Lara entered the training area, went strait for the stereo and turned on her favorite workout CD that Bryce had burned for her.
Not two minutes into her workout the phone rang.
"Lara's not here Mr. West." She whispered to herself and continued. A few minutes later it rang again, a few minutes after that, again. Jumping up from her place on the floor mat and walked over to the phone sitting on a small table near the wall. She picked up the phone and yanked hard, causing the cord to come out of the wall.
"Ah..." Lara smiled and set the phone back down, returning to the stereo and turning up the volume more before resuming her activities.
After getting a good hour and a half exercise and effectively releasing her frustrations on a well worn punching bag, another noise interrupted her thinking. The door bell.
Sighing, Lara grabbed a towel and placed it over her neck then headed for the door.
As the door came into view she saw Hillary walking towards it. "That's alright Hilly...Ill get it." She waited until Hillary was gone and she opened the door frowning and not saying a word.
"Lara...we need to talk."
There was no expression on her face. "I don't think we do Alex."
"Lara, I know things have been hard these last few months." Lara turned away from him and walked further inside, leaving him standing there, door open.
Alex followed her after a moment and closed the door. "Lara..."
She ignored him and sat on the couch, arms folded. He sat down across from her.
"Lara, I know that we've both been busy lately...but I didn't think that you saw anything wrong with how things were."
"Well I did obviously..." Lara leaned back and avoided his gaze.
"Lara, I was waiting to tell you until I knew that it was a sure thing...Levy asked me to stay on the job back at the university. At least another three weeks...."
Lara shook her head and stood. Its over Alex...No more, its over. Tell him to leave."I hope everything works out well."
Alex stood and followed her, she neared the front door but didn't open it. "Lara cant we give it another chance?"
"I think I've already given it plenty of other chances Alex." This time she allowed herself to look up at him and instantly regretted it. Lara could see sincerity in his eyes and in an instant, every logical reason she had come up with since getting home about why she had acted out so drastically - vanished.
Not wanting to confront him about her being wrong in her actions earlier, Lara reached for the door handle and was surprised when her hands reached not the cold brass she had expected, but another warm hand... His hand.
"Alex..." He ran a finger over the top of her hand then as she looked up, pulled her closer and kissed her, softly at first then more unrestrained as they both pushed forward. A few moments later, Lara found herself pressed against the cool wood of the front door, fingers unbuttoning Alex's shirt as she finally pulled away breathlessly.
"Alex...This isn't a good place...Hillary is mingling about."She managed to say.
He nodded as they started for upstairs.
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Not two minutes into her workout the phone rang.
"Lara's not here Mr. West." She whispered to herself and continued. A few minutes later it rang again, a few minutes after that, again. Jumping up from her place on the floor mat and walked over to the phone sitting on a small table near the wall. She picked up the phone and yanked hard, causing the cord to come out of the wall.
"Ah..." Lara smiled and set the phone back down, returning to the stereo and turning up the volume more before resuming her activities.
After getting a good hour and a half exercise and effectively releasing her frustrations on a well worn punching bag, another noise interrupted her thinking. The door bell.
Sighing, Lara grabbed a towel and placed it over her neck then headed for the door.
As the door came into view she saw Hillary walking towards it. "That's alright Hilly...Ill get it." She waited until Hillary was gone and she opened the door frowning and not saying a word.
"Lara...we need to talk."
There was no expression on her face. "I don't think we do Alex."
"Lara, I know things have been hard these last few months." Lara turned away from him and walked further inside, leaving him standing there, door open.
Alex followed her after a moment and closed the door. "Lara..."
She ignored him and sat on the couch, arms folded. He sat down across from her.
"Lara, I know that we've both been busy lately...but I didn't think that you saw anything wrong with how things were."
"Well I did obviously..." Lara leaned back and avoided his gaze.
"Lara, I was waiting to tell you until I knew that it was a sure thing...Levy asked me to stay on the job back at the university. At least another three weeks...."
Lara shook her head and stood. Its over Alex...No more, its over. Tell him to leave."I hope everything works out well."
Alex stood and followed her, she neared the front door but didn't open it. "Lara cant we give it another chance?"
"I think I've already given it plenty of other chances Alex." This time she allowed herself to look up at him and instantly regretted it. Lara could see sincerity in his eyes and in an instant, every logical reason she had come up with since getting home about why she had acted out so drastically - vanished.
Not wanting to confront him about her being wrong in her actions earlier, Lara reached for the door handle and was surprised when her hands reached not the cold brass she had expected, but another warm hand... His hand.
"Alex..." He ran a finger over the top of her hand then as she looked up, pulled her closer and kissed her, softly at first then more unrestrained as they both pushed forward. A few moments later, Lara found herself pressed against the cool wood of the front door, fingers unbuttoning Alex's shirt as she finally pulled away breathlessly.
"Alex...This isn't a good place...Hillary is mingling about."She managed to say.
He nodded as they started for upstairs.
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