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Crossroads- Ch. 14
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Yeah, lucky me. Lara looked at her watch again. 2:51. She’d spent the morning nervously roaming the kitchen at The Planet, and knew that the staff was confused by her demeanor. She’d been uncharacteristically critical of almost everything, and practically had one young cook in tears over the lack of seasoning in the cream of leek and potato soup. I’ve got to get myself under control, before I drive everyone crazy. Thank God I only saw Alice for fifteen minutes this morning. Still that had been enough, as Alice had leaned in just before she left for the studio to ask Lara if everything was all right.
Lara had nodded quickly. "Just tired."
With a quick kiss, Alice had asked if they could have dinner that evening.
"New menu….I’ll be working late…..if you want to come by, I can try to sit down with you for a while?"
Alice agreed and said she’d swing by around 8:00, figuring the worst of the dinner rush would be over by then. After a second, longer kiss she’d waved and headed to work. Lara’s nervousness was quelled at the contact, but soon after she felt the knots gather once again in the pit of her stomach as she thought about the upcoming appointment that afternoon.
"Lara Perkins?" The gentle voice penetrated Lara’s thoughts, and she jumped up, eager to get the appointment over. She turned to find a woman with short graying hair waiting at the door. As Lara approached, the woman extended her hand. "I’m Elisabeth Wheeler."
Lara faltered a moment; she’d expected a nurse. "Oh. Right. I wasn’t expecting to meet you just now." Lara realized she was babbling, and could feel her face begin to flush. She took a breath. "Sorry. Let me try that again. I’m Lara." She grabbed Elisabeth’s hand and gave it a short pump. In the back of her mind she registered how firm and dry the doctor’s hand felt…compared to her own clammy palm.
Elisabeth Wheeler smiled, and Lara couldn’t help but notice the smile was genuine and reflected in the older woman’s eyes. "It’s nice to meet you, Lara. Please, come in." She stepped aside, whilst holding the door ajar and allowed Lara to enter the office first. "Please, sit anywhere you like."
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Yeah…Bette & Tina dinner and a adult movie…can’t get any better than that. Glad Shane is home…keep posting…more B&T please…
Wow, you’ve certainly got a grip on what’s drivinf LAra these days. Will she be smart enough to share it with Alice? I hope so because I’m loving the way you’re crafting their relationship…and I’m with Captain, my Captain on B&T!
love the update as always! please post more soon! and thanks for asking, my wrist actually is much better. it hurts every now and then, but for the most part im back no normal! great job on the story! keep it up
Love it love it love it, excellent update and insight into Miss Lara’s issues–I hope she goes home after her exhausting day and gets some lovin’ from Alice. I like how you had Alice not pry Lara for info but instead expressed A’s willingness to be there for L when she comes to terms with things on her own time. Especially since it seems that L is not yet used to sharing really deep emotions, post-Dana. Will she share more soon? Lastly, I agree with SammysGirl that you are crafting this relationship so nicely. They have each others’ backs. And they really dig each other. What a combo. Great Shane and Alice interaction too. Please post again soon, keep it up!
i really like this story. keep it goin.
I’m glad Lara decided to visit a psych. I knew there was more to it. I hope she will be able to recover from it. Some habits don’t die easily (as we could see at the ending of this story…will she get through those 6 hours without fainting?). Will she tell Alice about it? And you gotta love Alice for her straightforwardness when she asked Tina about her and Bette. Btw, I could go on and on about odd music ‘couples’, but I’m afraid I’m going to embarass myself further and further. ;)
Great update, as usual! I thought the therapy scene was really interesting – it’s a great way to find out more about Lara’s character (I only wish that would happen on the show!). I’m looking forward to hearing about the issues underlying Lara’s nightmare about Dana in her next session. I love how you’re interweaving all the other characters’ storylines (Shane’s return, B&T’s reunion) into the background of the main Lace plot. Great job! As for Reunions – I think things are on track to post an update in the next couple of days.
You are doing a great job of characterizing Lara!
Those dreams sound ominous… I like that Alice is giving Lara room to breathe. Thanks for another well-written chapter.
I hope that lara can get though this as her and alice will mke a great pair and they will both need to start speaking about their feelings a bit more and alice talking with lara and not pushing that shows that she cares a lot for lara please post soon great update I love it
In a fine act of betrayal to Tibette, I cared more about the Alice/Lara side of it all than Bette and Tina. This story (and your writing) is really good. Please post again soon.