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Reunions: Chapter 9
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“Alright, Al,” Shane replied, standing up to wrap Alice into a tight hug before she left. “I’m sure everything will be ok,” she said comfortingly before pulling away.
Alice gave Shane a grateful but uncertain smile before turning to walk out the door.
“Fuck, Lara,” Shane said to herself as she sat back down at the table Alice had just left. “What are you thinking?”
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A few minutes after she had pulled into an empty parking space outside her apartment building, Alice found herself still sitting in the driver’s seat, staring blankly out the windshield. She just couldn’t seem to gather the will to go back inside her apartment, the place where, just yesterday, she had shared such a perfect breakfast with Lara. At that time, they had seemed to be finally settling into a sort of harmony together. Now, everything in her world felt like it was falling apart again. To top it all off, Alice knew that Lara was going back to New York tomorrow, and there would be little reason for her to return to L.A. ever again.
Feeling utterly drained, Alice finally pulled herself out of the vehicle and walked heavily down the sidewalk to the front entrance of her building. But, when she reached the stairs, she stopped, shocked by the image that greeted her.
Lara sat on the lower steps, looking at Alice with a fearful yet expectant expression.
“Lara,” Alice said, as though to confirm to herself that her vision wasn’t deceiving her. As they exchanged a wordless gaze, Alice had a sudden flash of memory of the night she had come back to Dana’s apartment to find Lara waiting for her on the steps. With a shock, she realised just how many things had changed between them since that night.
As Alice took a few tentative steps closer, Lara stood up and met her at the bottom of the stairs. They stood silently for a few moments, both women trying to figure out how to begin.
“I’m so sorry, Lara,” Alice started, looking at the ground between them. Almost immediately, she felt tears spilling down her face, and she inwardly cursed her inability to hold them at bay. “About what happened this morning – I let Tasha crash on my couch last night because…”
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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!