Ocean Water
Part Four
By Missy

SERIES: Ocean Water
PART: four of ??
Author: Missy
Email: lasfic@yahoo.com
RATING: R (For language, adult themes)
PAIRING(s): L/L

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CATEGORY: L/L; Drama
CANNON/SPOILERS: Alternate post-HTNYT cannon
FEEDBACK: PLEASE?!
SPOILLER/SUMMARY: Laverne's been keeping a secret for the past twenty years.
NOTES: Another one of those weird pieces that come out of nowhere...

***

His reaction mirrored his daughter's; pure flip to hide the pain. "Wow. I thought it was Fonzie."

She smiled, "Fonzie wasn't...never mind. I don't want to think about it."

He touched her shoulder, "What happened? He didn't...do anything to you, did he?"

"Besides..you know?" She shook her head, "We were stupid kids, back then.."

***

And it had all started because Shirley wouldn't put out.

She could've told Carmine that before he'd even bothered to try, but by the July of their junior year, he had gained a severe case of blue balls.

And, well, Shirley was out of town, and Carmine knew what a condom was. And she was tired of being a virgin.

It had been fun, commitment free, and meaningless. There wasn't any special chemistry between them, but it was erotic. Sex without attachment. Sex for fun.

And when Shirley returned from her time at the lake in September, the affair swiftly withered.

Until he couldn't stand the pressure. And came sniffing around again.

One December evening, just before Christmas, they had sipped their first Shotz together. Dizzy and giddy, and with Shirley off in the mountains with her family, they had parked.

And the condom had exploded.

And she began throwing up in February.

***

"Well, now I know why Shirl wouldn't let you touch his chest." Lenny joked.

Laverne smiled bittersweetly. "I always liked Carmine...just not enough. Definitely not enough to love him." She hugged her knees, "We made a baby and a mistake."

"You want to find the kid, don't you?"

She nodded, "God; he's thirty now; older than Leah. Only sixteen years younger than me." She shuddered.

He hugged her, "Vernie...do you wanna go to New York together this summer? To go find him?"

Her look was incredulous, "You'd take your paid vacation, just for me?" He nodded, "You've been buildin' that up for twenty years, Len."

"I know. But it's worth it."

He was willing to do this. For a child that wasn't his, and had never met.

"I love you, Len."

It didn't seem an adequate enough phrase.




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