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Crossroads- Ch. 18
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Alice nodded. "Yes. But, I’m guessing now that was all an act. What was going on?" She walked over and poured Lara another glass.
Lara shook her head. She was suddenly feeling that talking to Alice was the best idea she’d ever had. "I started having really bad dreams pretty early on. At first, I thought they’d just pass. But they didn’t." She looked into her container. Not finding anything she wanted, she handed it over to Alice and took the curry.
Alice gently prodded. "What were the dreams about?"
Lara looked up, shocked. "About losing Dana, of course. They usually started out innocent enough, with Dana waiting for me on a street corner, or in a field, or in an elevator." Alice raised an eyebrow at the last one.
Lara continued. "But, then the dreams would shift. As I got closer to Dana, something would happen. A bus would run over her on the corner, a bull would gore her in the field, the elevator would suddenly plummet….just before I got to her. It was like I could see it happening, but I couldn’t do anything to stop it." She set the container down, her appetite suddenly gone. Her mind was a little fuzzy, but she knew exactly what she was saying. She looked at Alice with a sad smile. "I never got there in time."
Alice couldn’t tear her eyes away from Lara’s. The words hung heavy in their implication. Before Alice could comment, Lara looked down at her wineglass. In a small voice she continued. "But then, the dreams started changing." She raised the glass to her lips. Swallowing, she plunged on. "You started appearing in them. You and Dana were always together. And, just as I would get to you, Dana would take you away. She always laughed when she did that. As though she was keeping you from me on purpose. I’d wake up so angry at her." Lara sat back and closed her eyes.
Alice moved to her, "Lara, honey. It’s okay—"
"No, it’s not." Lara’s strangled cry stayed Alice. "There’s more." Lara continued, sure she’d never get the courage if she didn’t finish now. "This last week, my dreams have been absolutely awful. God, Alice, you’re going to hate me." She leaned forward, her eyes sparkling with unspilled tears, as she explained. "Now the dreams have Dana holding you in some form of submission." Gritting her teeth, she closed her eyes and continued. "You are begging for me to help you, and I’m trying. Dana is completely unhinged….and just as I come within reach….she….she…," Lara stopped. Taking a deep breath she blurted out, "she kills you." Tears slowly rolled down Lara’s cheek.
Alice had scooted as close to Lara as she could while she was talking. Now she just got up and slid onto the chair beside Lara, stretching her arms around the redhead.
Lara leaned away from Alice. "I wake up hating her." She took a deep breath and finished with a shuddering whisper. "I can’t even remember what it felt like to love her."
Alice pulled Lara to her. "It’s okay, Lara. I’m here, and I’m not going anywhere." She hugged the silently crying woman to her chest. Stroking Lara’s hair, she repeated, "I’m here, baby. I’m not leaving you. I love you, Lara." She pulled away and gently turned Lara’s face, so they were looking directly at each other. "I love you."
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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