The Countess Wore An L
Chapter Seven
By Missy

SERIES: Goosebumps!
SUBSERIES: The Countess Wore An L
PART: seven of undetermined for this arc
Author: Missy
Email: lasfic@yahoo.com
RATING: PG (For language)
PAIRING(s): L/L; S/C; S/R

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DISCLAIMER: Laverne and Shirley, of course, not my property and belongs to its creators.

CATEGORY: Epic Drama
CANNON/SPOILERS: Pre-Reunion Show Cannon; set five years after the series' conclusion.
FEEDBACK: PLEASE?!
SPOILLER/SUMMARY: Lenny finally graduates, and the gang heads to Poland, where mystery and intrigue await them.
NOTES: The first chapter in the seventh portion to this series. For previous chapters, see the Goosebumps! Section at LAS Fic or The Look. The next arc will be entitled The Countess Wore An "L".

And yes, I couldn't quite figure out how to spell the name of Lenny's sovereign mini-nation, so I improvise.

***

"We're in trouble, aren't we?" Laverne asked Lainy. She and Lenny had been called in for a meeting with his sister. Her chain smoking didn't instill confidence in either of them.

She smiled wanly. "You're right."

Lenny sighed, "Lane, this is real hard on the two of us. We wanna...I dunno..."

"Be free." Laverne said. He snapped his fingers.

"Yup. We wanna have fun, and go places, and talk to the people, and Go.."

"Home?" Laverne asked sheepishly.

Lainy shook her head, "It's too late for that. You guys have made a commitment to the government, and I'm afraid you'll have to stick to it." She patted each of them on their shoulders, "You're going to be kept apart for the next week, leading up to the wedding. As much as the public loves these little 'encounters' of yours, I'm afraid they're doing nothing for us diplomatically."

"That ain't fair!" Lenny complained.

"And it wasn't a part of the deal!" Laverne added.

"It's necessary." She sighed, "And I really wish that I could avoid it. But we're putting armed guards at your doors. And," She smirked, "Under the windows. I'll see you at dinner."

***

The days passed miserably for Laverne and Lenny. Their days were packed with stuff meetings with dignitaries, diction, voice and comportment lessons. They said and did things that felt unnatural to the both of them.

Laverne saw Shirley and Veenie once in the span of time, and Rhonda had blended into the wallpaper around them.

Her bed overlooked the beautiful bay she and Lenny had seen. And she could not touch it, a fact that seemed to gnaw away at her very soul.

When the week was up, Laverne allowed joy to re-enter her life. She would see her friends again; they had been kept separate from her, forced to dine downstairs in another room.

Over soup, Laine announced, "Oh, the wedding will be delayed for a week."

Lenny, understandably, exploded, "No! I ain't waitin' anymore!"

"Yeah! An', as a matter of fact, we're ready to go!"

"That's right!" He fumbled, drawing strength from her eyes, "An', if you don't meet up with our demands, Vernie an' I are gonna..."

"Leave! And not get married!"

"Even if we have to swim across the ocean to do it!" they said together. And then they joined hands, pushing past the guards and out into the hallway, surprised, mutually, by their unity.

Lainy's shout from the hallway surprised neither of them.

"Wait!"









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