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Bitter Endings, Sweet Beginnings: Part Two
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To Helena this was a blatant rejection, telling her all too clearly her mother didn’t want her. Although logically she realized that this most likely happened because she was a mirror image of her father in not only her looks but personality and mannerisms as well, something that her grandparents loved speaking about. Knowing how much her mother loved her father, Helena could understand how it would hurt to see a constant reminder of him. But she couldn’t help but bitterly note that her mother never saw much of her during the brief period of time when her father was alive. She was far too busy throwing parties and attending events.
Part of her wondered, even now as a grown woman, why was it that the parent who genuinely loved her was the one that had to die. It didn’t seem right to her.
“Mother sent me off to boarding school when I was ten, shortly after my father passed,” revealed Helena after a momentary silence, her jaw slightly clenched and her eyes focused steadily ahead. “My favorite instructor, Miss Bell was her name,” Helena said this with a clearly affectionate lilt and Alice grinned, able to spot the signs of a lingering childhood crush. “She was the coach of the school track team and I while I admittedly joined more out of a desire to be near her, I found myself quite enjoying the sport.”
“What kind of races did you run in?” Alice asked, honestly wanting to know more about the other woman. Which was actually quite unusual for her. Being a journalist she had a naturally inquisitive instinct, of course, but when it came to people she didn’t have a very long attention span. Few people tended to hold and maintain her interest but almost two weeks had passed since she and Helena began spending time together and the blonde didn’t find her fascination with the brunette waning in the slightest degree. “Sprints? Marathons? What?”
“I ran cross country,” said Helena. She faced Alice and pronounced in sweet concerned tones, “Slow and steady wins the race, Helena. Do remember that.” Bursting into delighted laughter, she looked ahead and murmured, “Miss Bell was forever saying that to me and I remember complaining at her, saying I was the mighty age of fifteen, thank you very much, and to please not quote The Tortoise and The Hare to me.”
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so ok – you were totally right – i loved dana’s pov and it totally makes sense and you just rock for the way you make me still love her even though she broke Alice’s heart.
And again, you were right, Jenny is the perfect friend for Alice and Helena and her ‘weirdness’ fits perfectly and is something endearing in this, not off putting as it is on the show.
And finally – the comfort that alice and helena find in their shared experiences, insecurities and needs was just perfect! Loved it – but then again, knew I would! Great job!!!
Bagpuss Rocks I and my friends were bought up on him. Best British kids tv show ever!! Bring bagpuss to the world!
Hey now… lol. I’ve got nothing against Bagpuss! The show was cool but I’m mildly freaked out by it. Then again, I’m mildly freaked out by lawn gnomes too. Brrr. Lawn gnomes. Anyway, Helena and Jenny like Bagpuss. They just find it somewhat disturbing, much like me. =P
You’re good.. you’re good. You actually MAKE me like Helena… ;)
Positively loving this, anyone who takes the time to properly write Helena *and* who writes her so damn well gets heaps of gold stars in my book. =) And I’m even picking up on the joys of Helacious =D Squeee
This is great! It’s nice seeing Helena portrayed as someone who does actually have a good side! I’m enjoying it very muchly
Thank You! For reasons in no particular order:
1. For writing Jenny in a way that isn’t about her “bad” weirdss. For actually writing her as someone who underneath all the complexities i still someone who can be kind, and defintely someone can see Alice having a friendsip with.
2. For Dana’s pov–I danish shipper at heart and will be, damn all season 3 spoilers and what not, and even though this is helacious story at heart, there are still those undercurrents of Danish, which will always be true for me, no matter what happens with them.
3. For writing helacious in such a way that even I, as a self proclaimed Danisher, can enjoy and even root for. I can only hope (perhaps foolishly)that the writers of TLW will do as much justice.
You are by far my favorite Fan Fic writer on this board–effortlessly weaving stories together that explore connection, love and all the good stuff in between.
I loved this and I’m a little upset that you got four stars considering some of the crap on this board that gets five stars. Dumb fuckers.
Anyway. I already told you what I liked, but I think my favourite parts were getting into Helena’s background and in her head, particularly with her father and the issues she has with her mother and the thing about her running. Ha! I always got lost running cross-country and as I told you, getting lost 13 times is nothing to me because I got lost a lot more times than that. People totally do get lost! And how cute was it that Helena was all fixated and upset that she placed fourth after going a mile and half out of her way? Priceless and so her because she would totally demand so much of herself even at age 15.
And ohh, that last part with the phone call and the dinner arrangements and everything? God.
You’re killing me with Helacious cuteness!
great as always
Not content with making us love Helacious, now you’re going to make me like Jenny! This is a great chapter. The insight into Dana: the scene where she watched Alice in the Planet was just painful. I loved the scene at the end when Alice called Helena. Great mix of tension and humour. And, finally, speaking as someone from the UK: don’t knock Bagpuss! (OK, it was weird, what can I say).