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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Karin Schill" data-source="post: 14032">Thank you Honkytonkangel for your feedback. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I grew to like Don as I re-watched the show. But I didn't like him much the first time around which is probably why he comes across as a bigger jerk than usual in the beginning of this story. lolAnyway here's another part:John Ross Ewing sat in his room upstairs, doing his homework. He was a handsome boy who had been gifted with his father’s intelligence, ambition, charm and persuasive powers and his mother’s sensitivity, passion and sense of romance. The combination had been devastating for the many girls whose hearts he’d already been breaking. Yet he never had any trouble finding new girls who wanted him, as he radiated self-confidence and pride. He might be a player at times, but when he was really in love with someone he loved deeply, giving everything to the other person. At age 16 he’d already had a couple of serious girlfriends and he was experienced in the bedroom. But unlike his parents he wasn’t one to cheat. Maybe it was because he had experienced firsthand what that could do to a relationship. Being caught in the middle of his parents’ messy divorces had left some scars and he found it hard to be happy because there was always a void inside of him that was created by his unstable upbringing. Having to choose between his parents had caused him his share of heart-ache, since he loved them both and didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. When he was younger he’d hero-worshipped his daddy, who he had looked up to. But then his daddy had let him down. So now he had been living with his mama for the past four years. He felt very protective of her and he hated to see her hurt.John Ross pulled a stray of his light brown hair away from his blue green eyes as he tried his best to focus on his homework. But no matter how hard he tried he couldn’t shut out the sound of loud voices coming from the back yard, where his mother and step-dad were involved in yet another heavy argument. Those had been happening all too often lately and even though John Ross had never cared much for Don Lockwood and would welcome a split between them, the idea of the other man treating his Mama badly was enough to get the troubled teen in a very pissed off mood. Oh why don’t they shut up already? John Ross sighed. Then the loud voices suddenly stopped and John Ross finally got a moment to focus on his homework. But he didn’t get far before his Mama suddenly walked into his room, saying, “John Ross, your daddy’s on the phone. Do you want to talk to him?”                      “Daddy?” John Ross sounded surprised, as he hadn’t even heard the phone ringing. “How weird of him to call, I thought he’d be too busy to care about me…”                      “So you don’t want to talk to him then?” Sue Ellen asked. “Because well he is your father and just because we don’t get along there’s no reason for you to...”                      “I know Mama and you don’t have to give me the he has the right to talk to you speech. I’m way past being pissed at daddy for spending all his time with James and Jimmy.”                      “I know that honey, it’s just that you and JR hasn’t exactly been close in the last couple of years so I was just thinking that...”                      “Well you thought wrong, because I’d love to talk to dad.”                      “Okay I’m glad to hear that so well he's waiting for you on the line. I picked it up on the phone out on the porch.”                      “Get real! You can’t expect me to take the call out there.”                      “Why not?”                      “Hello, do I look like I want to listen to you and Don quarrelling again?” John Ross asked sarcastically. “No thanks, I’ll take it here, okay?” “Okay,” Sue Ellen nodded, even though she didn’t really like what she was hearing. Still she didn’t let her son see that but simply left the room to give her son some privacy to talk to his dad. John Ross then picked up the phone with the words, “Hi Daddy, it’s me John Ross!”                      “Hi son, how are you today then?” JR asked.                      “I’m fine, but what do you care?”                      “What do you mean son, of course I care.”                      “Really?” John Ross quipped. “Because it’s not like you’ve shown a lot of interest in me lately. I mean you could have visited me more often or at least called more often dad!”Hearing his son’s accusation JR did feel a bit guilty, as it was true. He hadn’t exactly been known to visit his boy as often as he should. It was just that after that last trip to England and his run in with Don Lockwood’s fists it wasn’t like he particularly wanted to go there again. Maybe he’d deserved it though, as he had been nasty to the other man. Still he had good reason to be, as JR considered Don his rival since he had Sue Ellen and seeing them together was enough to make his stomach cringe. It made him feel jealous and possessive and he hated the whole situation of his Sue Ellen married to another man when she should have been with him and John Ross at Southfork. However not wanting to explain it all to his son he simply excused himself by saying, “I’m sorry son, I guess I’ve just been tied up at work.”                      “And with visiting James and Jimmy I guess...” John Ross threw in his face, a bit surprised at his own anger, as he’d sworn that he’d been over that. Yet maybe it was something about having to share his father with an older brother, who suddenly moved in and took over everything he’d always been promised all his life that was a bit hard to swallow.                      “Well not really, I haven’t really seen that much of them since that dreadful Debra Lynn showed up and they moved out. I guess she never did like me much and she got James wrapped around her little finger that damned woman.” JR said and Sue Ellen who had arrived back on the porch to hang up the phone accidentally overheard them. She knew that she should put down the phone but the temptation to eavesdrop was just too great.                      “Oh okay, so I guess that means they aren’t visiting you?”                      “Well they do visit, but not that often really and funny thing is that it doesn’t really bother me that much. I don’t miss them as much as I thought I would. You on the other hand John Ross, I miss you every day.”“You do?” John Ross sounded surprised.“I do, because you know you are my son in ways James aren’t John Ross,” JR said affectionately.“What do you mean?”“I mean that you and I are a lot closer because I got to watch you grow up and we’ve had all these years together where we shared things,” JR explained. “I got to take you to the park, teach you how to hunt, take you to the office when you were a toddler who barely even talked and you were the apple of your grandpa’s eyes. You should have seen the look on his face the day you were born. He was the proudest man I ever did see.” JR said and Sue Ellen could feel something tug at her heart, as she was reminded of what a great father JR had been. Knowing that she really didn’t need to hear this and that she should show her son more respect than this, she then reluctantly hung up the phone and therefore she didn’t hear the rest of the conversation between father and son.“I know you’ve told me before,” John Ross smiled. “It’s funny because even though I don’t really remember grandpa Ewing that well I do remember how I loved sitting in his chair. Because that chair always put you in the center of attention...”“It does, just too bad that idiot Farlow is occupying it these days though.”“Hey what’s wrong with grandpa Farlow?” John Ross questioned and JR felt like he should have held his tongue. Because no matter of his own differences with his step-dad, his son did love him like if he had been his own grandpa.“Not much, he does keep Mama happy. It’s just that no one can take Daddy’s place.”“Of course I know that...”“Just like no one can take yours John Ross. Even if James had been living here he could never be you John Ross and let me tell you boy that Southfork sure has been empty without you. In fact John Ross don’t you think it’s about time for you to return to Southfork?”“Um...you mean for a visit?”“No for good. I mean you know Christopher still lives here and he misses you. You guys used to be like brothers and you could be again. Then there is grandma and grandpa Farlow and Uncle Bobby and me of course. We all love you and miss you and when you think about it John Ross, I think you do know deep down that you miss us too, because you belong here at Southfork with us...”“Well I do miss you. I can give you that much and sometimes I miss Southfork and good ol’ Texas and all my friends too...”“So then it’s decided, you will move back home again?”“Well I don’t know...” John Ross hesitated. “I mean Mama does want me to live here in England with her and she cares about me. She’s always loved me so I don’t feel good turning my back on her, especially not now when she and Don are having so much trouble...”“Oh really, they are having problems, huh?” JR smiled to himself, as a plan started to form in his head.“Yeah,” John Ross confirmed.“Well I appreciate the fact that you look after your Mama when she’s having a hard time. Still I do want you at Southfork and you have to think about yourself too, you’ve grown up at Southfork and you do miss us, so why don’t you at least come home for a visit?” JR said persuasively. “I mean to live in England can’t be all that fun, can it?”“Honestly?” John Ross replied. “No it’s not. It kind of sucks even, it’s rainy almost all the time, school’s not even out for the summer until next month, while if I had lived in the states, I would have been well into my summer holidays by now. Then there’s the people who are sort of, talking with a funny accent and I don’t know...I guess a lot of them are just like Don.”“Well there you’ll see it’s a done deal, you need to come back to Southfork for a while and remember what it’s like being surrounded by your family and other nice good ol’ Americans.”“Maybe, but aren’t there any women living at Southfork now then?” John Ross asked, as he wasn’t particularly longing to bond with whatever woman his dad might be together with.“Well unless you count your grandma or cousin Lucy, no. There’s no one that important in my life right now or in Bobby’s...” JR told him. “I guess he’s still mourning April’s death and as for me, I guess after Cally left me I’ve realized what kind of woman I need and that is your Mama John Ross. I’ve missed her lots lately and well if she and Don really are having problems maybe you can persuade her into coming with you for a visit?” JR suggested. “You know she is sort of friends with Clayton and grandma would surely be happy to see her too.”“Okay I’ll try to talk her into it, but I can’t guarantee that she’ll agree.”“Of course not, still I’d love for you to come here. You belong at Southfork, both of you but don’t tell your mama that I’ve said that.”“Sure, I won’t, bye daddy.”“Bye son and think about what I’ve told you. If you’ll convince your mama to go here, it could be you, me and your mama all together at Southfork again, just like in the good old days. Just think about it John Ross and you’ll know what to do. Just think about it,” JR reminded his son before he hung up, grinning to himself as the conversation had gone above his expectation, as hearing that Sue Ellen and Don were having problems sure was sweet.</blockquote>

Verification: What month follows July?