I am just moving along here... and even if the you think I am near the
end... well, like all soaps there is a twist coming... I am going to finish
this... but not any time soon... I am having way too much fun! Serendipity
PS-I have aged Reggie (I can't remember his age on the show)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
It almost like a family affair... Reggie was over seeing the guy who was installing a high-tech sound system... Maggie and Jamie were browsing through different CD's... Erica and Jackson were supervising the painters... Bianca and Kendall were selecting different glassware and bar accessories... and Simone was bossing movers around with tables, plants, and artwork.
Things were in full swing... Kane's was well on its way to becoming one of the hottest nightspots in town.
"I think that is ugly... no way are we putting that anywhere near MY bar..." Kendall laughed as Bianca pointed out some modern art-deco glasses.
"Oh... YOU'RE bar... already a control-freak are we?" Bianca laughed and flipped the page.
"Control freak? Who me? Oh wow! Look at these... simple, yet fun and sophisticated all wrapped up into one... and there is even matching tumblers..." Kendall turned and watched as Reggie but some Jazz on the system...
"Ummm... Are you thinking what I am thinking?" Bianca asked with a smile on her face.
"I think it's time we start building our staff... starting with the music..."
Both girls nodded and yelled, "REGGIE!" "Awww.... Man, how are you going have a club if you are already complaining about the music volume? Come on you two... quit acting like old women... and get with it!"
"Old women?" Kendall pretended to act offended.
"Not too smart Reggie... offending your bosses' before you even get hired..." Bianca laughed.
"Bosses? Have you two been sipping on something over here?" Reggie pretended to look around the bar.
"Well Reggie, Bianca and I are so old that we aren't up on all the latest music... So..." Kendall let Bianca finish.
"So... we would like you to be our DJ... I mean you are going to be 18 and graduating this month by the time the club opens... and you wouldn't be serving alcohol... and of course, Uncle Jack would have to agree." "Are you guys for real? Wow! I'm down with it... I mean, you could use a little soul in here... and some male touches here and there... Simone is neutering the place..."
"Hey Reggie! I heard that!" Simone yelled from where she was standing.
Maggie and Jamie walked up; "Hey you guys... what's Simone yelling about?"
Bianca took the lead, "If it's ok with you Kendall... I think we have found our two bartenders right here... a hot guy and a sexy girl... a winning combination..."
Kendall considered for a minute, "Well... I will agree if they go to the Bartending School... I think we can swing the fees... plus they would have to take the bar tending licensing test... what do you guys say?"
Jamie smiled, "Are you kidding? I am here... but, can we work it with our school schedules?"
"Yeah, that would be my concern..." Maggie answered and glanced over at Jamie with a smile.
Bianca was glad that they were happy, even though she missed having Maggie around. "I see no problem with that... we could probably hire two back-ups to give you some free-time and... I am even thinking I might want to get behind the bar myself..."
"Yeah right Kendall..." Reggie laughed, "You waiting on people..."
"Hey!" Kendall laughed and punched him in the arm.
"Don't forget me... I can make killer margaritas!" Simone laughed and danced up to the group.
"Wow! This is really happening... huh?" Bianca sat and looked around.
"What are they up to in there? Excuse me... can we were looking at a purplish color for the ladies room... one that accents the mural we are putting behind the dance floor."
Erica looked so cute ordering these big painters around that Jackson couldn't help himself.
"You look like you are really enjoying yourself... happy?" He asked. "Oh Jack! I don't know how to explain how good this feels... to be apart of this. To watch my girls grow... together... it's so amazing!" "No Erica... you, their mother, is amazing... Look, I know we have been taking things slow, but... I just wanted to say... I love you. I have never stopped, you know." Jackson held his breath for her response.
"Jackson... I love you too! How could I not? After everything... how horrible I was... you have given me nothing but time and patience..."
"So... where do we go from here?" He pulled her into his arms and looked down into her sparkling eyes.
"I think where ever we are going we are definitely heading in the right direction... do you think we could start over?" Erica asked with all the hope she had showing in her eyes.
"Start over... no... I don't think it's possible," Jackson laughed at the defeat he saw flash across her face, "Oh sweetheart! What we are going to have is going to be so much better than before... so much stronger... why start over... when this is just the beginning for us?"
"The beginning?" Erica smiled and her lip trembled. "This is a new you... and new life... new hope... a new beginning, my love." Leaning down her kissed the woman he loved tenderly and hugged her small body against his heart.
"Oh NO!" Erica pulled away, "They can't paint the bathroom that eggplant color, it's all wrong!" Jackson laughed with lightness in his heart that he hadn't felt in months... well; maybe Erica wasn't completely new...
Two days later the light atmosphere was still holding up as the Kane women searched for the "perfect" outfits to where to Babe and JR's wedding.
"Oh... Kendall this red would look stunning on you!" Erica pulled a vintage dress off the rack.
"Red? For an afternoon wedding? I think it's a little too sexy..." Kendall chuckled and turned back to the light blue sundress she had been looking at.
"Why not sexy? Everyone is going to be expecting to see you there licking your wounds... and lord knows that Greenlee and Ryan will be there... it's time to show everyone that he was the loser in this... not you!"
Bianca walked over and stared at the dress with her head cocked to one side. "You know Kendall, mom is right! Besides I happen to know someone else who will be knocked out of his socks when he sees you!" "Oh... who? Kendall? Do you have your eyes on somebody already?" Erica was just a little hurt that she was out of the loop, but learning from her past mistakes she didn't push. Kendall would tell her if and when she wanted to.
"Thanks Binks," Kendall grumbled only half-joking, "Mom... this may come as a surprise to you, but yes, I have been seeing someone..."
"Oh darling! I am so happy... I have been so worried... when? Who?" Erica took her daughter's hand and smiled.
"Well... actually it started right before you came home... it's David... Now... I know you are probably going to object to it... but mom... he makes me happy."
"Well... I can honestly say that I am shocked... but I know that David is a good guy and he does have a good heart... more than anything I want you to be happy... so... what can I say..."
"Oh! Well isn't this sweet! A mother and daughter bonding moment! So Kendall you have set your hooks for David now, huh? If you're thinking that Ryan will get jealous and come back to you... well you can forget it!" Greenlee laughed and glared at her rival.
"Actually you should be talking to Ryan and not me... As far as I am concerned you both deserve each other... Mom, Bianca... I have to get back to the club... Put this on my charge Bianca..." Kendall would have loved to stay and fight, but why? Was Greenlee right? Was Ryan the real reason she was with David?
Seeing that she wasn't going to get the rise out of Kendall that she wanted Greenlee shrugged and walked off... Kendall would go after David over her dead body...
Bianca looked at Erica and rolled her eyes, "Was she always this annoying?"
"Yes... I am afraid so. Let me see that sundress... light blue... so refined. What do you say we put a little spark into Kendall's life?"
Bianca looked at the sundress and the red dress, "Let's go for it!"
Kendall sat at the bar trying to concentrate on making a list of things that still needed to be done before the building inspection and the alcohol permit could be applied for.
Her mind kept coming back to that question... Was her relationship really about Ryan?
"Hi..." Kendall turned to see one of the objects of her thoughts standing in front of her.
"Ryan? What do you want?" More than anything, she didn't want to fight right now. "I just came by to see how things were going. I miss you... so I thought maybe we could talk."
"I have nothing to say... I mean, what is left between us?" Kendall shook her head and looked away.
"This..." Ryan pulled Kendall to face him and pressed his lips to hers.
It was safe... it was familiar... it would piss Greenlee off! Those three things kept echoing in the back of her mind.
"Kendall? Please give me chance to make things right... I'll get a divorce... What ever you want...please..."
"Oh Ryan, once upon a time I would have loved to hear you say that... but now... Things have changed... I've changed..."
"Yes... you have. You are so beautiful... let me love you..."
Ryan pulled her back into a kiss and Kendall kissed him back... searching her heart to see what it was telling her to do... who to be with...
"Wow! They say you should always call before surprising someone..." David didn't know why he was even interrupting here... this should have been expected...
"Hayward! What do you want? Kendall and I are busy..." Ryan gave David a confident smirk.
"Yeah... I guess you are..." David turned and started to walk to the door.
"David wait..." Kendall chased him out the door.
"Kendall... I can't do this... I can't be a part of this game you are playing..."
"David, it's not a game... I just don't know... Please... don't give up on me..." Tears began to stream down Kendall's face. David wiped a tear away and looked at her with sad eyes, "Sweetheart... I have my pride... but I am trusting you... I believe in you... and if you need time... I'll give it to you... just don't lie to me ok. Do you want Ryan back?"
"I have no idea what I want..." Kendall saw the look of hurt on David's face as he nodded and walked away.
Kendall looked back into the club to see Ryan staring back at her through the window. What did he want from her? What was she doing...?
PS-I have aged Reggie (I can't remember his age on the show)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
It almost like a family affair... Reggie was over seeing the guy who was installing a high-tech sound system... Maggie and Jamie were browsing through different CD's... Erica and Jackson were supervising the painters... Bianca and Kendall were selecting different glassware and bar accessories... and Simone was bossing movers around with tables, plants, and artwork.
Things were in full swing... Kane's was well on its way to becoming one of the hottest nightspots in town.
"I think that is ugly... no way are we putting that anywhere near MY bar..." Kendall laughed as Bianca pointed out some modern art-deco glasses.
"Oh... YOU'RE bar... already a control-freak are we?" Bianca laughed and flipped the page.
"Control freak? Who me? Oh wow! Look at these... simple, yet fun and sophisticated all wrapped up into one... and there is even matching tumblers..." Kendall turned and watched as Reggie but some Jazz on the system...
"Ummm... Are you thinking what I am thinking?" Bianca asked with a smile on her face.
"I think it's time we start building our staff... starting with the music..."
Both girls nodded and yelled, "REGGIE!" "Awww.... Man, how are you going have a club if you are already complaining about the music volume? Come on you two... quit acting like old women... and get with it!"
"Old women?" Kendall pretended to act offended.
"Not too smart Reggie... offending your bosses' before you even get hired..." Bianca laughed.
"Bosses? Have you two been sipping on something over here?" Reggie pretended to look around the bar.
"Well Reggie, Bianca and I are so old that we aren't up on all the latest music... So..." Kendall let Bianca finish.
"So... we would like you to be our DJ... I mean you are going to be 18 and graduating this month by the time the club opens... and you wouldn't be serving alcohol... and of course, Uncle Jack would have to agree." "Are you guys for real? Wow! I'm down with it... I mean, you could use a little soul in here... and some male touches here and there... Simone is neutering the place..."
"Hey Reggie! I heard that!" Simone yelled from where she was standing.
Maggie and Jamie walked up; "Hey you guys... what's Simone yelling about?"
Bianca took the lead, "If it's ok with you Kendall... I think we have found our two bartenders right here... a hot guy and a sexy girl... a winning combination..."
Kendall considered for a minute, "Well... I will agree if they go to the Bartending School... I think we can swing the fees... plus they would have to take the bar tending licensing test... what do you guys say?"
Jamie smiled, "Are you kidding? I am here... but, can we work it with our school schedules?"
"Yeah, that would be my concern..." Maggie answered and glanced over at Jamie with a smile.
Bianca was glad that they were happy, even though she missed having Maggie around. "I see no problem with that... we could probably hire two back-ups to give you some free-time and... I am even thinking I might want to get behind the bar myself..."
"Yeah right Kendall..." Reggie laughed, "You waiting on people..."
"Hey!" Kendall laughed and punched him in the arm.
"Don't forget me... I can make killer margaritas!" Simone laughed and danced up to the group.
"Wow! This is really happening... huh?" Bianca sat and looked around.
"What are they up to in there? Excuse me... can we were looking at a purplish color for the ladies room... one that accents the mural we are putting behind the dance floor."
Erica looked so cute ordering these big painters around that Jackson couldn't help himself.
"You look like you are really enjoying yourself... happy?" He asked. "Oh Jack! I don't know how to explain how good this feels... to be apart of this. To watch my girls grow... together... it's so amazing!" "No Erica... you, their mother, is amazing... Look, I know we have been taking things slow, but... I just wanted to say... I love you. I have never stopped, you know." Jackson held his breath for her response.
"Jackson... I love you too! How could I not? After everything... how horrible I was... you have given me nothing but time and patience..."
"So... where do we go from here?" He pulled her into his arms and looked down into her sparkling eyes.
"I think where ever we are going we are definitely heading in the right direction... do you think we could start over?" Erica asked with all the hope she had showing in her eyes.
"Start over... no... I don't think it's possible," Jackson laughed at the defeat he saw flash across her face, "Oh sweetheart! What we are going to have is going to be so much better than before... so much stronger... why start over... when this is just the beginning for us?"
"The beginning?" Erica smiled and her lip trembled. "This is a new you... and new life... new hope... a new beginning, my love." Leaning down her kissed the woman he loved tenderly and hugged her small body against his heart.
"Oh NO!" Erica pulled away, "They can't paint the bathroom that eggplant color, it's all wrong!" Jackson laughed with lightness in his heart that he hadn't felt in months... well; maybe Erica wasn't completely new...
Two days later the light atmosphere was still holding up as the Kane women searched for the "perfect" outfits to where to Babe and JR's wedding.
"Oh... Kendall this red would look stunning on you!" Erica pulled a vintage dress off the rack.
"Red? For an afternoon wedding? I think it's a little too sexy..." Kendall chuckled and turned back to the light blue sundress she had been looking at.
"Why not sexy? Everyone is going to be expecting to see you there licking your wounds... and lord knows that Greenlee and Ryan will be there... it's time to show everyone that he was the loser in this... not you!"
Bianca walked over and stared at the dress with her head cocked to one side. "You know Kendall, mom is right! Besides I happen to know someone else who will be knocked out of his socks when he sees you!" "Oh... who? Kendall? Do you have your eyes on somebody already?" Erica was just a little hurt that she was out of the loop, but learning from her past mistakes she didn't push. Kendall would tell her if and when she wanted to.
"Thanks Binks," Kendall grumbled only half-joking, "Mom... this may come as a surprise to you, but yes, I have been seeing someone..."
"Oh darling! I am so happy... I have been so worried... when? Who?" Erica took her daughter's hand and smiled.
"Well... actually it started right before you came home... it's David... Now... I know you are probably going to object to it... but mom... he makes me happy."
"Well... I can honestly say that I am shocked... but I know that David is a good guy and he does have a good heart... more than anything I want you to be happy... so... what can I say..."
"Oh! Well isn't this sweet! A mother and daughter bonding moment! So Kendall you have set your hooks for David now, huh? If you're thinking that Ryan will get jealous and come back to you... well you can forget it!" Greenlee laughed and glared at her rival.
"Actually you should be talking to Ryan and not me... As far as I am concerned you both deserve each other... Mom, Bianca... I have to get back to the club... Put this on my charge Bianca..." Kendall would have loved to stay and fight, but why? Was Greenlee right? Was Ryan the real reason she was with David?
Seeing that she wasn't going to get the rise out of Kendall that she wanted Greenlee shrugged and walked off... Kendall would go after David over her dead body...
Bianca looked at Erica and rolled her eyes, "Was she always this annoying?"
"Yes... I am afraid so. Let me see that sundress... light blue... so refined. What do you say we put a little spark into Kendall's life?"
Bianca looked at the sundress and the red dress, "Let's go for it!"
Kendall sat at the bar trying to concentrate on making a list of things that still needed to be done before the building inspection and the alcohol permit could be applied for.
Her mind kept coming back to that question... Was her relationship really about Ryan?
"Hi..." Kendall turned to see one of the objects of her thoughts standing in front of her.
"Ryan? What do you want?" More than anything, she didn't want to fight right now. "I just came by to see how things were going. I miss you... so I thought maybe we could talk."
"I have nothing to say... I mean, what is left between us?" Kendall shook her head and looked away.
"This..." Ryan pulled Kendall to face him and pressed his lips to hers.
It was safe... it was familiar... it would piss Greenlee off! Those three things kept echoing in the back of her mind.
"Kendall? Please give me chance to make things right... I'll get a divorce... What ever you want...please..."
"Oh Ryan, once upon a time I would have loved to hear you say that... but now... Things have changed... I've changed..."
"Yes... you have. You are so beautiful... let me love you..."
Ryan pulled her back into a kiss and Kendall kissed him back... searching her heart to see what it was telling her to do... who to be with...
"Wow! They say you should always call before surprising someone..." David didn't know why he was even interrupting here... this should have been expected...
"Hayward! What do you want? Kendall and I are busy..." Ryan gave David a confident smirk.
"Yeah... I guess you are..." David turned and started to walk to the door.
"David wait..." Kendall chased him out the door.
"Kendall... I can't do this... I can't be a part of this game you are playing..."
"David, it's not a game... I just don't know... Please... don't give up on me..." Tears began to stream down Kendall's face. David wiped a tear away and looked at her with sad eyes, "Sweetheart... I have my pride... but I am trusting you... I believe in you... and if you need time... I'll give it to you... just don't lie to me ok. Do you want Ryan back?"
"I have no idea what I want..." Kendall saw the look of hurt on David's face as he nodded and walked away.
Kendall looked back into the club to see Ryan staring back at her through the window. What did he want from her? What was she doing...?