Once More With Feeling by Peggy J. Herring

Author:Peggy J. Herring [Herring, Peggy J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Lesbian, Contemporary, Romance
ISBN: 9781931513609
Google: b6VJPgAACAAJ
Amazon: 1931513600
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 1995-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Laura let Mavis's phone messages pile up on her desk, willing to ignore them as long as

possible. The less she had to think about at the moment, the better she liked it.

She left late for lunch and recognized Mavis's blonde, regal self leaning against a car in

the only shade in the parking lot. Mavis was decked out in tight blue jeans and a red tank

top; a carload of GI's slowed to get a better look at her. Laura acknowledged the fact that

Mavis would probably always be able to strike a nice pose.

"Have you had lunch yet?" Laura asked, resigning herself to spending at least an hour with her. They got into the car and Laura backed out carefully. "How about pizza? I like their

salad bar."

They rode in silence, with Mavis either staring out the window or fidgeting with her hair in

the mirror on the visor. She rummaged through her huge purse and put the finishing

touches on her lipstick before even attempting to say anything.

"I don't like the way things have been between us, Laura. We're fightin' different, and it

scares me."

"Why should it scare you? Fighting's one of the few things we do well together."

They had fifteen minutes worth of buffet left when they arrived, and virtually the entire

pizza parlor to themselves. "It's this thing with Robin," Mavis said as soon as they settled down to their salads. "I can't explain what's happenin' to me. I just feel so mad all the

time."

"I thought you and Robin were friends."

"We were."

"Can I ask you something and get an honest answer? And don't lie to me. I want an honest

answer." They exchanged a brief look before Mavis reluctantly nodded assent. Even as

Laura formed the question in her mind, she wasn't sure just how ready she was for the

answer. "Were you and Robin ever lovers?"

Mavis's fork stopped in mid-air on its way to her mouth. She returned it slowly to her

plate. "Briefly, several years ago."

Laura wasn't exactly surprised, but a deep sense of disappointment rushed to the surface.

"When?"

Mavis looked up at her but didn't answer.

"When?" Laura asked again, a bit more firmly.

"The summer you were offered the job in Washington."

Laura dropped her fork. The words cut through her, then the rage began to sink in. Laura

remembered that summer vividly as one of the best times she and Mavis had had together.

Could it be possible? she asked herself. Could you have actually been that stupid?

"Oh God, Laura darlin'! Don't cry."

"Puck you, Mavis."

"You asked me! Why did you ask me if you didn't wanna know?"

"How could you have done such a thing? Then! How could you have done such a thing then?"

"Laura—"

"Of all the.,. how could I have meant so little to you and not known it?"

'It wasn't like that. It wasn't like that at all."

"Then how in the hel was it!" Laura said viciously.

"We were supposed to move to Washington and start a new life, and you let your mother

change our plans. That's how it was!"

"Don't blame my mother for your need to screw around on me!"

"I'm not blamin' anybody for anything.

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