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March Madness II ~ Being Green~ A Backstory Holiday Tale
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“Bul—ass-tuh. Bul-ass-tuh. Blass-tuh…”
As the waitperson stood at the edge of the counter tallying the check for a table of customers, she had been listening to Angelica’s efforts to read the banner. “Now say it faster,” she smiled at the little girl.
Angelica frequently received the attention of adults at The Planet. The little girl did not know that she was a minor celebrity to the customers. She was the beloved niece of the restaurant’s owner, true. Longer customers, though, had witnessed the drama of her mothers’ lives—the happy couple, the separated couple, the surprise pregnancy, the heiress lover and expected co-parent, the excluded regretful beautiful ex, the surprise reunification, the manny, the brutal, ugly and predicted split, the surprise return to men, the beginning and maturing romance with the artist. There were customers who did not realize that they made excuses to go to The Planet just so they could catch an installment of the Tina and Bette melodrama. A few of the most cynical watched the absurdity of Tina’s dates at the restaurant, in view of her ex, and waited eagerly for fireworks. The lucky ones saw the guilty Bette sheepishly follow Jodi out of the restaurant as a guilty Tina watched. They then saw Bette and Tina reappear at The Planet, recoupled.
Angelica was a recurring character in her mothers’ drama. Most of the customers who had followed the drama now wished her mothers well, though some unkindly missed the entertainment.
Angelica did not know why she was so well known, but she was not surprised at the waitperson’s instruction. She looked up, “Bul-ass-tuh?”
“A little faster.”
“Blass-tuh?”
“Almost.”
“Blast?”
“That’s right!”
“Blast.”
“You are a very good reader,” the waitperson smiled at the little girl, who beamed back.
~~
“How’s my Baby Girl,” Kit asked as she rested her elbows on the counter and lowered her head to her niece’s level.
Angelica smiled at her aunt, but carefully put her special coloring pencil down before she replied, “Good, Aunt Kit.”
Kit always smiled when she saw the little girl mirror her sister. One of the two special child’s art sets that Kit had bought for her niece stayed in Kit’s office. Its contents were specially sized to fit a child’s clumsier hands, as had the set that Bette had had as a child. Kit had a flash of unwelcome memory.
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Hi, dear sweet Spumoni! This was certainly a great treat on your behalf, before hitting the road, and go on vacation. Thanks for sharing with us the TRUE story of St. Patrick’s. We enjoyed it a LOT. We are in love with the wolfies, especially Angie’s cousins. They are SO cute! You left us with this HUGE grin on our faces. Thank you, again for this beautiful update. PPS Hugs & kisses on both your cheeks.- Lucero & Marsha (Proud Salsa Aunties to the ever loving JC and Eunichick)
Another great chapter! I loved the part where Angie was telling the pups that St. Partick’s Day was about fireworks and people hitting each other. Made me laugh!
another great update…Kit’s flashback almost made me cry, and Angie is so cute…i love this story and i’m glad you’re back
That was hilarious. Kids do have short attention spans (as well as some adults, ME for one). Kit’s flash back allowed the readers to see into Bette and Kit’s past and what made them who they are today.
Bette and Trouble’s relationship makes my heart melt.
Loved it! Vicious leprechauns and all. Also enjoyed Kit’s flashback. Thanks again!
i know i ought to read before i comment but i felt the need to mention the word “earworm” just because. THANKS for posting, btw. Don’t think anyone can ever get enough of your writing and humor, no matter what you say.
I laughed as soon as I saw your post. Here are so many wonderful stories on this side, some romantic, some tragic, some deeply sad, but this one is sooo …different. Even when the circumstances like in a fairytale the behaviour of Bette and Tina are believable. I hope to see more from you. :) Ps. I like the little pup Trouble. He is sweet.
Well, honestly, I don’t think it’s been established that Angie is Irish (although Jennifer Beals is), but her cousins are. But so what? Come March 17 everybody is. I’ll just note that pre-Patrick dogs and wolves appear to have been important clan totems in the Celtic system. So are they going to serve green beer to the wolves for St. Patrick’s? Dogs love beer, I’m sure wolves would, too. And they could all celebrate their heritage.
Wackadoodle?
i just read this “There were customers who did not realize that they made excuses to go to The Planet just so they could catch an installment of the Tina and Bette melodrama” and i had to comment really quick so i can continue reading…this phrase reminded me of me, my excuse to watch TLW that was unbearable sometimes, was to catch an installment of Tibette melodrama… :) brb
Great update… love the humour and loved Kit’s flashback. Great story you write so well and I can actually see Tina and Bette behaving just like that with their wolf relatives :)
I liked the story of St Patrick’s (I never knew it), and I liked the bit of backstory with Kit and Bette even more. I think Red is the least grateful houseguest ever. It’s maybe time for him to jog on. “Cranky” Hunter will have one less mouth to feed, at any rate. In-laws, eh? Tina’s father’s reaction to the story really is funny. Thanks for the post, Spumoni.
Love this story, Love Lit’Bit and so love Troubles. He loves Bette so much. I can see him in a chair with his head on Bettes lap. Maybe if the leave T&B house they can leave Him and tell everyone he is an Irishwolf Hound.