"So, how was your weekend?" Pam asked Katherine casually.

It was Monday, and Katherine had stopped by Pam's house after work for a couple hours. Seated comfortably in the living room with mugs of tea, the two women watched Christopher play while they recounted the last couple days.

Katherine smiled to herself at the memory. JR had spent the whole weekend at her house. And boy did they need the time alone together to make up for their long period of abstinence. Except the only difference now was that they wouldn't need to look further than each other when it came to fulfilling those needs.

"It couldn't have been more perfect." Katherine answered lightly.

"Really? I thought that you looked a little tired." Pam said.

"Oh, I am. But in a very good way." Katherine said slyly.

"Okay; something tells me that I don't really need to hear any more than that…" Pam said somewhat uncomfortably as she caught on to the implications behind Katherine's words. As much as she was trying to accept her sister's relationship with JR, Pam didn't need to hear any of the details when it came to that part of it.

"Hmm, I suppose you're right about that. But enough about me. What did you do?" Katherine asked.

Pam sighed glumly before answering Katherine's question. "Well, to tell you the truth, it turned out to be the exact opposite of how I thought it would turn out." She admitted.

"Really? What happened? I thought that you were so excited about going to that Charity Rodeo with Mark. Not that I can understand just what is so fun about those things." Katherine said. She was fervently glad that JR shared her opinion when it came to the rodeos. Sure, he hung around the ones hosted at Southfork. But that was really only to keep an eye on the gossip and scope out any potential deal opportunities and such. And he only did that because it took place on his home's property.

"On the surface, it was fine. Mark did great and we did manage to have some fun there. But then Bobby showed up. Along with Jenna Wade…" Pam admitted miserably.

"Wow. That must have been awkward." Katherine said ruefully.

"It was more than just awkward, I'm afraid. Sure, it hurts a bit to see Bobby moving on again. The Oil Baron's Ball was bad enough. But it would have been so much easier if we could have just said hello pleasantly and be done with it. But Jenna just had to rub it in again that she is with him again." Pam said with a bitter edge to her voice.

"Okay, now this sounds bad. Tell me everything! What did she do!?" Katherine asked excitedly.

"She had to go and act like the mechanical bull riding contest was some big competition between us or something. At least that was how she made it feel with how she talked to me about Bobby right before it. And then she kissed him in front of everyone. For much too long, I might add." Pam complained.

Katherine couldn't help feeling a little surprised at her sister's words. She had thought that Jenna had already had her big moment to gloat at the Oil Baron's Ball and that that would be enough for her. What was the point of taking it further? And this sounded a lot worse than what had happened at the Ball. Katherine also felt a bit disappointed in Jenna. Once the incident in the ladies' room at the Ball seemed to have been forgotten, she had actually enjoyed Jenna's company whenever she was around Southfork when she came to visit. But now she wasn't so sure anymore. And it didn't help that Bobby sounded like he had once again been completely oblivious to the obvious tension and awkwardness at the scene. Katherine was starting to wonder just how she had ever had feelings for him in the past at all.

"I can imagine how all of that must have looked. But good God, what is Jenna's problem!? She "won" already, so why can't she just let this go already instead of acting like an immature teenager!? And you were there with Mark anyway, so what does it matter to her!?" Katherine ranted.

Pam sighed sadly. "I don't know. Am I really? I feel like after all this time, I still haven't been able to move on from Bobby… And what happened after the rodeo made it even worse." She said.

"What could be worse than that!?" Katherine asked in surprise.

"Well… After we got back, I finally took that next big step with Mark." Pam said flatly.

"You did!? Well, isn't that a good thing?" Katherine asked hopefully, yet at the same time, feeling like she knew that this wasn't going to be anything good based on Pam's expression.

"I thought that it would be. But I didn't end up feeling near as good about it as I thought that I would." Pam admitted.

"Oh. Was he not, um…good?" Katherine asked somewhat awkwardly.

"No! It wasn't like that!" Pam said in frustration.

"Then what exactly was the problem?" Katherine asked curiously.

"The next morning after it was over, Mark just up and left without a word. Sure, I was pretending to be asleep, but I thought he would at least want to wait until I was up so he could have breakfast, or say goodbye, or something! After what a big deal he made about us finally having our first time and how I could tell he was starting to get fed up with waiting, I thought he'd be a little happier than that. I just don't understand…" Pam explained.

For a few moments, they sat in silence. Then after some thinking, Katherine finally spoke up. "Maybe he could tell that your heart just wasn't in it?" She asked softly.

"Now that you mentioned it, I think you're right… I think I did it for the wrong reasons. I remember how excited I felt when we got back. I think I was still angry about what happened with Jenna and Bobby. It was like sleeping with Mark was sort of a way to feel like I was getting back at them. But after it was over, I still remembered how awful everything felt…" Pam admitted miserably.

Katherine felt a pang of guilt. None of this would have probably even happened if she hadn't worked with JR to break up Pam's marriage with Bobby. For a moment, she wondered if there was somehow a way to help them get back together. But JR would never forgive her if she did that. She had initially thought that Pam would just move on with Mark and be happy again, but now that she was seeing that that wasn't really happening, Katherine felt genuinely bad for her sister. But she didn't know what else she could do. Because of JR she was stuck, and she didn't see how she could help changing things anyway without revealing her part in this. Either way, someone would be angry with her, and Katherine didn't want that to happen. So, all she could do at this point was wait and see if time changed anything.

"Pam, I really don't know what else to say except right now except that I'm sorry… I really thought that you and Mark were starting to hit it off, but I guess it's not that easy so soon after a divorce." Katherine said sympathetically.

"I guess not… And it's not that I don't care about Mark. Because I really do. Despite everything with Bobby, he makes me happy. For the first time, I felt like I could smile again. Laugh again. I don't know, it's like he makes feel…normal again. Maybe it's less stressful not to have to deal with being a Ewing. With a Mark, everything seems more like an adventure, somehow. And there's still so many places and things he wants us to see. He's always saying how being in Dallas and reminded of the Ewings all the time is making me unhappy. And maybe he's right." Pam explained.

"Well…maybe he is. Perhaps a vacation would help. It wouldn't even necessarily have to be with Mark. Just something to get away for awhile and focus on some new experiences for a while." Katherine suggested, trying to be helpful.

"Maybe. But it couldn't be right now. The Ewing Barbecue is coming up, and despite everything, I still don't want to miss it." Pam said fondly.

"Oh. Isn't it a bit late this year?" Katherine asked.

"A little. It's usually in the summer, but fall in Dallas feels about the same anyway, so I doubt it will feel too much different." Pam answered.

"Too bad the music won't. But I'll still go, anyway. After all, it was how I first met JR. Although he certainly didn't give a good impression to me back then." Katherine said somewhat amusedly as her mind went back to that day.

"Really? I didn't know that. The barbecue was also where I first met Bobby, to tell you the truth." Pam said. She smiled a bit at the memory despite the state they were in now.

"How did that happen?" Katherine asked curiously.

"I was dating Ray at the time, and Bobby ended up as my dancing partner. I thought I'd hate his guts since I still believed my Daddy about anybody with the last name Ewing back then. But then Bobby started proving me wrong that day." Pam recounted.

The two sisters started recounting the stories about how they had met the two men that they would eventually end up with one day. The only difference was that it now seemed like only one of them would get to keep that happiness now…