HellsBells
11-15-2008, 11:23 PM
TAGLINE-Fallon Carrington Colby meets Mark Grayson of ‘Dallas’.
BACKSTORY:
This story takes place a little bit after Fallon divorces Jeff. Kirby and Adam are around but others things are different. Meaning Blake is dead.
Fallon is the bitchy persona( I actually preferred early Fallon to the later one) and is not into becoming an entrepreneur of her own right. She wants Denver Carrington and is determined to become a business woman to be reckoned with.
But there is Adam to contend with. And Steven, who has decided to come in from the oil fields and try his hand behind a desk.
Alexis wants to make sure that all of her children get a piece of the pie, but she does have her favorites.
So the Carrington Clan is shocked sh**t*ss, when Blake’s will is read and everything he owns, minus the mansion, is left to a mysterious man named ‘Mark Grayson’. All that is known about him to the children, is that he is the owner of Graysco, located in Dallas, Texas, that he recently ‘returned from the dead’ and lost the love of his life, Pamela Barnes Ewing, to her former husband, Bobby Ewing.
Krystle is even unsure of how Blake and Mark knew one another, though it is ascertained that Mark is not a Carrington child. And when Mark shows up in Denver, Colorado to stake his claim, it is more than just the oil company he covets as he set eyes on Fallon Carrington....
****
Fallon stepped off of the elevator of her mother’s penthouse and smoothed her hair. Alexis was fussing with a hat via a mirror over the fireplace. She turned when she saw her daughter.
“Fallon, darling...are you ready?” she asked in a low tone, greeting her child with a brief embrace. Fallon let go of Alexis. Yes, she still had issues with how this woman had abandoned Steven and herself as children. Yes, she was peeved at Adam’s appearance in their lives. And yes, she was even a bit annoyed at the burgeoning relationship between Jeff and Kirby.
But nothing was as bad as the betrayal she felt. How could her father have left Denver Carrington to some stranger? How?
Alexis sensed what her daughter was feeling and lead her to a chair. She sat down next to her.
“Courage, girl. Courage.”
“I’m trying, Mother. But when I see this Mark Grayson I’m going to scratch his eyes out! I know I will! I just....tell me you found out something? Anything about why he has what’s ours?” Fallon almost moaned. Alexis stood up.
“Not yet. But don’t you worry, my darling. This is only temporary. We’ll run this little man out of town and back to Texas. But you must put on a brave face.”
“Meaning?” Fallon asked, standing up. She walked over to the mirror to fix her own hair and Alexis walked up behind her.
“Meaning you don’t let this man see that you’re angry. Be charming. Be whatever you have to be. Do whatever you have to do. Oh, darling, I would love to see you at the helm of your father’s company.”
Fallon turned away to directly face Alexis.
“Really? You’re not secretly rooting for Steven? Or even Adam?”
“I’m beginning to suspect that Adam is bloody crazy. I don’t know what it is...and Steven...I love him dearly. But he’s soft. Fallon, you have what it takes to lead Denver Carrington into the future. And you have to think of that you know...the future...for Little Blake. You have to make sure that your son is at the helm of that company when he becomes old enough.”
Fallon nodded absently. Alexis brought up another subject.
“About Krystle. When do you think you’ll be throwing her out?”
Fallon shrugged.
“Steven and Adam don’t seem to care if she stays or goes. I guess there is plenty of room...”
“Fallon!” Alexis snapped, “it would be different if the woman had given your father a child. But she failed to do so. There is no reason for her to stay in that house. And on some level Krystle knows that too. If you want me to talk to her...”
Fallon put a hand up.
“No. I’ll see what she’s thinking. Later. Right now I can’t think past meeting this awful man who’s stolen my inheritance.”
Alexis gave her a sympathetic glance and embraced her once more.
****
Krystle liked Mark Grayson immediately. He was kind, gentle and handsome. In an almost ‘Rhett Butler’ type of way. She had met Bobby and Pamela Ewing once, on some trip she had taken with Blake to Texas. They were very much in love...a good looking couple.
Mark couldn’t have truly come between them if he tried. And yet...Krystle could not recall ever meeting Mark herself before now.
“Mr. Grayson...”
Mark smiled warmly at her and squeezed her hand.
“It’s Mark.”
“Mark, I have to warn you, my husband’s children are less than thrilled at your good fortune here. How did you come to know my late husband?”
Mark squeezed her hand again.
“One of the many things that my company, Graysco, specializes in is medical research. Blake came to one of my research facilities to try and find a cure for his illness. Around the same time I was trying to fight the blood disease that was killing me.”
Krystle choked up.
Mark was standing before her. Alive and well.
Blake was gone.
Mark pulled Krystle into his arms just as Jeff came into the room. Krystle and Mark moved apart and Jeff smiled wanly. He walked over to Mark and offered his hand.
“Hello. I’m Jeff Colby.”
“Oh yes, of ColbyCo. It’s good to meet you.” Mark said sincerely. Jeff looked from him to Krystle.
“Krystle, Joseph needs to see you about some of the refreshments. I’ll go with you. I need to see him about something as well.”
Krystle looked into Jeff’s eyes. Was it possible that Jeff was going to ask for Kirby’s hand in marriage? She nodded and they excused themselves from Mark to leave the room. Mark looked around and stopped to pick up a few photographs, his eyes falling on one of Fallon. He picked it up to study it, when he suddenly heard the door slam!
Mark looked around and found a woman with long, black hair, fighting off the attentions of some creep who had her pressed against the wall!
“Stop it, Adam!” Kirby protested as Adam tried to press his lips against hers.
“Kirby, please! My father is dead! You could give me a pity fu....”
Adam felt himself being pulled off of Kirby and thrown across the room! Kirby was still breathing heavily as she looked into the eyes of her savior.
“Are you alright?” Mark asked. Kirby nodded and took his proffered hand. Mark turned to look at Adam, who was now standing.
“Please don’t tell me that you are one of Blake’s children?” Mark asked with disdain. Kirby figured out that the man beside her was the one everyone had been talking about. This Mark Grayson. The one that had inherited everything. She smiled and introduced herself.
“Hello. I’m Kirby Anders. It’s nice to meet you.”
Mark turned his back on Adam.
“I’m Mark Grayson. I’m sorry about this.”
“First of all,” Adam sneered, “don’t apologize for me. Secondly, don’t get too comfortable. I’m a lawyer and believe me, that will won’t hold.”
Mark turned back to Adam.
“We’ll see.” he said through clenched teeth. Adam gave Kirby another salacious glance, before storming from the room. Mark turned to Kirby.
“I’m glad I was here.”
“I’m glad you were here as well.” Kirby said with relief.
“This isn’t the first time he’s tried something like that, is it?” Mark asked softly. Kirby shrugged.
“It won’t matter much longer. I’m moving out. And I’m seeing the man I’ve always wanted to be with. Adam will go away...eventually.”
Mark looked from her to the doorway. Alexis and Fallon were standing there. Alexis walked in first.
“Kirby? Why aren’t you in the kitchen with your father?” she asked blithely. Kirby’s jaw clenched.
“First of all, my father worked for BLAKE AND KRYSTLE...not you. And I am not a servant.”
Alexis rolled her eyes and turned away. Lord, why didn’t that child cut her hair?!
“Yes, yes. I forgot. Well goodbye. It was nice seeing you again, Katie.”
“It’s Kirby.” Mark said firmly. Now Fallon rolled her eyes! God, already this man reminded her of Jeff. It would be easy to get HER company back away from him. Meanwhile, Alexis noticed the sparkle of interest in Mark’s eyes when he saw Fallon. Good. Very good.
Kirby left the room without so much as a word to Fallon. Fallon could’ve cared less as Alexis spoke.
“I’m going to check on dear Krystle and see how she’s holding up.” Alexis said airily, touching Fallon’s arm.
“He likes you, darling.” she said in a low voice.
“Don’t they all.” Fallon replied.
“Use it to your advantage.”
“I did that already with Jeff.”
“Do you want Denver Carrington back or not?” Alexis told her. Fallon sighed. Her mother was right. She wanted her father’s company back. And this Mark Grayson was not exactly bad looking. Big, tall...handsome. Maybe she could find out how he managed to trick her father out of her inheritance.
Fallon watched her mother leave and held out her hand to Mark.
“I’m Fallon Carrington.”
“Fallon Colby, right?” Mark asked, noting a lack of a wedding ring.
“I’m divorced.”
“Oh.” Mark nodded, pleased to hear it. He didn’t know what it was...maybe it was this woman’s doe shaped eyes, but this was the first woman he had felt an immediate attraction for since Pam.
“Look, Mr. Grayson...”
“It’s Mark.”
“Okay, Mark. I don’t know how you managed to weasel my father into leaving you everything. But just know that I’m not going anywhere at Denver Carrington.”
Mark smiled.
“A woman that speaks her mind. I like that.”
“Not many men do. They’re a rare breed.” Fallon said sardonically, eyeing him with more interest than usual.
“Fallon, you’re not going anywhere. I’ve looked over all of the employees files. You are a valuable asset. And I can’t say that I know much about running an oil company. My own company is much different.” Mark said, still holding her hand.
“You want me to help you?” Fallon asked with disbelief. “Me and not...Adam or my other brother?”
“You’ve brought in more new business than either of your siblings, Fallon. Yes, I want you right by my side.” Mark said, thinking that he not only wanted Fallon Carrington by his side...but in his bed...as soon as possible.
Fallon felt a sudden soaring attraction to him, and pulled her hand away.
“Well we’ll see.”
“Does that mean you’ll go along with my proposal if you can’t think of a way to steal the company back from me?”
Fallon scowled! A mind reader too, hey?
“No! I...I...just will have to think about it.”
“Well please do. And know that I’m not going anywhere.” Mark said firmly. He watched as Fallon turned and left the room. For the first time since he had returned to Dallas and found that he had lost Pam, Mark could see some glimmer of hope that he could be happy again.
All Fallon got out of the meeting was that she had now been relegated from Denver Carrington heiress to Denver Carrington employee.
She would change that.
BACKSTORY:
This story takes place a little bit after Fallon divorces Jeff. Kirby and Adam are around but others things are different. Meaning Blake is dead.
Fallon is the bitchy persona( I actually preferred early Fallon to the later one) and is not into becoming an entrepreneur of her own right. She wants Denver Carrington and is determined to become a business woman to be reckoned with.
But there is Adam to contend with. And Steven, who has decided to come in from the oil fields and try his hand behind a desk.
Alexis wants to make sure that all of her children get a piece of the pie, but she does have her favorites.
So the Carrington Clan is shocked sh**t*ss, when Blake’s will is read and everything he owns, minus the mansion, is left to a mysterious man named ‘Mark Grayson’. All that is known about him to the children, is that he is the owner of Graysco, located in Dallas, Texas, that he recently ‘returned from the dead’ and lost the love of his life, Pamela Barnes Ewing, to her former husband, Bobby Ewing.
Krystle is even unsure of how Blake and Mark knew one another, though it is ascertained that Mark is not a Carrington child. And when Mark shows up in Denver, Colorado to stake his claim, it is more than just the oil company he covets as he set eyes on Fallon Carrington....
****
Fallon stepped off of the elevator of her mother’s penthouse and smoothed her hair. Alexis was fussing with a hat via a mirror over the fireplace. She turned when she saw her daughter.
“Fallon, darling...are you ready?” she asked in a low tone, greeting her child with a brief embrace. Fallon let go of Alexis. Yes, she still had issues with how this woman had abandoned Steven and herself as children. Yes, she was peeved at Adam’s appearance in their lives. And yes, she was even a bit annoyed at the burgeoning relationship between Jeff and Kirby.
But nothing was as bad as the betrayal she felt. How could her father have left Denver Carrington to some stranger? How?
Alexis sensed what her daughter was feeling and lead her to a chair. She sat down next to her.
“Courage, girl. Courage.”
“I’m trying, Mother. But when I see this Mark Grayson I’m going to scratch his eyes out! I know I will! I just....tell me you found out something? Anything about why he has what’s ours?” Fallon almost moaned. Alexis stood up.
“Not yet. But don’t you worry, my darling. This is only temporary. We’ll run this little man out of town and back to Texas. But you must put on a brave face.”
“Meaning?” Fallon asked, standing up. She walked over to the mirror to fix her own hair and Alexis walked up behind her.
“Meaning you don’t let this man see that you’re angry. Be charming. Be whatever you have to be. Do whatever you have to do. Oh, darling, I would love to see you at the helm of your father’s company.”
Fallon turned away to directly face Alexis.
“Really? You’re not secretly rooting for Steven? Or even Adam?”
“I’m beginning to suspect that Adam is bloody crazy. I don’t know what it is...and Steven...I love him dearly. But he’s soft. Fallon, you have what it takes to lead Denver Carrington into the future. And you have to think of that you know...the future...for Little Blake. You have to make sure that your son is at the helm of that company when he becomes old enough.”
Fallon nodded absently. Alexis brought up another subject.
“About Krystle. When do you think you’ll be throwing her out?”
Fallon shrugged.
“Steven and Adam don’t seem to care if she stays or goes. I guess there is plenty of room...”
“Fallon!” Alexis snapped, “it would be different if the woman had given your father a child. But she failed to do so. There is no reason for her to stay in that house. And on some level Krystle knows that too. If you want me to talk to her...”
Fallon put a hand up.
“No. I’ll see what she’s thinking. Later. Right now I can’t think past meeting this awful man who’s stolen my inheritance.”
Alexis gave her a sympathetic glance and embraced her once more.
****
Krystle liked Mark Grayson immediately. He was kind, gentle and handsome. In an almost ‘Rhett Butler’ type of way. She had met Bobby and Pamela Ewing once, on some trip she had taken with Blake to Texas. They were very much in love...a good looking couple.
Mark couldn’t have truly come between them if he tried. And yet...Krystle could not recall ever meeting Mark herself before now.
“Mr. Grayson...”
Mark smiled warmly at her and squeezed her hand.
“It’s Mark.”
“Mark, I have to warn you, my husband’s children are less than thrilled at your good fortune here. How did you come to know my late husband?”
Mark squeezed her hand again.
“One of the many things that my company, Graysco, specializes in is medical research. Blake came to one of my research facilities to try and find a cure for his illness. Around the same time I was trying to fight the blood disease that was killing me.”
Krystle choked up.
Mark was standing before her. Alive and well.
Blake was gone.
Mark pulled Krystle into his arms just as Jeff came into the room. Krystle and Mark moved apart and Jeff smiled wanly. He walked over to Mark and offered his hand.
“Hello. I’m Jeff Colby.”
“Oh yes, of ColbyCo. It’s good to meet you.” Mark said sincerely. Jeff looked from him to Krystle.
“Krystle, Joseph needs to see you about some of the refreshments. I’ll go with you. I need to see him about something as well.”
Krystle looked into Jeff’s eyes. Was it possible that Jeff was going to ask for Kirby’s hand in marriage? She nodded and they excused themselves from Mark to leave the room. Mark looked around and stopped to pick up a few photographs, his eyes falling on one of Fallon. He picked it up to study it, when he suddenly heard the door slam!
Mark looked around and found a woman with long, black hair, fighting off the attentions of some creep who had her pressed against the wall!
“Stop it, Adam!” Kirby protested as Adam tried to press his lips against hers.
“Kirby, please! My father is dead! You could give me a pity fu....”
Adam felt himself being pulled off of Kirby and thrown across the room! Kirby was still breathing heavily as she looked into the eyes of her savior.
“Are you alright?” Mark asked. Kirby nodded and took his proffered hand. Mark turned to look at Adam, who was now standing.
“Please don’t tell me that you are one of Blake’s children?” Mark asked with disdain. Kirby figured out that the man beside her was the one everyone had been talking about. This Mark Grayson. The one that had inherited everything. She smiled and introduced herself.
“Hello. I’m Kirby Anders. It’s nice to meet you.”
Mark turned his back on Adam.
“I’m Mark Grayson. I’m sorry about this.”
“First of all,” Adam sneered, “don’t apologize for me. Secondly, don’t get too comfortable. I’m a lawyer and believe me, that will won’t hold.”
Mark turned back to Adam.
“We’ll see.” he said through clenched teeth. Adam gave Kirby another salacious glance, before storming from the room. Mark turned to Kirby.
“I’m glad I was here.”
“I’m glad you were here as well.” Kirby said with relief.
“This isn’t the first time he’s tried something like that, is it?” Mark asked softly. Kirby shrugged.
“It won’t matter much longer. I’m moving out. And I’m seeing the man I’ve always wanted to be with. Adam will go away...eventually.”
Mark looked from her to the doorway. Alexis and Fallon were standing there. Alexis walked in first.
“Kirby? Why aren’t you in the kitchen with your father?” she asked blithely. Kirby’s jaw clenched.
“First of all, my father worked for BLAKE AND KRYSTLE...not you. And I am not a servant.”
Alexis rolled her eyes and turned away. Lord, why didn’t that child cut her hair?!
“Yes, yes. I forgot. Well goodbye. It was nice seeing you again, Katie.”
“It’s Kirby.” Mark said firmly. Now Fallon rolled her eyes! God, already this man reminded her of Jeff. It would be easy to get HER company back away from him. Meanwhile, Alexis noticed the sparkle of interest in Mark’s eyes when he saw Fallon. Good. Very good.
Kirby left the room without so much as a word to Fallon. Fallon could’ve cared less as Alexis spoke.
“I’m going to check on dear Krystle and see how she’s holding up.” Alexis said airily, touching Fallon’s arm.
“He likes you, darling.” she said in a low voice.
“Don’t they all.” Fallon replied.
“Use it to your advantage.”
“I did that already with Jeff.”
“Do you want Denver Carrington back or not?” Alexis told her. Fallon sighed. Her mother was right. She wanted her father’s company back. And this Mark Grayson was not exactly bad looking. Big, tall...handsome. Maybe she could find out how he managed to trick her father out of her inheritance.
Fallon watched her mother leave and held out her hand to Mark.
“I’m Fallon Carrington.”
“Fallon Colby, right?” Mark asked, noting a lack of a wedding ring.
“I’m divorced.”
“Oh.” Mark nodded, pleased to hear it. He didn’t know what it was...maybe it was this woman’s doe shaped eyes, but this was the first woman he had felt an immediate attraction for since Pam.
“Look, Mr. Grayson...”
“It’s Mark.”
“Okay, Mark. I don’t know how you managed to weasel my father into leaving you everything. But just know that I’m not going anywhere at Denver Carrington.”
Mark smiled.
“A woman that speaks her mind. I like that.”
“Not many men do. They’re a rare breed.” Fallon said sardonically, eyeing him with more interest than usual.
“Fallon, you’re not going anywhere. I’ve looked over all of the employees files. You are a valuable asset. And I can’t say that I know much about running an oil company. My own company is much different.” Mark said, still holding her hand.
“You want me to help you?” Fallon asked with disbelief. “Me and not...Adam or my other brother?”
“You’ve brought in more new business than either of your siblings, Fallon. Yes, I want you right by my side.” Mark said, thinking that he not only wanted Fallon Carrington by his side...but in his bed...as soon as possible.
Fallon felt a sudden soaring attraction to him, and pulled her hand away.
“Well we’ll see.”
“Does that mean you’ll go along with my proposal if you can’t think of a way to steal the company back from me?”
Fallon scowled! A mind reader too, hey?
“No! I...I...just will have to think about it.”
“Well please do. And know that I’m not going anywhere.” Mark said firmly. He watched as Fallon turned and left the room. For the first time since he had returned to Dallas and found that he had lost Pam, Mark could see some glimmer of hope that he could be happy again.
All Fallon got out of the meeting was that she had now been relegated from Denver Carrington heiress to Denver Carrington employee.
She would change that.