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Bitter Endings, Sweet Beginnings: Part Two
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“Oh man,” Alice giggled, burying her face in the crook of the brunette’s neck upon picturing an old man in overalls and a confused look on his face telling a teenaged Helena she was running the wrong way. “What happened then?”
“What should you think?” Helena scoffed teasingly, poking Alice in the side and grinning at her playful shriek at the gesture. “I turned around straight away and ran in the other direction.” Ignoring the sudden fit of mad giggles her companion burst into, Helena murmured, “Miss Bell was terribly disappointed with my performance. She sat me out as the best runner on the team that quarter, you see, and she felt placing fourth wasn’t quite worthy of my talents.”
The fit of giggles dying suddenly, Alice looked at Helena like she had grown a second head and said, “Fourth? You mean to tell me you ran in the opposite direction for more than a mile and you still managed to get fourth place?”
“Yes,” said Helena sadly, looking almost mournful as she recalled it. “I hoped I might at least capture second but I didn’t take into account the hilly landscape towards the final stretch of the race.” Alice continued to stare at her like she was a mutant and Helena allowed this for several moments then she found herself getting a strangely self conscious, something she wasn’t at all used to being and before she knew it she said almost huffily, “What is it?”
Continuing to stare at Helena, a slow smile worked its way across Alice’s features then she started whistling the theme to Chariots of Fire. Making the British woman groan in exasperation before she launched herself at Alice, tickling her sides fiercely as the blonde tried futilely to squirm away. They kept this up for a good while until they both became too exhausted from their strange battle and gave up. Their limbs hopelessly tangled with each other as they lay in an odd embrace of sorts on the beach.
Releasing a shaky breath and calming herself, Alice listened to Helena’s heartbeat then lifted her head up to meet blue eyes and asked, “You want to go to a concert with me tonight?”
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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).