I am so happy that you wrote this. I wish they had put a scene in after Amanda stormed out of Billy's office that had them talking things out instead of just that quick conversation in Lee's car when he was going back to see Sonja again.

Wonderful Stemwinder filler--love how he tells her that no one could ever take her place. This is an original take on this scene and I loved it--thank you :)

Nice filler! Hooray for Francine and Mrs. Marston for siding with Amanda. You did a great job with Lee's characterization from his dawdling to working up his anger to being deflated by Amanda! lol

Another winner! Please do one more Stemwinder scene and you'll win the Triple Crown. Ah, what pleasure to read the fill-in scenes the episode writers left out. What were they thinking? When Amanda stormed from Billy's office, Lee had to do something. You nailed it perfectly, from Francine defending Amanda, to Lee prying her hands from the file drawer, to the peace offering of ice cream.

I loved your descriptive phrases: "fine as frog's hair," "brittle as sugar glass," "fell between them like a live grenade."

Three cheers and two thumbs up.

That was wonderful. I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought that there could've been a missing scene at that point.

Absolutely loved it, as I love all of your stories. You capture the characters so perfectly that I can actually hear Lee and Amanda saying the words. Keep them coming.

liked the story very much

I always wondered what happened to Amanda's tension in that scene. Very nice job with the conversation, both Lee and Amanda in character. Love how both Francine and Mrs. Marston were on her side, too. Very cute little one-shot! Thanks for sharing it with us!

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Good job! One of my favourite episodes (of course) and you did it justice!

This is a slightly different and quite refreshing take on this. I like Lee's internal justification, and then mellowing. And I loved Mrs. Marsdon;s glare. Yeah, they weren't fooling anyone there. And Lee's gesture for Mrs. Marsdon's eyes was priceless.

Loved this! You captured how it might have happened perfectly. Your characterization of Mrs. Marsten was terrific!