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Reunions: Chapter 9
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Now, she was terrified at the thought that by running away from Alice’s apartment today, she had only proven all of Alice’s worst suspicions about her: that when things got hard, she would pack her bags. How could she expect Alice to trust her if she kept running away from their problems?
Looking down at the sand, she picked up half a clam shell that was sitting nearby to give her nervous hands something to fidget with. As she rubbed the smooth bit on the inside of the shell, she tried to focus on the feelings that had caused her to run away from Alice’s apartment this morning. Ultimately, she knew that the only way she was ever going to get beyond her almost instinctual need to run away from those she cared about was by forcing herself to confront the issues lying beneath it.
And, she was pretty certain she knew where to start.
To Lara, running away had always seemed like the most cowardly and hurtful thing anyone could do to someone they loved, having seen the effects of abandonment in her own life. Her father had abruptly left Lara and her four siblings with their mother fifteen years ago, never to be seen or heard from again. Lara’s mother had been so shocked by the suddenness of his departure that she had fallen into a severe depression for the next seven years. She barely ever went outside the house, which meant that Lara’s two older brothers had to get part-time jobs to help pay the mortgage. Being too young to get a job herself, Lara had instead taken on many of the domestic chores in the house, helping her younger brother and sister with their homework and making sure everyone had proper meals each night. She had been determined to fill the void left by her father by making sure that she was always there for her family when they needed her.
Although Lara’s mother eventually sought a therapist and got treatment for her depression, Lara had never been able to forgive her father for the trauma his selfish decision had inflicted on her family. Over time, she had tried to banish all memories of him from her mind, in an unconscious effort to abandon him the way she felt he had abandoned her.
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awww!!! that was so cute….i hope that is the last of a running lara we will ever see!! although…im sure it would be a nice view from the back of lara running away…hmmm….what? oh sorry, got lost in my own fantasies!! lol great post keep it up.
I did not see that coming but I am glad to see that lara has started to open up to alice in will help them both in the long run as long as the both talk to one an other great update I love it please post soon
Love it. Really, Lara should be kept around for season 4. Looking forward to the next champter (or two). Excellent chapter.
Blue, you do not disappoint (my knickers are back in order, thanks;)) I love how your fanfics unfold and how you’ve portrayed the Lace journey so far. Excellent update!! Very asute weaving in of Tasha’s backstory, consistent with the cues we’d been given before. Bravo to Tasha for being mature about realizing that she and Alice are bound for friendship, and to Alice for being there in that capacity. Could it be that our heroines are growing more self-assured and trusting? I say amen to that. And hey, it does seem to be true that couples with that ‘i have to have you right now’ vibe are not to be messed with, isn’t it? And helloooo, Lara’s history-slash-demons, revealed to us through her self-reflection on her relationship with her family, herself, Dana, and also Alice was just damn tasty. I almost want her to give Alice that smooth shell she found, as metaphor for her new self-awareness and continued journey. I liked the touch of her not having even told Dana about her father situation, but then now willing to first admit it to herself and also realize she needs to share with Alice (again, suggests growth). And I, the total SAP, got all warm fuzzy about her letting her sadness out in the form of some honest CRYING into the arms of Alice: the one she loves and the one who loves her back. Sigh. Oh and btw, the tidbit about Alice finding Lara on the STEPS? Brill. Wow. Wow. Wow. Looking very forward to seeing how this tale continues, maybe even plenty of room for further, to swipe Gold’s sexcellent term, Laranlysis (paging Dr. Alice…paging Dr. Alice…) and of course, crazy hot lovesex? But I’ll leave that up to you as to when that fits in most appropriately, tee hee. Cause with these two…it’s gonna be special. Like your fics!
Excellent! Really like these Lace stories! PPS :)
hey blue! Well done, and to be honest, I don’t think you lifted anything from my story…I love the look at Lara’s history, and it certainly helps explain her actions in Reunions! So, if you want to give me credit…I’ll take it :) ….but it’s really not necessary! There’s plenty o’room in the Lara-nalysis department! (ugh, I can’t believe I just typed that!). I love that Alice was so patient, and I think the whole Tasha thing made great sense as well…..really, the whole coming out makes sense in light of the break-up, I think you’d alluded earlier that Tasha’s closeted nature was problematic for Alice, so it makes sense she might want to debrief with Alice…and I can see the whole getting drunk and passing out after such a bad scene with the parents. So….the flow, great, the resolution, very satisfactory! looking forward to the next chapter, as always!
Well, at least the Tasha thing is cleared up. And as for Lara, I’m glad she’s going to stop running. She’s got more than enough reason to stay put. Chapter was ace, blue. More, please!