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Crossroads- Ch. 18
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Alice couldn’t resist, "Oh my God, you have to go to therapy TWICE a week?" She nudged Lara’s foot with her own, to let the redhead know she was teasing.
Lara, who had ducked her head a bit, peeked up at Alice with a shy grin. "I know, right? You must really be scared now. Actually, my Monday appointment happened because Dr. Wheeler had a cancellation the day I called to schedule. Then, we agreed that Fridays would be my "regular" day." She shook her head, as if to clear her mind. "This is the first time I’ve ever gone to therapy, so it’s been a scary thing for me."
Alice squeezed her hand. "If it helps at all, I think you are the only person in LA who managed to stay out of therapy past their twenty fifth birthday. I’ve been to at least seven different therapists."
Lara whistled softly. "Wow. Are you all figured out then?"
Alice had to look carefully in the growing dusk to see the twinkle of humor in Lara’s eyes. She play slapped Lara’s shin, and received a slight chuckle as a reward.
Lara went on, "My dad really didn’t like psychologists or psychiatrists. Mom suffered from depression and she must have gone to at least a dozen different shrinks. After her death, he railed on the profession, calling them all a bunch of money raking quacks, capitalizing off of other people’s misfortunes. I guess after all those years, I sort of adopted his attitude." She held out her hands, palm up, and quickly continued. "I mean, I always thought therapy was a good idea for other people, but I just couldn’t imagine going myself." She took another sip of wine.
"Anyway, I went, originally because Dr. Wang, at the emergency room, thought I should see someone about grief management. She seemed to think my weight loss was related to not dealing with Dana’s…..death." Even now, almost seven months later, it was still hard to say.
Alice sat quietly, waiting for Lara to continue. "Uhm, Alice, maybe we can eat a little?" Lara was desperate for something to keep her fingers occupied. Chopsticks suddenly seemed like the greatest invention ever.
Alice blinked at the sudden transition. Lara slipped off the chair and went to unpack the containers of pad thai and curry. Sticking a set of chopsticks in each, she came back and offered one to Alice.
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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