I love this so far! Is there going to be more? Sorry if I seem too pushy ;-;

I can’t believe you’ve stopped HERE! As Jo would say “Ya just gotta finish this! Ya can’t leave us hangin like dis!” This is such a great sequel, seriously! I want to know if Blair understands and excepts Jo’s reasons. I want to know how their ‘debut’ goes. Ya just gotta write more! PLEASE!

Raw, very emotional. Wonderful. Thank you.

Hey, Jaxx, you gonna' get offa' your ass 'an write some more of this or what?

This story is addictive as hell, an' I wanna' see what happens between me 'an Princess, 'cause I'm lookin' for ideas. ;)

Jo

P.S.

"Oh, Jo, Jo, Jo."

Oh, crap. crap, crap.

"Honestly, dearest, a police officer?"

Quit bustin' my chops! You're a badge carryin' detective in the fashion police!

It's basically the same thing except for no gun and you're not allowed ta' eat any doughnuts.

"Those outfits they wear are unflattering, no, absolutely hideous!"

I saw the catalogue for the La Croix fall line, Blair, and you can't say *anything* about "hideous" clothing.

"Once you make detective, they allow you to select your own clothing which isn't a marked improvement."

Pastel t-shirts, sneakers, over loose neck ties, and blazers are coming back, just you watch.

"I've seen the contents of your closet, made you come out of it, and from what I've seen, you're doomed."

Okay, I like to cosplay "The Division", is that a crime? Even *you* have to admit that I look just like Jinny Exstead! That Nancy McKeon is one helluva' actress...

"You cannot fight crime in hole filled, oil stained jeans and flannel!"

Melissa Etheridge does. Joan Jett does. The Indigo Girls do...

Therefore, so can I.

"Don't worry, if you're simply hell bent on doing this, I'm sure Chanel has something for that line of work if you look hard enough."

Yeah, in the bargain bin at Goodwill.

"I know for certain that Prada makes an absolutely adorable line of clutches that can double as a gun holder."

It's called a holster, Blair, a *HOLSTER*. Can the ditz act, alright? You're right next door to a cowgirl anyway thanks ta' all those summers in Texas, and as much of Chestnut's "leavings" as you've shoveled ova' the years, I thought you'd know at least *that*.

Since you love "tack" so much, what does the word turn inta' when you add a "Y"? :)

"You should know by now that there's nothing you can hide from Nat, Tootie, and me anyway..."

I hate ta' do it, but I'll hand ya' that, Farrah.

"I'm just floored that you waited this long to tell me this!"

It ain't exactly like we ain't been rowin' up shit creek without a paddle lately, now is it? I was gonna' tell ya', but it never seemed ta' be the right time with the trial and our parents, and havin' ta' figure out what's goin' on with us along with it.

That, an' I knew you'd be pissed off when ya' found out, hey, just like you are right now.

"You won't have to worry about some, some, HOODLUM cashing in your potato chips,"

*facedesk* Really, Blair? It's *poker* chips, and they ain't good with dip!

"Joanne Marie Polniaczek,"

I *hate* it when you call me that! What are you gonna' do next? Ground me, give me a spankin' and then send me to bed without any supper?

Hmmmm...might not be so bad afta' all...I might need a snack later on, but still...

"(I learned to spell it, aren't you proud?)"

Madonna, it's a miracle! Now, if I could just get you to put the hairdryer on low in the mornings, my life would be complete.

"*I* shall see to it you're deader than Mister Frog unless you do some explaining..."

Don't bring Natalie inta' this, she's just an innocent child.

"And it better be faster than that beastly Kawakaki you keep trying to get me ride the back of."

"Kawakaki"? Now you've just quit *tryin'*, Blair, and don't act like you don't like a nice long ride on my KAWASAKI. Not that you'd *ever* need an excuse ta' shop, but you went out and bought a red leather jacket, a pair of jodhpur pants, thigh length boots, and a gold helmet to wear!

By the way, I took a message.

Dave Stevens called, the Rocketeer wants his costume back.

JMP

Oh, Jo, Jo, Jo.

Honestly, dearest, a police officer? Those outfits they wear are unflattering, no, absolutely hideous!Once you make detective, they allow you to select your own clothing which isn't a marked improvement. I've seen the contents of your closet, made you come out of it, and from what I've seen, you're doomed.

You cannot fight crime in hole filled, oil stained jeans and flannel!

Don't worry, if you're simply hell bent on doing this, I'm sure Chanel has something for that line of work if you look hard enough. I know for certain that Prada makes an absolutely adorable line of clutches that can double as a gun holder.

You should know by now that there's nothing you can hide from Nat, Tootie, and me anyway, I'm just floored that you waited this long to tell me this!

You won't have to worry about some, some, HOODLUM cashing in your potato chips, Joanne Marie Polniaczek, (I learned to spell it, aren't you proud?)

*I* shall see to it you're deader than Mister Frog unless you do some explaining...

And it better be faster than that beastly Kawakaki you keep trying to get me ride the back of.

Blair

Does Monica want to die? I mean seriously, what is this woman's deal? Didn't she know about the incident with Jeff?

*throws up hands*

Again, thank goodness that Jo's friend was there and was able to warn her about the ass making his return. I like how you tie in past evens from other stories into the current ones you're writing. I hate to admit it, but I went ass backwards about reading your work, but I read everything in correct order so everything makes sense. I enjoyed reading everything all over again, though, and I'm trying to review every chapter, (perhaps to your chagrin) to show my appreciation for the entertainment and your talent.

I think I'm all caught up here, now, and I just wanted to say how much I am enjoying this story, and though I know the duties of life take precedence, I hope that you continue it.

'Roar

'My darling girl, I have no doubt that you believe that you're in love and I pity you for it.'

And there it is, the reason for it all. Somebody at a young and impressionable age gave Monica a cup of Kool-Aid, and she drank it, and has not stopped drinking it for the duration of her entire myopic life.

You can understand where Monica is coming from, to an extent, in that when she was coming up, women of her background didn't go to college, or work for that matter, they attended schools meant to cultivate social skills and etiquette, so that they would learn how to act in order to secure a well to do groom that could support them in a means they were accustomed to, so they could have children of their own, and begin the vicious circle of snobbery anew.

Jo has every reason to be upset, and I can't do anything but applaud her restraint. She has this underlying feeling of not being good enough and being judged in general, and when it comes to Blair, those feeling also include the fear that people will see her not loving her, only wanting to use her. For a woman like Jo, it kicks her pride, and that's damn near intolerable, that's why she went out of her way to with Anderson and David Warner to prove that she wasn't a user, and when she said she loved Blair, she *meant* it. Then, to have Blair's mother just come in out of the blue unexpected and start levying blame for everything that happened? All on Jo? Jesus!

God, I hope Jo doesn't falter in her faith, I don't think she will, but still...

I know Blair will never leave Jo, she's more than proven she's in a relationship with Jo for as long as it lasts, and I hope that Jo will at some point finally realize that she's already proven herself a thousand times over, and that Blair genuinely loves her for who she is, and for what she is, all of her wonderful traits, some of the ones that can be problematic, (like that stubbornness) but worked around.

Maybe Monica will come around when she needs free child care, or maybe, this baby will be the bridge that unites Monica and Jo, miracles happen, Jo and or Blair ain't killed Monica yet.

Excellent chapter, I hope things will get better...

'Roar

P.S. Okay, Monica, you're officially a dumbass.

You catch wind that your daughter has fallen for a girl at her school. You move her out of that place, and toss her unceremoniously into an *ALL GIRLS* school.

That's like finding out Blair loves sushi, but you don't want her to eat it anymore (poor choice of example?), so you throw her on the first red eye to Japan to live for the next four years. It's a good thing you're a dumbass though, Monica, because Blair got to meet Jo. *facedesk*

I really hope Jo can get her second scholarship! If she doesn't have to worry about money so much, she can focus on her studies much better, and not worry so much about her mother. It's obvious, even in the show, that her mother's support of her, though Jo was extremely grateful, it made her feel really guilty, and responsible for her mother having to toil so hard.

After everything that she's been through, Jo deserves this break, and it isn't as though she hasn't earned it, she's an excellent player, and puts in the effort to be the best she can be. It's also really sweet and good that Blair can come out and support Jo too, I bet she made all the difference in being there, because when you're playing while family is watching, it makes you want to do that much better of a job.

Of course, nothing good ever lasts, and mommy dearest shows up. I hate to say it, but Jo has no idea just how fortunate she is that her jackass daddy, though he's mostly abandoned her, doesn't have to listen to his shit.

Monica, I don't know what to say about her deal.

Blair's mom changes husbands like some people change their underwear, she is nowhere near a paragon of family values as in she gallivants all over the world and allows other people to raise her child. (At least it's by happy accident, decent people, up top being Mrs. Garrett) But I guess that's all okay, since she's heterosexual, and then she has the gall to roll in after weeks of radio silence, abuse the woman that her daughter loves, the one that saved her from a beating at best and God only knows what else, and is trying to bully her child by way of guilt to get her to just leave Jo?

Oh, hell no!

The thing of it is, she doesn't care about anything except what her useless society friends are saying, and will say. She's so concerned about charity, why doesn't Monica show a little to her eldest child instead of being a selfish, mean-spirited bitch?

I don't know why she's so concerned anyway. Of course there will be talk, but people will still want jobs to feed themselves and their families, so I doubt anyone will quit working for Warner Industries anytime too soon because Blair Warner likes to kiss girls, and if the board complains, well...no one in this world is irreplaceable, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

As far as society and charity events go, even if the people have a problem with their beneficiary being a lesbian, they'll grin and bear it as they chap their lips on Blair's ass as long as they get their money, they'll take it from the hand of the devil himself.

And Monica is pregnant?

How did that happen? I guess that's not sort of kind of scandalous...wondering who the baby daddy is...

*shakes head*

Great chapter, I find it a shame that this fiction takes place in the real world more often than it should, though this makes it believable.

'Roar

You truly do know how to appeal to the gearhead's heart!

Though I am strictly an American muscle kind of girl, under the cover of darkness hiding in secluded alleyways, I have to admit that those little Italian numbers are my guilty pleasure, and positively make my heart pound! I shudder to think of how Jo is going to feel when she and Buzz are done with that '67 Ghibli, it will be like giving up a baby. (I'm hoping that the next car might be a DeTomaso Mangusta, or one of the more rare Lamborghini's like a Miura. It would be funny if one of the cars Jo and Buzz worked on is a Lambo Diablo, but they hadn't come out when the show was on the air, that was in 1990, and by that time the show was over by a few years)

Of course, once they start on the next car, no matter the make, Jo and Buzz will fall in love all over again.

By the way, you really do justice to the canon characters, but your OC's are to die for! You really breathe life into them, and they don't take over the story, but compliment the already rich text you've created, and are highly believable, like they've been part of the original cast all along.

I also had to employ Urban Dictionary once more to define some of the lingo used in the story.

I had no idea comfortable footwear had such a closeted meaning. You learn something every day, I also stumbled upon "Pillow Princess" and a few other terms that are nothing short of disgusting, and call into question the collective maturity and viability of the human race.

I mean, I read them all, I am a scholar, but still... :P

I believe that we can all rest easy tonight too, Jo got oil on Blair's clothes, and though there are probably many tools more than able to do the job with either sharpness or heft on hand in 's kitchen, Ms. Warner didn't kill her.

I think it's safe to say that it must be love.

OoOooOooOOh! Let Jo and Blair go to Blair's for Christmas! It would be good for them to both go somewhere at least one person absolutely supports them, and it would be a wonderful break for them to just be alone and be themselves without having to worry about Natalie and Tootie walking in on them, or Mrs. Garrett having to save them from their families and their own insecurities.

Anyhoo...I'm loving this like you wouldn't believe! I hope that you continue!

Well, I have to say I like Jo's family better than Blair's with the exception of David and the baby. Maybe Jo and Blair can adopt Blair's brother or sister and raise the kid with some semblance of normalcy instead of leaving it to the whims of Blair's crackpot mama.

I really don't know about the application thing, most of the time I say "It's my life" is the battle cry of someone selfish to justify something no one else agrees with (usually wrong) , but not in this case, true, Jo should have told Blair, but Jo made these plans well in advance of her and Blair's admission of love for one another. True, once that dynamic changed, Jo should have said something, with the information that she wanted to give back, and try to help people avoid some of the mistakes she'd made, and little of the loss, and heartache she'd seen. I think Blair would have taken it a lot better that way, but hindsight is twenty/twenty. It's true that Jo could get hurt or worse doing that kind of work, but I don't think that Blair would truly try to keep Jo from doing something she's so passionate about, it's just the way she found out about it floored her.

Anyhoo...

Excellent chapter, I hope you're going to finish this, though I do understand life gets in the way in the most inconvenient and messy of ways. I hope that things are better for you, regardless, and take care of yourself.

'Roar

To begin, I'm still enjoying the hell out of this story, you truly are gifted! I swear if this show was made today instead of yesterday, this would be a canon pairing.

I hope you're pleased with yourself, I had to listen to listen to all my KISS albums, and also "True" and "Gold" while I read that part of the chapter. ;D as a child of the eighties, as I suspect you might be, we all have to have a few of the old standards so we can make a mix tape.

Also, I wouldn't trust KISS with Blair either, especially with Gene Simmons. Jesus wept, I love KISS, but you simply haven't lived until you have heard his cover of "When You Wish Upon A Star" from his self-titled 1978 solo album. It's like a car wreck with multiple fatalities and they still haven't gotten the head off the road, you feel bad about it, and you want to have respect, give it dignity and not look, but you just have to because it's still 31 flavors of wrong.

Not that it matters, but when I think of Jo in regards to Blair, the anthem I think of is "Vehicle" by The Ides of March.

Now that that's out of the way...

What in the name of rolling *fuck* is wrong with Monica? She refused to allow Blair to discover her sexuality organically, and then blackmailed her into covering it up. Now that she's older and could not battle her true feelings any longer, even if she wanted to, Monica doesn't want her daughter to be with someone she supposedly cares so much for (which she's proven repeatedly through the years with her caring, benign neglect) with Jo, someone who treasures, adores, respects, and loves Blair enough to nearly die for and then perhaps lose her freedom for. Instead of at least shutting up and leaving her alone, carrying through with the threats to forsake her more, she sends a chorus line of worthless ass losers to Blair's door, much less one who nearly hurt her as badly as the most recent asshole did.

Thank God Jo's friend warned her, and when she showed up, didn't take whatsis'face on.

I'm sorry, Blair, I was thinking of an inappropriate joke too...and also, honeymoon periods seldom last long, and I fear this one is coming to an end.

Anyhoo...

Great chapter, you made me trot out all my old disco records and 80's standards, so thank you so much for allowing me to wallow in nostalgia, it's been awhile! :)

'Roar

Awwww, hell! Monica should be over the moon ecstatic about Blair being in love with Jo Polniaczek!

Coming from experience, if there's anything rich people love better than making a show with worthless money, especially old money, it's getting sympathy from their sycophant friends and wallowing in dramatic self-pity!

Shit, Monica should be on her hands and knees thanking Blair and Jo for their relationship! She's just found out her daughter is gay, and dating her brusque best friend, an ex gang member who's just gotten through a trial and found not guilty on two counts of a serious felony charge.

That's better drama than you see on television, and people are most likely chapping their lips on her ass to get the inside scoop on it/being the center of attention and Monica is bemoaning it?

And Charlie? Jeeeeeezus whatta'ass! He goes to prison after actually committing a crime, and Jo loves, supports, and doesn't judge him all through her life, even though he is the root cause of her mother's having to work harder than she should have, and he goes and abandons Jo emotionally because she's *finally* found someone special who loves her unconditionally? I'm sorry, I know family is important to a girl like Jo, but after this, even though Jo would never do it, he doesn't deserve a moment of JO'S time, or Blair's, for that matter. I think Monica's assery hurts Blair, but I think Charlie's is hurting Blair so much more, because she loves Jo, and knows how important that family is to Jo.

And poor Blair's first crush... :( beautifully written, but so heartbreaking.

I'm in love with this story, and the prequels, I spent the better part of a day reading them!

You, my dear, are one hell of a writer!

'Roar

Good! Pls continue!

I really REALLY hope you plan on finishing this story. I need to know what happens to Jo & Blair.
Do they finally get a happy ending?

Loved the first story, loving this sequel. You write Jo and Blair wonderfully. You truly are a gifted story teller. Hope your life calms down soon. Will wait patiently for the next update.