Chapter Three: Tina
Disclaimers: I don't own Once Upon a Time. Also, this is a spin – off from La Lisboa's original "Thicker Than Water."
Here's another "Voice." This time we'll here from Tina, the teenager with a crush on David. Instead of taking place during the scene in chapter twelve, like these drabbles usually are, I'm setting this one on the day Tina meets David. Sorry if that's a little confusing, but I didn't want to get in Tina's head until after chapter twelve. Just in case some of you didn't realize Tina had a crush on David in chapter eleven.
Tina was all ready to return to her Mom's on Monday morning. She loved her Dad, she really did, but she preferred not to stay too long at the dairy farm. It stank! Tina couldn't wait to go back to her mom's potpourri – smelling apartment in Bangor. "Well, Dad I'm leaving," she called as she came down the front steps. Her stepmother would be out in a moment, Tina knew. The woman had agreed to drive Tina back to her mom's.
"Okay, Tina," replied her dad as he looked up from packaging the milk they'd already collected. Before Tina could get into her stepmom's car, her dad called back to her, though. "Wait. Why don't you meet our new hired hand? David! Come over here." Tina shrugged and walked over. Then her eyes set on an incredibly handsome stranger. He was tall, with light brown hair that turned blond in just the right light. He had the most incredible clear blue eyes. The muscles rippled in his arms. "David, this is my daughter, Tina. She lives with her mother during the week and visits me on the weekends. I just thought you two should be acquainted."
David shrugged his shoulders. As he did so the muscles in his arms moved even more. Yum. "It's a pleasure to meet you, David. I hope you're going to be a big help to my father," she said as her smile grew. She really hoped this guy would stick around. Tina knew her dad had trouble in the past keeping hired hands. Not that Tina could blame them, usually. Who wanted to be around that awful smell all day? But this guy…she'd really like to see more of him.
"Of course," David replied. "I love this job. Working outdoors, with the animals,…this is exactly where I want to be." Wow. This guy was even better – looking when he smiled. And his voice! It was perfect. Tina would love to spend more time with David, even if she had to endure the smell of the cows. But her stepmother was waiting for her in the car.
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Tina had spent the rest of Monday thinking about David. He had to be the most gorgeous guy she'd ever laid eyes on. She didn't care that he was at least fifteen years older than her; he was perfect. By Tuesday, she'd thought of a way to see him all the time. She could ask her father if she could help on the dairy farm for a few hours every day! Tina chuckled to herself. Wasn't it just yesterday morning that she couldn't wait to leave that place? Well, that was before her eyes saw that hunk of beef her father hired. Things had changed.
Tuesday afternoon, Tina went back to the dairy farm to talk to her dad. Unfortunately, her dad didn't seem to be cooperating. "Well, Dad I just though you could use a little more help for a few hours! C'mon Dad, you're always asking me to help more with the farm! And this is a great way to spend more time together!" She figured her father would be able to argue against those reasons.
But in the end, it was David that helped Tina with her request. David claimed that he thought it was great Tina wanted to spend time with her father. But Tina thought maybe he actually wanted to get to know her better. After all, it was David and Tina that would be working together, mostly, right? The more Tina got to know David, the more she understood he wasn't just gorgeous, he was incredibly nice to her father and to her. Was that because David liked Tina, too? Tina hoped so.
There was one thing Tina did know, and that was that was that she was in love with David. She was determined to win his heart.
Well, what did you think of that? I couldn't wait to write this chapter; I think it's so funny. Actually, getting to Tina's head was what gave me the idea for this series in the first place. But I had to wait until chapter twelve to write it, like I explained above.
I'd like to thank Wilhelm Wigworthy for the review of the first chapter, by the way. I'm glad you liked the pacing.
I would love to have more reviews of this series. I know it's not as popular as "Thicker Than Water Part II" because it doesn't really focus on the Charming's, exactly. But I know the series does get some traffic, so I'd love some reviews from my readers on this. What did you like? What did you not like?
Thanks.