed a bundle of blonde curls in his shaking arms and changed his life for good – and he’ll say it again.. this girl was going to be the end of him. “Sorry kiddo, I can’t tell you.” He said gruffly, ignoring the knife twisting deeper and deeper into his chest by the sound of his daughter’s well-timed sniffles. When did she become so manipulative? He pondered for a second before the answer dawned on him. Yeah.. that was right.. the moment she could start to open her eyes and use her vocal chords to cry. “Ah.. dammit.. Perez Hilton..” He groaned out his confession, his face as red as his truck.
“Perez Hilton?!” Tina sputtered, her eyes bulging out of their sockets, fake tears and quivering lips forgotten.
Ken gave a tiny shrug, a lopsided and embarrassed grin on his face. “He gives blurbs about heiresses from time to time. You know, Paris.. Ivanka.. F4.. Helena..” He enumerated with his chubby fingers. “I visit his website at work to check for some news.. and you know, new pictures of you and Bette. You’re lucky the paparazzi doesn’t bother you in Yale as much as they do when the two of you are in New York.” He muttered weakly. Judging from the look on his daughter’s face, he guessed that now would be a bad time to tell her that most of the pictures of her and Bette that were plastered all over his office were candid shots taken by photo agencies that he had printed and enlarged. “Perez writes nice things about you and F4, well.. uh.. except with his last post..” He trailed off, remembering the picture of a happy Bette and Tina which the blogger had written the word’s “IT’S OVER?” as a caption and had drawn a crooked line at the middle of the beautiful image to symbolize a split.
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My eyes bulge out of their sockets…WOW…54 pages. Wow, I can only bow in admiration. Thank you. On the story, both are having a hellion on the break time, man I am having a hellion on the break time and not even part of the story. I guess we havnet seen the last of the wannabe musician back. What happens next? ;)
thanks alch…another brilliant update and i actually took a bathroom break just like you said lol. i’m just afraid that since this is a long update it might take you longer to write the next? hope not, looking forward to it.
You made me so happy on a Monday morning! That was a hard feat for anybody else but you’vr done it! :) Onto the next chapter… Thanks!
Close to 15 and 3/4 LOL. That was a beauty of a car. I love toblerone! Now I must move on to the next post. Thanks alch.
wow..that was epic! But well worth the read…thank you for that ray of sunlight by way of Bette’s memory…and of course for the multitude of “..” this was a good one..
I did a little happy dance when I saw your post! I have to say the chapters were a little short…LMAO! Such a gut wrenching time for B & T. Beautifully written!
Great chapter!Now I think I’ll start loving Mondays:)Thank you for a fabulous update.:D
Thank you Alchy for such a wonderful and long read! You did a great job of weaving the scenes together. I love the Tina-Ken teasing, Bette – Sonja “recovery/addiction” moment, 3-step recovery for Tina, Sam/Bette’s conversation and the Tibette car. So very, very, very clever!!!! Ok…I sense that “Keith Arden” is somehow connected to a certain “Kate Arden.” Hm…looks like a black cloud on the Tibette reunion horizon. But…I cling to the hope that Ken’s almost secret sharing of perhaps an engagement is in the future. You know that small ray of hope is what is bringing your readers back!!!!! Get some rest Alchy…get your creative juices a break but come back real soon…we need our Alchy fix!
Wow that was great! Excuse me while I read the next part. I will say your bette is soooooo sweet
Your story always satisfies, Alchemy. You get some of everything in here, and it’s all fab. I loved this chapter. Here’s hoping that Tina can stick to #3 on her list, and I hope Bette can do the same. Great, great update, Alchemy. Thank you! :)
Brilliant chapter Alchemy – you always take such care with detail, emotion, characterization – amazing ;-) As someone said abt the previous chapter – one thing Bette still needs to learn is how to take Tina off that pedestal and treat her like an equal. Relationships mean sharing – both good things and bad – IMO that’s the biggest repair they need, the only truly important one. I loved seeing Tina & Ken again – what a great father daughter dynamic they have. I see Tina is still eating her pain, haha! The flashback was great and so was the bittersweet ending.
That was awesome, love seeing Ken and Tina together again.