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Echoes in Darkness, Chapter 3: Before the second show
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Helena was also the only woman she knew who asked questions with the
palm of her hand, the way she turned her wrist, unfolded her hand until
it lay flat in the space between them, as if it held something
weightless in the air. As she did now.
“I wonderdo we really have anything to celebrate?” Helena’s accented voice was soft and thin in the cooling night air.
Shane blew a smoke ring that dissolved to a hazy halo as the breeze
took it. “Well we’re still here,” she observed, not quite sure what
she meant, but needing to say something. Whatever joy and wonder
sparkled in Helena seemed to have bled out in the weeks since she’d
given up her custody fight.
A loud whump echoed in the dark, sparking another barrage. “Yes, I
suppose that’s something,” Helena conceded. Her clear blue eyes lit
with the clusters of sparking lights. She imagined how excited her
children would be to see this, wondered how they were spending the 4th
of July. A dull pain rippled across her forehead. She blinked it away,
watched the flare of a canister sailing in a high arc, explode, release
a shower of fiery green rain, lighting up the night sky beyond. She
suddenly thought of the Challenger, recalled the horrifying sight as
the booster rocket exploded and the craft split away in a cleft of
smoke.
She didn’t need thisall these memoriesright now. Instead, she cast a
sidelong glance at Shane, whose full lips were pursed in thought.
Something, some sorrow tugged at the corners of her mouth, pricked
narrow vertical furrows between her eyebrows. “Are you all right?” she
asked, reaching out and lightly touching Shane’s angular shoulder.
Shane stiffened and she pulled her hand back quickly, as if she’d been
freeze-burned by dry ice.
“Yeah,” Shane gave her one of those signature crooked grins. “I’m good.”
Helena merely looked into the face of her deceit. Shane shrugged and sighed.
“Is it Carmen?”
Shane sighed again. “Yeah, in a way.”
“Things seem to be going well between you.”
“They were. They are.” Shane flicked the cigarette off the terrace, lit another. “I dunno. I’ve never done this before.”
“Loved someone, you mean?”
She nodded, welcoming the curtain of shaggy bangs that fell across her
eyes. “It’shard. Having someone in your life all the time. Asking
questions.”
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Great story. I’m glad Helena talked to Shane. Hopefuly we will see a Sharmen scene soon:)
hey windrider i just read all 3 chapters, i think you have a pretty good stroy here but i hope shane can work out her issues with carmen along with everyone else cant wait to see where you go with this…plz update soon!
Great chapter. As much as I don’t like Helena most of the time, there is something about the beautiful b–ch that makes you want to care about her. Something very sad,and lonely that you could almost miss if you did not look very carefully at her. But i want her to leave Bette and Tina alone. Thanks for the post.
Not that I’ve read every single fanfic on this site, but I’ve read my share & you’re one of the few people who has humanized Helena. I enjoyed Shane & Helena’s heart to heart. We all know Helena can be a tad overbearing & obnoxious but I refuse to see her as this one-dimensional character that we often see in fics or T.V. I don’t know where you plan on taking the story but I am intrigued. Although most of the time I stick to Shane or Carmen stories. I really enjoyed your take on Helena’s character. Great stuff. I also enjoyed the tension between Bette & Tina should be interesting to see them in different situations.
Good beginning. For all the stories I’ve read on this site, you really seem to have nailed Bette. Don’t get me wrong, I love Bette, but you nailed that hard, selfish edge that she can get. Please continue.
helena nice to sombody without motives OMG!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with all the comments before mine about how wonderfully you’ve fleshed out the Helena character. That’s something IC didn’t do very well and yet we had to believe she had some redeeming qualities since Tina was taken with her. I’m really loving this fic, its very dark but beautifully drawn. Your descriptions are poetic. I love how you incorporate a song into each piece.