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Crossroads- Ch. 18
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Alice pulled back and took a deep breath. She gazed at Lara whose eyes were locked on hers. Shaking her head, she managed, a little breathlessly, "We seem to have gotten off topic. You were saying, about The Chart this morning? And by the way, remind me to thank Meg for mentioning you think I’m sexy."
Lara chuckled lowly. "If it causes you to kiss me like that, I’ll have to get in the habit of talking directly to you instead of Meg."
Alice patted her cheek tenderly. "Oh, it will cause me to do a lot more than just kiss you. Trust me on that." She sat back and took a sip of wine. "Want a refill?" She had a hunch that Lara was still nervous about talking, and might be more willing with a little liquid encouragement. Lara nodded and held her glass for Alice to take.
As she walked to the table to refresh their drinks, Lara sat up and crossed her legs, Indian style, and watched Alice move. She knew that Alice, by nature, was hyper-inquisitive, and she was also aware that the space Alice had been giving her the past several days went against every instinct the reporter had. Lara took a deep breath. She still felt completely drained from her earlier breakdown at Dr. Wheeler’s, but she knew that she needed to tell Alice at least some of the mitigating factors that had created so much inner turmoil.
"Thanks." She reached up and accepted the glass of wine. Taking a sip, she felt the warmth of the cabernet travel through her chest. She patted the seat, inviting Alice to rejoin her. "As I was saying…normally, I don’t always hear what you say on The Chart, because of my, uhm…daydreams. But, I listened today. And you were spot on. Alice, I don’t want my connection to you to fade."
She fidgeted with the stem of her wineglass for a moment before continuing. "You actually learned a lot about me today, without me saying all that much. You know about my mom….and that I’m seeing a counselor." Lara suddenly giggled, which caught Alice off guard. "I should specify…I’ve been seeing a counselor for exactly two sessions. Monday of this week being my first."
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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