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Bitter Endings, Sweet Beginnings: Part Two
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Sitting down at the table, pulling one leg against her chest and resting her chin on her knee, Alice watched Jenny return with glasses and pour their drinks. “Shouldn’t we let it breathe?” she asked in absent curiosity. She didn’t know much about wine but she heard that said often enough that it had to be important to the entire wine drinking experience. Whatever that was.
“Inanimate objects, beverages, and food items shouldn’t claim bodily functions,” declared Jenny, pouring the wine into a pair of McDonald’s glasses which featured The Muppets. With an audible plunk, she put the bottle down and handed Alice the Kermit glass. Lifting up her glass which had Miss Piggy on it, Jenny studied it thoughtfully. “Don’t you ever wonder why Jim Henson decided his pig and a frog characters should fall in love?” Meeting Alice’s eyes, she lifted an eyebrow. “Maybe he was making a statement about interracial marriages and society’s intolerance. What do you think?”
“I don’t know,” Alice said, frowning thoughtfully. Now that Jenny had mentioned it, the entire storyline with having a pig and frog in love from The Muppets shows and movies was sort of odd. “Jim seemed like a really cool and open minded guy so it’s possible.”
Cutting the baguettes with expertise, Jenny remarked, “It fits considering all of his work on PBS with Sesame Street. Education that’s entertaining was a passion of his.”
“Don’t talk to me about Sesame Street,” grumbled Alice, taking a drink of the wine and thinking that whether it breathed or not it was still pretty good. “I’m still outraged that they changed it so Cookie Monster doesn’t even like cookies anymore.”
“And his name remains the same?” asked Jenny, frowning and spreading the cheese over a portion of the baguette before handing it to Alice. “Isn’t that hypocritical and confusing?”
“That’s what I said!” Alice cried around the baguette, swallowing it and wiping a piece of cheese off her face then place it in her mouth. Grinning sheepishly at Jenny who looked at her with amusement, she said, “It’s good.”
“I’m glad,” said Jenny softly with a smile. She sat down next to Alice and took a baguette for herself. They ate in comfortable silence for several minutes then she murmured, “Shane is in love with Carmen.” Her blue eyes clouded over and she turned to Alice who wore an expression of concern. “And Carmen is in love with Shane.”
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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).