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Reunions: Chapter 9
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But now, Lara was horrified to recognise in herself the very qualities she had come to despise in her father.
Lara felt tears stinging her eyes as she looked up at the water in front of her. Something was being released inside of her as she forced herself to confront these deep-seated thoughts, thoughts which she had ignored for years, but which she now realised had always remained seething just under the surface of her consciousness.
Through the haze of her tears, the sunlight glinting on the waves took on a harsh, glaring quality that forced her to look away. Wiping her eyes, she re-focused her gaze on the clam shell in her hand. Finally, she opened herself up to a realisation that was so simple, yet so profound, that Lara was shocked by it: the reason she had run away from Dana and Alice was because, deep down, she was convinced that they would leave her eventually. And, she could only take control over that heartbreaking inevitability by being the one who left first.
But now, with a jolt of self-awareness, she recognised that her fear of abandonment had actually made her into the abandoner in the relationships that meant the most to her. And, ironically, all her self-protective actions were turning out to be utterly self-destructive.
Lara gritted her teeth together angrily and stood up on the beach as a new determination swept over her. She would not allow herself to fall down the same selfish path that her father had taken. She wouldn’t push away everyone that meant anything to her. She would do something to make things right again. Turning away from the water, Lara strode up the beach, her thoughts centred solely on finding Alice.
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“Hey Al, what’s wrong?” Shane asked, sitting down at a chair opposite her friend at The Planet. Alice looked up at Shane with an utterly despondent expression.
“I’ve lost Lara,” she replied dejectedly, as her eyes fell back down to her coffee mug.
“What do you mean, you’ve ‘lost’ Lara?” Shane asked.
“I mean, she’s gone and I can’t find her, Shane,” Alice replied a little testily. Then, with a sudden glimmer of hope, she looked up at her friend. “You haven’t seen her, have you?” she asked.
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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!