Tempting Unleashed Chapter 6

You and Me – Lifehouse

Alice ran through the corridors of the hospital. She didn´t know how she got here, only that she had been here before. Dana, she died here. But it wasn‘t Dana she met there on the corridor, it was Cora Sung. „Cora? What are you doing here?“ Alice asked, confused. Than it hit her where she was standing. In front of the room Dana had died in. „Cora, get away from there. Please.“ Cora Sung smiled at Alice „Alice, don´t be afraid. I am okay.“ Now she was even more confused as Cora talked in Dana´s voice. Cora suddenly turned into Dana.

Alice woke up startled. She had the same dream for the last 3 nights. She got up and took a quick shower. After that she looked around and felt something, or rather someone, was missing. Lara. „For 3 days and nights she hasn‘t been here. She is avoiding me.“ Alice thought. But no, that was not the reason. Lara had said she wanted to have some space to think what happened at Tina and Bette‘s house. She wanted to be alone, she said. But her eyes said something different. They had said „Please tell me to stay. Please.“ And that was something Alice was, for now, far too afraid to ask her. Yet Alice could slap herself for not asking it at all. She decided to go to the Planet and have a coffee. No one would be there as it was only 6 am in the morning.

On the other side of the city Lara woke up after another night without sleep. „3 nights.“ she thought „3 nights without any sleep at all.“ Lara got up and got dressed before leaving her apartment. She walked through the empty streets of West Hollywood. It was only 6 am and she walked pasted Alice apartment, but she wasn´t there as her MINI wasn‘t parked in front of it. So she walked to the PLANET which was normally was still closed but she still had the keys for it and entered. To her surprise Kit was already there, sitting and going through the PLANET´s paperwork. „Hi Kit, how are you?“ Kit smiled at Lara „Hi girl. How are you? I mean you had a lot of things going on lately. Everything okay?“ Lara smiled and sat down on the chair opposite Kit. „Yeah, kinda. I mean…“ she hesitated for a moment „No. Nothing is okay. I can only sleep when I am with Alice. And she sends me away. I don‘t know what to do anymore, Kit.“ Kit smiled warmly. „Lara darling, give her time. She is not ready yet. And you know why.“ „Kit, I know but I don‘t want to wait any longer. I‘ve already waited too long for something, anything, to happen. I feel like she is pushing me away.“ „Only because she is afraid to lose you too, Lara.“ Lara smiled faintly, knowing that what Kit just told her was the truth. Lara knew she had to be patient but that has never been her best ability.