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Echoes in Darkness, Chapter 3: Before the second show
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“She only wants to know you, Shane,” Helena answered in what she hoped
was a reassuring voice. Shane was the most self-contained person she’d
ever known, wrapped around herself and her life in a way that spoke of
fear and vulnerability, not the cocksure confidence she’d exuded as the
community’s Lothario. Perhaps she recognized it because she shared
those same feelings.
“I know she does,” Shane sucked in a lungful of smoke and blew it out.
“It’s just that I’m a private kind of person. And I don’t have that
much of a life to talk about.”
“We all have our lives, Shane, whether we talk about them or not.”
“Some lives are better than others.” Shane’s voice was hard, but not
bitter. Whatever had happened to her long ago, she seemed to have
resigned herself to its truth and resonance in her life.
“Not necessarily.” Helena shrugged her shoulders under the tux jacket.
“Sometimes they only look that way. From the outside. But
underneathwell, I think we all have our secrets, our weaknesses. We
all have the fear that if someone gets to know us as we truly are,
they’ll.”
“Run away. With both feet,” Shane finished her sentence.
“Yeh. Exactly. But Carmen doesn’t strike me as someone who frightens easily. She’s not a runner.”
Shane thought on that for a few minutes, brushed the hair out of her
eyes, watched another canister arc into the air, explode like thunder
unleashing a rainfall of light and color. “She wants me to meet her
family next week.”
“Wellthat’s good. Yeah?”
“I dunno. It’s a big step. It feels like.”
“Commitment? Something serious?” Helena let humor creep into her voice.
“I guess so. I’m not sure I’m ready for.”
Helena risked another touch. She reached out and laid her fingertips
lightly on Shane’s thin forearm. “Of course, you’re ready. This love
would not have come to you if you weren’t.” She held her gaze steady
against Shane’s green eyes, clouded by doubt and fear.
Shane straightened. “Do you really believe that?”
Helena nodded back. “Yeh. I do.”
Shane chewed on a question for a minute and decided not to ask Helena
what she’d been ready for when she started seeing Tina. Some things
just seemed too personal to ask, particularly now, since Tina had left
her and gone back to Bette, back to a relationship that, if anything,
felt shakier by the day. “Hmph,” she grunted instead.
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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.