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Reunions: Chapter 11
“What the fuck are you doing, Lara?” Ross bellowed from the other side of the restaurant kitchen.
Lara winced as she turned to face her boss. He was frantically scraping off some burnt salmon that had been left frying in a pan for way too long. He coughed raggedly as smoke from the fish billowed in his face.
“Shit; sorry about that, Ross,” Lara replied, though she was feeling too tired to be truly apologetic. “Melanie asked me to watch that for a couple minutes, and I totally forgot about it.”
Ross sputtered loudly as he threw the ruined salmon into the garbage. “Well, pay attention, Lara! It’s busy as hell out there, and we’ve still got a long night ahead of us. It might be your last shift, but I’d rather you not destroy every decent piece of food in my fucking kitchen before you go!”
“Sorry,” Lara muttered again as she turned back to the chocolate mousse she was mixing in a bowl. She shook her head in disgust at herself when she heard the weak sound of her own voice. She knew she shouldn’t let Ross speak to her so rudely, but she just didn’t have the energy to confront him. Besides, the rest of the staff was used to his expletive-rich way of speaking, and most took it in stride. For Lara, it was just one more reason to look forward to leaving the restaurant for good.
She blew a few errant strands of hair out of her face and tried to keep her eyes open as she mixed the mousse. Tonight was officially her last shift at work, and she wanted nothing more than to go home and crawl into bed. The past two weeks had been really busy at the restaurant, and Ross had forced her to work late nearly every night. Lara was convinced he was punishing her for leaving the restaurant so abruptly, but she was determined not to let his pettiness get to her.
She smiled tiredly as she reminded herself that very soon, she would be back home in L.A. Although just eight months ago she had sworn never to return to that city, right now there was nowhere else on earth she would rather be. She had finally found a suitable sub-letter for her apartment in Manhattan only yesterday, so after she finished work tonight, there would be nothing else keeping her in New York. In fact, she planned to leave as soon as she could book a flight back to California.
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At long last! I’m so glad to see you back, and I’m awfully glad Al & Lara have reunited. The flames hardly need any more fanning. Nevermind Hels, she’s perhaps the touch of flavoring we can do without next chapter…? Please, post as soon as you can. Cheers, Blue!
You’ve finally posted again. I’ve missed this story. And, yay, they’re together again! Of course, the lack of angst insinuates an impending ending, and I’m not sure I’m prepared for that. Great chapter, blue. Please post soon.
OK, how glad am I that I checked back on the off chance that there might be an update? SO glad. Yay! Great to hear from you again girl! I LOVE that Alice got a tad flustered (in a good way) that her ‘plan’ was not going as planned, and that she even had a plan for Lara for how things are supposed to go in NYC. Clever interplay with Lara’s boss, too. That just seems so in line with the Alice we love. And to me you really captured the feelings and actions of two people in love who haven’t seen each other in person for a while (my dirty mind DOES wonder what’s next, lol) I agree with jp22, those flames are pretty much fanning themselves there, ya know? Can’t wait to keep reading up on the reLACEtionship action soon (aw, your compliments are too kind, Gold’s too:) ) No, I don’t want it to end…but I can’t wait to see what more you’ve got up your sleeve. Whatever happens, you’ll do it in style.
hey! Curtains 3/4 down, means they’re still 1/4 up…which is a really good thing when it comes to this story! I’m terribly excited we have another couple of chapters…and LOL at the whole, No I was really pissed off at you ruining the salmon comment! How persuasive our little Alice is… turning a crusty chef like Ross into a teddy bear for the last night! And, I agree with Min that it was just right for Alice’s plan to go a bit awry! And Lara had a nice way of proving her point! :) Welcome back…and as always, looking forward to more!
love this story. great update. post soon.
at long last they are together I can’t wait to see what will happen next so please post soon I love it and great update
long-waiting for this update. .sweet 1 thou. i did expect tat customer is alice =) hope u post sooner !!! =)
LOVE IT!!!!! Definately not dragging it out so keep posting xxx
Aww…finally reunited! They are just too cute together. So next chapter…the flight back home (and some other stuff)? :P