Class of 1978

by broonksa

Good new, I managed to recover the draft chapter and I've published the first half in celebration at that and recovering a whole stack of photies. I now have a new iphon and am figuring out how best to use it to type out the final chapter.

1. Chapter 1 Introduction

Introduction

I'm starting a new story in 1988 but starting here in 1988 means I have to create seven years of back-story.

Timeline- January 1988

Eric & Donna:

Married early 1980 in Africa.

Children: Robert (Robby, "Lost in Space" but don't tell Donna) was born in Africa on 23 March 1981.

Twins Erin (girl) and Lucas (boy, after George, Donna was adamant that no child of hers would be christened Luke though Lucas was Luke to everyone but her) were born in Point Place Hospital on 2 June 1984.

Location & Work:

They had returned to Point Place after completing their postgraduate studies, which had given them both Doctorates of Education.

Eric had taken over Pastor Dave's position as chairman of the American branch of the World Educational Council. He was lecturing at Point Place College as well as part time at WC in Madison.

Donna also started lecturing at Point Place College, but had taken the opportunity to become CEO of her own company Madison Publishing when an educational publisher in Madison had become available for sale she had bought it together with Bob.

She sold the printing half of the company to a management buyout and moved the publishing half to Point Place. The company had mainly published educational textbooks before Donna added biographies to the catalogue and these drove the publishers' growth throughout the eighties.

The Board consisted of Donna, Bob, Eric, Jackie, Brooke and WB.

WB was using his music industry contacts to get rock stars to agree to biographies that would be published by them.

Eric is Head of Technology and was introducing their authors to WordStar and CompuServe so that their books could be sent electronically, edited online and sent to the printers all without be output to paper at any stage. Eric dreamt of being able to publish electronically and avoid the printing process altogether.

Eric and Donna now owned Red and Kitty's house as well as Bobs' and the two houses behind them and had demolished all of them to build a larger house for themselves with two granny flats for Bob, Kitty and Red as well as two basements. One for the gangs many kids and one for the gang officially called Boardroom 2 with upgraded ventilation fireproofing and a fire alarm that could be temporally turned off. It was scheduled for completion about in about eight months from now.

Jackie & Hyde

Married about three months after Eric and Donna.

Children:

Twin girls born "early", Stephanie and Nichole, born on 25 March 181. A second pair of twins born on June 3 1984, boys David and Zane. Currently one month pregnant.

They own the house four along from the Foreman/Pinciotti residence and have extensively remodeled it as their family has grown.

Jackie is a director at Madison Publishing in charge of design while Hyde is now a director in WB's Grooves Record Company having taken over the day to day running of the company from his father.

Brooke & Kelso:

Married two months after Jackie and Hyde.

Children:

Betsy born in 1979 currently fond of saying that she is glad that mummy and daddy made an honest child of her by getting married.

Twin girls Janey and Louise borne on June 3 1984 and currently pregnant for about a month.

They live two doors up from Donna and Eric.

Kelso is a police sergeant in Point Place while Brooke is Director Marketing for Madison Publishing.

Fez & Laurie:

Married 1978, separated 1978, got back together at Eric & Donnas' wedding in early 1980.

Children:

Triplets born in 25 March 1981 named Olivia (girl), Oliver (boy) and Danni (girl).

Candy (girl) born on June 3 1984. Currently about one month pregnant.

They own a very successful hair and beauty salon in the Point Place mall and have a house close to the mall.

Red & Kitty:

Both are retired but look after the gangs' gaggle of thirteen children during the daytime when everyone is at work.

They currently live in a condo not far away from their old house.

Bob & Midge:

Bob currently acts as a part time director for the company having bought it together with Donna. Is still inventing gadgets and currently lives in a condo not far from Red and Kitty.

Midge still lives in California but enjoys visiting Point Place.