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Crossroads- Ch. 18
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Lara looked up as she offered the glass and saw Alice studying her. She could see the concern etched in her eyes. Leaning against the counter she sipped from her own glass. "So, Meg enjoyed Wax?"
Alice laughed. "Totally. She practically took over the halfpipe. Most of the kids there were amazed that someone that white bread, all-American looking could skate as well as she does."
Lara let out a genuine laugh. "And I bet she played that to the fullest. Let me guess, wide-eyed innocence, followed by some heinous skating and then cursing like a sailor?"
Alice nodded. "I think Shane was even impressed."
Lara smiled. "That’s no small feat." She took another sip of wine. "She’s a good kid."
Alice agreed. "And, she adores you."
Lara smiled again. "It’s mutual. So, are you hungry?"
"A little. Want me to dish us up?"
"Actually, I could use a change of scenery. Can you carry the food and your wine?" Without waiting for an answer Lara gathered the unopened bottle of wine under her arm and clutched both her wineglass and the partially consumed bottle in her right hand.
Alice grabbed the bag and her glass. "I’m intrigued."
"This way." Lara walked to the window in the dining nook and stepped out onto the fire escape. Alice poked her head out and looked at the cramped space.
"Uhm….really?"
"No. Up there." Lara nodded towards the roof, and started climbing the stairs.
Alice carefully stepped out on the grating, and followed.
"Oh my God, Lara. This is amazing." She looked around as she stepped on the roof. A neatly constructed garden was plotted along half of the roof. Alice recognized herbs and vegetables in neat lines, framed by plywood borders. The second half of the roof was a veritable jungle, with huge potted plants in large planters positioned to allow privacy from the neighboring buildings. A wall of yellow jasmine flanked one side of a sitting area, and rested at right angles with a similar wall of vibrant purple bougainvillea.
A dining table and a couple of roomy chaise lounges rested within the borders. Colorful strands of outdoor lights added a touch of whimsy, and were accented by candles placed in the center of the dining table.
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YES! I am the first commentor-ess! CommentER? Who the hell cares. OK, so when Goldrun and Blue post updates on the SAME freaking night? I am speechless, and will post more (you are feeding my ego…always a good, I mean, dangerous thing, tee hehe!) on the actual chappy soon!
Sorry i havent commented in awhile,but i have been reading!!! This was a great chapter,im kinda liking this lace ship!! Keep up the great work and PPS.
i´m back, again! great updates!! i love your lace. at this chapter, alice is so sweet. lars dreams are so hard, but i´ll think she is just dreaming of (evil) dana, because she knows, that danas death were nearly the death of alice. all the drugs she ate like sweets… she couldn´t loose them both. (i´m so tired, sorry for my bad english)i´m so proud of alice, that she could wait for lara, didn´t pushing her to talk. and the the great ending, she told lara, that she is in love with her. that is so sweet. i agree with bluemini, ther could be fifty more chapters lol.so, all i could say for now is: sail on, my captian, sail on!!!!
Well, who wouldn’t lose their appetite over dreams like that. So, I’m guessing that it’s more like she’s going through the stages of grief in her dreams since she steadfastly refused to do it in her waking hours…and dreams do have a way twisting everything back on itself in weird and irrational ways. So, not so much with the trite, Gold. You are doing a wonderful job!
Yeah. That about sums it up. I don’t even have anything interesting to say. Except that I hope you keep posting, frequently, with chapters as good as this, cos I love this story. Yeah.
Terrific update, Gold – as usual! I’m so glad Lace finally got to spend a quiet night in together, with no interruptions! Lara sooo needed that talk with Alice. And, Alice is such a star – I love how sweet and supportive of Lara she is. And, yay (!!) for her telling Lara she loves her – I really didn’t see that coming in this one, but that’s what makes it so believable. It was the perfect moment to totally open up to Lara, and to convince her that she’s not going anywhere. Fantastic – and not a slice of cheese in sight! I know you’re drawing to a close, but I hope there’s still a chapter (or fifty) more in the works [*crosses fingers hopefully*]!
loved it! really great update, and thats saying something that you were able to impress me at 7:47 in the morning! good job! although i dont know why im up this early…huh…gonna go to sleep now! lol post mroe soon!
OK. Here’s my PS: I find this chapter even more intense than the last one. Or maybe because of the last one’s particular depth, or maybe ’cause I was listening to some melancholy music by Telepopmusik whilst reading, this update delivered a whallop. All kinds of wonderful potential for me thinking you’re moving into a slow-brewing, and, I use this word in the purely literary sense*, intense climax. Talk about emotions. I think one thing you’ve really captured is what any of us want–to understand and to be understood, epsecially with a partner/loved one. I had to go back and read again and let the chapter sink in–which, btw, equates with mad sexcellent writing skillz in my book! Kudos as always. Just when I think you can’t get it any better. I mean, even how you place them physically at points, with Alice ‘nestled into Lara’s taller frame’ is so spot on with the just-right amount of quiet, no interruptions, and austere beauty of nature (sunset, rooftop garden as change of vantage point) providing room to verbalize apprehensions. And the subtle signals of comfort between our two heroines (gestures, eating off each others’ plates, etc.) emphasize the level of comfort they feel towards each other. They may not have it all figured out yet, but that lends to this story’s credibility. Trite? Where? And any tailspins are right on…into Emotion-Land (don’t forget, it’s also always OK when the train stops in Get-It-Onfordshire with layovers in Nookie-Ville. OK, it’ll be up to you to ascertain the appropriateness of where more phsycial intimacy comes in [oops, no pun intended, but I just can’t stop today, geez!]). I totally did not see it coming that Lara would voice that she couldn’t remember how it felt to love Dana. Angst! And Alice says THE WORDS. A cliffhanger and resolution all rolled into one? Sigh….more soon please, your writing is …[insert 87 postiive attribute adjectives here, I don’t want to use just any old boring ones for now…] *literary, my ass….;)
I love it and I am glad to see that lara is talking to alice about all that is going on with her please post soon great update