The Time Traveler's Wife - The Other Side

The Story Interview

January 2015

During most of 2012 and 2013, Carmilla was still vanishing so often and reappearing in Laura's apartment, that soon enough most of Carmilla's wardrobe and her toothbrush had been moved for the sake of convenience.

Laura graduated during this time and she spent the time that Carmilla was gone at various small internships, getting more experience under her belt.

By 2014, the traveling had slowed down, but they had decided to just get a new place together, especially when Laura got a job. And them living together took some anxiety off Carmilla about paying rent when she did travel.

Which, to their immense happiness, hadn't happened for quite a while.

"Good morning," Laura says around a yawn as she walks off to the bathroom and begins brushing her teeth.

"Not good morning," Carmilla grumbles from the blankets. "Very, very bad morning."

She hears Laura laugh through her applied toothpaste. "When did you travel off to last night, grumpy pants?"

"February 1998. Our first Buffy viewing together."

Laura spits out the toothpaste and pops her head through the door with a playful glare. "I'll still never forgive you for that spoiler."

Carmilla chuckles. "Yeah, sorry again about that."

Laura goes back into the bathroom and returns a few minutes later.

"Too bad I didn't disappear for a few more days," Carmilla pouts.

"Why?" Laura asks with a frown.

Carmilla's pout grows. "Coz then we would've been spending a weekend together, instead of me watching you leave for work."

"But then I would've had to spend those few days alone," Laura points out. She gives Carmilla a minty peck on the lips. "Also, Mattie couldn't find anyone to cover your afternoon shift while she's in Morocco. So one of us still has work today."

"So if I didn't come back in time...?"

Laura starts changing into her work clothes. "Yeah, I would've gone in and covered for you. My interview for the article should be over by then."

Carmilla stares at her with a soft look. "You're amazing, you know that?"

Carmilla had been giving Laura some looks with unspoken words lately, but Laura didn't want to push. While she had definitely gotten more comfortable with freely expressing herself the past couple years, she was far from the confident time traveler Laura had known in her teenage years. Whenever Carmilla would be ready to say whatever was on her mind, she would.

So instead, they both let a look between them linger.

"Well, there are cupcakes I baked last night in the kitchen. I have to get going," Laura eventually says, "This woman is supposedly very impatient."

"Who even is she?" Carmilla asks around a yawn.

Laura is putting on her makeup across the room. "I'm not even sure. The original source LaF put me in touch with was some manager at a smaller branch. But word got out and I guess the CEO wants to do damage control, so she reached out to me and said that she would like to do the interview instead of letting her inferior do it."

"Sounds like a wonderful lady," Carmilla comments dryly.

Laura chuckles and gives Carmilla one more kiss on the lips. "And I'll tell you all about her wonderfulness later when I meet you at the library."