Fan Fiction
This story has been set to a rating of PG. Age verification is required to proceed.
Crossroads- Ch. 14
Login to add story to favorites
(12 votes, average: 4.42 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this post.
Loading ...
–***–
For the fifth time Shane trotted ahead of the stroller and picked up the stuffed pink giraffe. She handed it back to Angelica who immediately crammed the animal’s plush head in her mouth.
"Geez, that thing should have a leash attached to it." Shane rejoined Alice who was trudging along pushing the stroller.
"And an automatic antiseptic spray. That was so beyond the five second rule."
Shane laughed. "Didn’t you ever eat mud pies?"
"Gross! We made them, but we never ate them!" Alice looked disgusted. "You did?"
Shane shrugged her shoulders. "Didn’t kill me….so I’m sure a little grime won’t do Angelica any harm."
Alice looked at Shane skeptically. "You are a freak."
Shane nodded, suddenly serious. "Yeah, I guess I am."
"Hey, don’t go all introspective on me."
Shane bumped Alice’s shoulder with her own as they continued to walk. "Nah. Don’t worry…I did enough of that when I was gone."
Alice looked at Shane closely. "You okay?"
Shane considered the question. "I’m a lot better now that I’m back home. But I am a little wigged out at the prospect of seeing Carm again."
Alice nodded. "I can understand that. The good thing is she’s still hanging out with the gang. I figure if she wants to cut all ties with you she’d steer clear of us too."
Shane peered sideways at Alice. "Ya think?"
"I do. Shane, remember when Dana was struggling to come out, and we all decided that we are a sum of our past experiences? I still think there’s a lot of truth to that. You were about to take the most stressful step of your life, and your dad’s whacked out, fucked-up infidelity threw you for a loop. You resorted to what you knew best. Standing alone. But this time it was a little different. Instead of running away FROM someone, you were running away FOR someone. From the way you described your feelings, it sounded like you were more worried about hurting Carmen in the long run than about committing your life to her."
"Alice, don’t make what I did out to be some kind of heroic act. The truth is I was scared, and I made a horrible selfish mistake. I can’t even imagine the hurt that Carmen must have felt."
Comments
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
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.