OOC: This is the prequel to Lara's Story. READ THAT ONE FIRST!
In Lara's story, The Sorrows of Intertwined Lives would have gone directly after the first flashback in chapter one. But 1) there are too many sub-plots and would have been way too confusing to read. And 2) I'm not done this story yet.
Happy reading!

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2 MONTHS LATER

Stefan knocked on Lara's door. They were on better terms now, though they did have uncomfortable, awkward moments sometimes. Lara answered the door.

"Hey Stefan, what's up?" She asked. She had lost weight, and there was a hint of sorrow in her eyes.

"Let's go to the Coffee House. There's someone I want you to meet, and you definitely need to get out more." Stefan said. Lara sighed.

"Alright, I'll be out in a minute. Just let me get changed. Come on in." Lara was in sweats, and her hair was messy. Stefan walked inside, closing the door behind him while Lara walked into her bedroom, closing her door, as she got dressed. A few moments later, Lara walked out in a white blouse and blue jeans. Stefan noticed the locket she wore around her neck. Stefan had given it back to her the night she'd found out her mother had died. He noticed a bracelet on her wrist.

"Your bracelet's nice." He said, pointing to it. Lara smiled sarcastically.

"Thank The Boss. He gave it to me. There's a tracking device in it. If I go out and don't wear it, they make me come back in here and put it on." She said.

"Oh…" Stefan really didn't know what to say. They passed Kejin security on the way out, and walked to the Coffee House, commenting on the weather; anything so there would be no awkward silence.

When they walked in, Lara saw the person he wanted her to meet right away. It wasn't because of the fact she smiled at Stefan and he waved to her. Lara carefully kept her expression free of shock and surprise as they walked over. The girl didn't though. She gaped at Lara as she sat down across from her and Stefan, who had seated himself beside the other girl. They way they held hands, glanced at each other; Lara could tell that they were boyfriend and girlfriend. Lara resisted the urge to laugh. They ordered breakfast and drinks and Stefan made introductions.

"Ana, this is Lara. Lara, meet Ana." Ana's expression became confused as she reached across the table to shake Lara's hand in greeting.

"So… where did you guys meet?" Lara asked, trying to keep conversation light. She saw Ana smile, trying to hide a laugh. Everything about Ana was just as familiar as before; but she couldn't let Stefan know that.

"It was during one of his assignments." Ana whispered, obviously not wanting anyone else to hear. "He needed to stay in an apartment to wait for the person in the one next door to leave. He knocked on mine and explained that he was an undercover CIA agent. I let him in, and we talked." Ana shrugged. "Some way to meet someone, huh?" She asked. Lara forced a laugh, just passing for it being genuine.

Stefan looked from one girl to the other. "You two look a lot alike, I just realized." He laughed, kind of embarrassed. "Uh… do you two already know each other?" he asked Lara. She could see Ana going to nod her head and interrupted her.

"Uh, no… we're not. We do look a lot alike, though don't we?" She asked. She wrote down her number and gave it to Ana.

"Give me a call. Don't tell the operator who you are." Lara smiled at Stefan and stood up. "See you." She left the Coffee House.

Back at the organization, Lara stormed into her room. She sat on her couch, her head in her hands. She felt as though her world had been turned upside down.

"Ana… what have you done?" Lara said to the empty room. The phone rang, and she let the voice mail pick up.

"Agent Lara McAvoy, you are to report to training in 5 minutes. Goodbye." The automated voice clicked off. Lara groaned and went to her bedroom, changed into her training clothes.

"What am I going to do? You ruined everything, Ana. It'll be even harder to keep you safe now." She whispered the last bit quietly. There was a knock at the door. Lara jumped and slowly walked to the door, trying to gain her breath. She opened the door to see Kelly, a person she trained with, at the door.

"Hey, Lara. Time for training." Kelly smiled. But as always, that smile didn't quite reach her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's go." She closed the door behind her and walked with her friend to the training room.

OOC: I will get the next chapter to you all as soon as I can. Maybe sometime next week thursday or friday. Most likely sooner, but we all have lives, right? So who knows... LOL