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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Justine" data-source="post: 145764" data-attributes="member: 404">[MEDIA=youtube]LRhQc_EMj2Q[/MEDIA] Silver Bells Season 8 (Between "Deja Vu" and "Odd Man Out")Silver bells chimed on the streets of New York, almost as if in celebration of the last weekend before Christmas Day arrived.“Mom, look… way cool.” John Ross exclaimed, even more hyperactive than he normally would be. He pulled on his mothers shirt sleeve and led her toward the ice-skate rink beneath the Rockefeller Christmas Tree. Glee and wonder flickered upon his expression, so reminiscent of his father that Sue Ellen found herself unable to deny his excitable request. “Mom, can Christopher and I skate? Please…” His plea was drawn out and his palms joined in prayer-style.Sue Ellen scrunched her nose in amusement at John Ross naïveté. “Well, I don’t know about Christopher -” she smiled at Pamela, who held the small bundle in her arms and protected him from the December chill. “But you certainly can, sweetheart.”While Sue Ellen tied John Ross’ skates, Pamela placed Christopher in the toddler play area; and the mothers reunited over two plastic cups of hot tea. “Thank you so much for this weekend, Sue Ellen. I didn’t realise how much I needed the break.” In the hustle and bustle of New York, Pamela was blessed by a calm that she hadn’t experienced in Dallas for many months. The four of them shared the finest suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where they exhausted the room service menu and fell asleep after their Christmas movie marathon. Sue Ellen had shopped until Pamela was ready to drop, the boys had been enchanted by Santa’s Grotto; the entire weekend was scheduled down to the very second, so that Pamela didn’t have a moment to wonder about Mark.“We all needed a break,” Sue Ellen conceded. As always, Southfork had been the epicentre of chaos: Bobby’s attempt to marry Jenna had been an epic failure; Jamie’s letter had thrown the company into disarray; and J.R. spent very little time at home. “Besides, I would really like the boys to spend as much time with one another as possible. They are cousins, after all.”John Ross’ voice drowned out all other noise. “Mama, check this out.”Sue Ellen’s body tensed, as her wonder-boy skimmed the ice. He was fearless, a trait he had certainly inherited from J.R.. “Be careful, John Ross,” she implored him, to very little avail. “That kid,” Sue Ellen rolled her eyes and smiled, as John Ross playfully danced to the carollers that serenaded the skaters on the rink. Her attention returned to Pamela, who suddenly had that same look on her face - the one Sue Ellen had worked so hard to keep away. “Pamela, why don’t you and Christopher have Christmas lunch at Southfork?”Pamela hesitated, but shook her head, “I don’t think so, Sue Ellen.” Jenna may have ditched Bobby at the alter and married Marchetta, but Mark was still out there somewhere. “Thank you, but you already have a full house, and Cliff invited me to spend Christmas with him and Mandy.”“Ah… Chinese for Christmas dinner then.” For the first time in weeks, Pamela burst into deep, uncontrolled laughter.</blockquote>

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