Photo from SOD 12/24/98
Tad tries to move on... dates Wendy the "High pressure for your cold front" weathergirl (Oy! What a catastrophe! LMAO) and Paige "Is it my vibrating pager, or are you just glad to see me?" Turner (Liza took care of Wendy with a little rumor about Tad having crabs... Dixie TKO'd Paige with a Spielberg lead.) Tad's getting nothing for Christmas. He he he. Backing up for a bit... Tad and Dix finally came face to face at Adam's house where Dix was so sore from her surgery (via needle to remove the fluid), she didn't have the stregnth to remove her coat, so Tad helped... oh yeah... no tesion at all... it's "over" sure!
After some chit chat over Paris (where Dix claimed to be) Tad couldn't take it anymore and yanked poor Jamie out of there quicker than a BrookeChina. Tad and Jake later hooked up with Lenora and a friend at The Pit. Everything was going fine for the Tadsky until Dixie and Braden showed up. Lenora took a powder when Dix mentioned that she knew Tad... was he over the boozing and pill popping yet? You'd think that with that DWI he'd stop. :::eye rolling::: Bad Dix! Poor Tad...now he's a drunken, druggie with crabs and a DWI under his belt. :( But that's okay...cuz Dix wanted to tush push with him (get your mind out of the gutter! not that kind of tush push!LOL) He declined, but told her he'd watch her dance. And boy did the lady put on a show for him!
And Tad enjoyed every minute!
When Tad left, after he told her she was cute (cute!!?!?!) she couldn't keep her eyes off of him. This was gonna be difficult. She wanted to be with him, but couldn't. She desperately wanted to get well and continued to see Dr. Death. Christmas Eve was spent with Stuart, Marian, Braden "just Braden", Adam, Junior, ...and Liza. Dix greeted Liza at the door with some holiday cheer... "HO!!! ho, ho" ;) LOL. Outside Dix went and later...she found what she'd been looking for. The wishing star. :..) She wished to get well again, so that she could be with Tad... at the same time, Tad wished that he and Dixie were back together. ::sniff, sniff::
Palmer and Opal were at each other's throats, so Dix called Tad over to help protect Opal. When their fighting escalated, Dix asked Tad to move into Corlandt Manor "to protect Opal". ;) When no one would listen to her, she gave them all a speech about family, and love, and how not to waste what you have because you never know when you'll lose it all. The future may not be what you think. Tad's bells went off like crazy. (It's about damn time!)Braden gave a woozy Dix a glass of water and this prompted Tad to agree to move in. Dix was pleased. Braden was not. Palmer instructed his lackey to come between Tad and Dix... seduce her. (What a putz.) Braden "Eddie Munster" Singular (LOL) escorted Dixie to the Crystal Ball (New Year's Eve) but before they left, Dixie helped Tad on with his bow tie. He was mesmerized by her, and paid her one of the highest compliments Tad can give a woman... said "You look like 2 dinners on one plate." If that's not love, I don't know what is! LOL.
Dixie almost told Tad the truth at the ball. But Braden Nolastname swooped in out of no where "Right on cue." Tad wasn't satisfied. And he almost got her to open up when they accidentally got stuck in the bathroom together. Tad walked into the bathroom without knowing Dix was in there showering. He was listening to his Walkman, and Dixie was singing...neither heard the other. LOL. !
Tad was messing around, drinking ACT (don't try that at home: Flouride is poisonous...which could explain a few things), taste-testing a bath oil bead! ICK! He then decided it made a better high bouncing ball... only it broke. LOL. So, he knelt to clean up the mess....and Dix came out of the shower. She was reading her shampoo bottle when she finally saw him and screamed! He screamed too, and accidentally backed right into the doorknob! Yeesh, that's gotta smart.
Putting their heads together, they figured out that Opal was playing matchmaker by putting them in adjoining rooms. "Opal!" (evidenly the AMC equivalent of "Newman!")
They weren't going anywhere soon, cuz the steam from Dixie's shower caused the antique doors to swell... "Nice going Lucy!"
They started bickering, (this scene was too funny to do justice in written form, eek)and LMAO... Tad wanted to take a shower. Dixie told him "Go ahead." Tad replied, "I drop everything and you're not going to take a gander?" Dixie, "I've seen it all before." Tad, "Well, I don't want to brag or anything, but you might want to stand back." And he flashed her. How this got past censors I'll never know, but I'm eternally grateful! LMAOPIMP! Dixie screamed "Put that away!!!" and later suggested a cold shower. Bahahahaahahahaa!!!
I tell you, these two are wonderful together, perfect timing. Dixie's cold, so Tad brings her her robe, which he notes is the one he bought for her all those years ago. :) Brownie points for Tad. Dixie asks him to turn around while she slips out of the towel she's wearing and Tad claims to be made of sterner stuff than she was. Tee hee. However, he takes a glass and watches her undress. When that doesn't afford a good enough view, he just turns around and watches!!!
What should they do to pass the time? Checkers on the floor tile? Tad starts off with Truth or Dare "What were you going to tell me at the dance?" Dixie backpeddles to no avail. Then she tries to escape with a nailfile. Tad pretends to try and help her... but instead flushes the file.
He wants answers. She panics and starts pounding at the door. "Somebody help me!!!! Get me out of here!!" No good that is. Tad turns her around and picks her up. Held firmly in the air by him, he tells her "We're going to stay like this until you tell me the truth." Dixie fidgets, which I'm sure Tad enjoyed. LOL. Finally, under his spell, :), she looks into his eyes..."Tad you have gold and silver flecks in your eyeball." Tad smiles, "I like your eyes too." Dixie smiles. Tad continues, "Do you know what else I like?... when you answer my questions!" Dix fakes him out and eventually escapes with Braden's help.
Then Tad and Dixie are there for the revelation of Adrian being Opal's son. Tad is shocked. How many times is Opal going to turn his world, who he thinks he is, totally upside-down? Dixie comforts him. (actual comfort, who'd a thunk it? It wasn't a euphamism. Damn.)And Tad slowly comes to terms with his new brother. Dixie is desperate to tell Tad the truth. She hates lying to him. She's feeling stronger and plans on telling him everything if she shows the slightest signs of improvement in her test results (a big improvement over her pledge not to tell him a think until she's 100% cured!). Braden bribes David, "Tell Dixie she's not getting well and Palmer will build you a new cardiac wing." And alas, Dr. Death tells her there is no change. She rails at him. He's wrong! She feels better! She wants a second opinion! But, David isn't lying (for once)... Dixie is heart-broken (so am I... grrrrr.) and won't burden Tad (argh!!) Braden and Dix go to the boathouse, and Adrian overhears their conversation. Meanwhile, Liza and Jake are closing in on her problems too.
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