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A London Extra; A Hannah/James Sequel to A French Connection
Topic Started: January 9, 2012, 12:42 am (25,113 Views)
usmcjahusmc8762
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I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I've decided....I'm totally team Fran. All the way. At first it was all about Hannah but now I understand how Fran
feels and ya know? You're a fucking amazing writer.

{P.s. It's been good to be back. I had some difficulties with my computer and couldn't log on here.}
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Nope, still staying here at Central Command somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle...the Shark-Mobile is in for an upgrade anyhow :P
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usmcjahusmc8762
February 8, 2012, 7:28 pm
I've decided....I'm totally team Fran. All the way. At first it was all about Hannah but now I understand how Fran
feels and ya know? You're a fucking amazing writer.

{P.s. It's been good to be back. I had some difficulties with my computer and couldn't log on here.}
Thank you!! :heart: I'm so pleased you like the story, and I'm glad I can involve you in it enough that you all swtich teams throughout! :lol:

I will post more very soon! :D
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Auluna Raie
February 8, 2012, 7:46 pm
Nope, still staying here at Central Command somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle...the Shark-Mobile is in for an upgrade anyhow :P
I've told you--nowhere is safe! :lol:
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usmcjahusmc8762
February 8, 2012, 7:27 pm
I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:lol: :nanner:
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Ah, I was sitting in lecture thinking to myself "I hope this fic is updated" because I've had a long boring day and I need some James and Fran cutesiness to cheer me up....and what do you know? I got my wish! :lol:

I don't have any snappy or witty comments or even any speculations this time. You always tend to surprise us readers and therefore our speculations are usually way off base :lol: I'm just so happy that Fran and James are acting like a couple again (even if they're not and even if the happiness is short lived)!! It was a great chapter. :heart: :heart:

*Waits (sort of) patiently for more!!* :heart: :biggrin
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February 8, 2012, 7:48 pm
usmcjahusmc8762
February 8, 2012, 7:27 pm
I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:lol: :nanner:
I so knew this was going to happen. I'd rather see him with Fran anyways. It sucks to see the kids cry over
his mistake. But we're all human and sometimes you gotta live and learn...I guess I'm on Fran's side cause I
happen to be going through it now....But from the kids perspective. :(
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usmcjahusmc8762
February 8, 2012, 7:52 pm
kirks_wife
February 8, 2012, 7:48 pm
usmcjahusmc8762
February 8, 2012, 7:27 pm
I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:lol: :nanner:
I so knew this was going to happen. I'd rather see him with Fran anyways. It sucks to see the kids cry over
his mistake. But we're all human and sometimes you gotta live and learn...I guess I'm on Fran's side cause I
happen to be going through it now....But from the kids perspective. :(
I'm sorry to hear that--but I know how you feel, I was in this situation when my parents divorced when I was younger.

It does suck to see them upset at James' decisions. :(
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Voxx
February 8, 2012, 7:50 pm
Ah, I was sitting in lecture thinking to myself "I hope this fic is updated" because I've had a long boring day and I need some James and Fran cutesiness to cheer me up....and what do you know? I got my wish! :lol:

I don't have any snappy or witty comments or even any speculations this time. You always tend to surprise us readers and therefore our speculations are usually way off base :lol: I'm just so happy that Fran and James are acting like a couple again (even if they're not and even if the happiness is short lived)!! It was a great chapter. :heart: :heart:

*Waits (sort of) patiently for more!!* :heart: :biggrin
Yes, you know me now! Always the element of surprise! :lol:

More soon, I promise! 3 hrs or so, gotta organise the kids... :D
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February 8, 2012, 8:01 pm
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February 8, 2012, 7:48 pm

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I so knew this was going to happen. I'd rather see him with Fran anyways. It sucks to see the kids cry over
his mistake. But we're all human and sometimes you gotta live and learn...I guess I'm on Fran's side cause I
happen to be going through it now....But from the kids perspective. :(
I'm sorry to hear that--but I know how you feel, I was in this situation when my parents divorced when I was younger.

It does suck to see them upset at James' decisions. :(
Shit happens though. You're an amazing writer and I hope you update soon.
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Lovely chapter! I love how, after all, we can still see that they make love to each other, not just sex :heart: Now they want sex all the time! :lol:
I know they have short time to spend together while James is with his family, but he's not feeling guilty at all? Well, he should... :ugh:

And Cali is very smart, she knows what's going on :wink

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Nah Bruno
February 8, 2012, 9:32 pm
Lovely chapter! I love how, after all, we can still see that they make love to each other, not just sex :heart: Now they want sex all the time! :lol:
I know they have short time to spend together while James is with his family, but he's not feeling guilty at all? Well, he should... :ugh:

And Cali is very smart, she knows what's going on :wink

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James will feel guilty soon (well, we're assuming he already does, but he's just enjoying the moment). He knows he's only got two weeks with Francesca until Hannah is back. :rolleyes:

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I'm sorry to hear that--but I know how you feel, I was in this situation when my parents divorced when I was younger.

It does suck to see them upset at James' decisions. :(
Shit happens though. You're an amazing writer and I hope you update soon.
Thank you! and yes, very soon! :nanner:
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James relaxed in the pool while he waited for Francesca. The kids were visible beyond the garden and across the street at the beach, Castor was leaping off the pier once more, and he watched the girls paddle and splash in the shallower waters. He was pleased that as young teenagers, they were beginning to be old enough to entertain themselves. He relaxed in the pool with an outward sigh. It had been some time since he and Hannah had relaxed in their pool at home in the Californian mid-year summer. Now, to have summer in the southern hemisphere at Christmas seemed spirited and nostalgic.

Inside, Francesca had changed into her bikini and made it downstairs. Before she removed the towel from around her body, he wondered, if like Hannah, hers might be different. But it was not, it was the same white bikini he had seen her in last time he visited. If he was honest, he didn’t mind—it was her newly toned body that excited him. She stepped progressively into the shallow end of the pool and swam as she reached the deeper waters to greet him. James leant against the side in the deep end of the pool with his arms tattooed arms crossed on the concrete ledge, waiting for her company. He kissed her warmly in welcome.

‘Hi!’ he breathed. He removed his sunglasses in welcome to let her see the feeling in his blue eyes. He noticed hers were radiant. He hooked his right arm around her waist, drawing her into his chest. Together they floated in the pool.

‘It’s so great getting time alone with you again’ he smiled warmly. He kissed her again in emphasis and she responded with a blush as she agreed.

‘I don’t just mean sex’ he explained, ‘I mean, it reminds me of when things were a little easier for us’. She knew he meant before they had children.

‘James, I haven’t had time to myself in 17 years’ she sighed. He held her sympathetically in her arms. They watched Cali on the beach in the distance collecting shells with Marcella.

‘So do you think the kids are getting used to it here?’ James asked.

‘Slowly’ she admitted. She paused, she had an after-thought. ‘Sometimes I regret bringing them here’ she confessed sadly. ‘Maybe we should’ve stayed in the US. Perhaps I should’ve taken them to Denver, or stayed in the Bay Area’ she thought out loud. James’ arms supported her buoyant body in the water.

‘I wish you’d stayed too’ he admitted softly. He offered her another warm kiss and she accepted, this time, it was a little emotional for her to accept.

‘The kids were upset when they came back from visiting you’ she began. James had expected the conversation to turn this way: she had called and reprimanded him for the way he introduced them to his new life with Hannah.

‘Perhaps, if they just visited without Hannah there…’ she began. She didn’t want to directly insist, but it was clear they were not ready for the changes their father was making with a new woman. James was silent for a long moment in thought.

‘Well, we’ve got two weeks’ he began. ‘Perhaps we could go back to San Rafael with the kids for a while?’ he suggested. Francesca grinned, knowing she had planted the idea in his mind.

‘Christmas together as a family in our home!’ she swooned out loud. Her happy mouth kissed James over and over. He grinned, pleased at himself for suggesting it.

‘Shall we ask the kids, then?’ she smiled, knowing they would jubilantly agree.

Cali had not missed her father’s hands on her mother’s body. That night as they ate dinner at the table, James’ left had dropped to her mother’s right leg. It was clear from their expressions for each other, that their previous fight was behind them, for now.

‘James?’ Francesca hinted secretively. He nodded curtly, ready to bring up the conversation. James cleared his throat to speak and the table went quiet.

‘So do you kids want to go home to California for Christmas?’ he asked.

Marcella jumped from her chair deafening him with an excited scream. Castor jumped too, punching his fist in the air, and Cali looked incredulously at her parents with widening eyes and a spreading broad smile. Her parent’s eyes were gazing lovingly at each other: a sight she had not seen in her own short memory.
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