Gossip Column (Carmilla Fanfic)

Chapter 14

After watching a few more episodes of Buffy and ordering Chinese for lunch, Carmilla left Laura's apartment to go to her own place, since she had a meeting with her sister there. Laura was divided between being glad that Carmilla had to leave and being sad about it. Her newfound feelings were making her extremely confused and even more awkward than normal around the singer, which she had noticed since she kept asking Laura if she was okay.

Laura decided that what she needed was some quality time with her friends. She called LaFontaine and asked if they and Perry wanted to come over that night, which they agreed to. When her friends arrived, Laura updated them on everything that had happened in the last few days, including the confrontation with Danny. They had read the newspaper and what Sarah Jane tweeted, but they figured that it was either another misunderstanding or, that if any of it was true, Laura would tell them herself.

"I'm so glad at least some of my friends are capable of respecting me and not judging too quickly." she told them.

"Don't worry L, I'm sure Danny will come around. You know how she is, always trying to be the adult and take care of everyone." LaFontaine said.

"I don't need to be taken care of." was Laura's reply.

"We know that sweetie, and I'm sure Danny will come to see that too." Perry intervened.

"So, tell us about Carmilla. How is she like, really?" LaFontaine asked.

"She's..." Laura started, her eyes acquired a far away look as she tried to describe Carmilla "she's pretty intense and she doesn't really open up much to people. On the surface, she seems to be so disinterested all the time, like she doesn't care about anything or anyone in the world. But if you just give her time to get used to you, then you can see the wonderful person she really is. She really does care about the people in her life, even if she likes to pretend that she doesn't. For some she may seem to be arrogant and selfish, but they just don't know how she truly is on the inside. And she's so beautiful and she doesn't even seem to notice it, it's like she doesn't realize how beautiful she is on the outside and on the inside."

Laura looked at her friends to see a small smile on Perry's face and a raised eyebrow in LaFontaine's. Only then she realized that she might have said a bit too much, considering how perceptive LaFontaine was. She tried to distract them from asking anything about it.

"So, we should all go out together, so you can, you know, meet her and see for yourselves how she's such a great friend to have." she said, too quickly.

"Friend, uh?" LaFontaine answered with a smirk.

"Yeah, friend. That's what we are, friends. Just good friends." Laura replied, her voice too unsteady to be believable.

"Right, crushes-on-punk-stars." LaFontaine said, laughing.

"What? No, no. I don't... She's just..." she took a deep breath "We're just friends. I don't have a crush on anyone. No crushes here."

"That's not what your telltale blush is telling me right now, L." LaFontaine insisted.

"Leave her alone, LaFontaine." Perry scolded.

"Alright, alright." they answered putting their hands up in surrender.

During the next week things were pretty quiet on the gossip front. Carmilla was busy with meetings regarding the contract for her new album and selecting a producer and a studio. Therefore, she and Laura didn't have the chance to see each other. They continued talking daily, through texts and phone calls, but didn't meet in person. Laura thought that was a good thing, she needed time and a little bit of distance to sort through her feelings for Carmilla.