The First Time, Chapter 17

[elisa_trapt]

Title: The First Time
Rating: R
A/N: Well, I can't quite believe it, but we've come to the end, my friends. I want to extend my very sincerest thanks to all of you who took a chance on this fic, and stayed with it even though it was painful. I know it wasn't an easy subject, and had I known how much crying I would cause, I would have bought stock in

Comments

[supercontenta]

*cue the sound of trumpet music, graffiti, and cheers from the crowd*

You did it, elisa! You finished this amazing, fantastic, bitter sweet fic with enough style and substance to shame the writers of LHDP and soothe the sorrow of PepSi fans everywhere.

And for that you deserve...

YOUR OWN CROWN!!

*hands you a sparkling, bejeweled crown of gold*

Congrats to you, o' exalted one. May your kingdom of fiction live long and prosper... ;)

[elisa_trapt]

*blinks in bright spotlight*

For...for me? That crown is for ME?!

*gingerly puts on crown*

Wow, it's so pretty and sparkly and...supes, we match! I LOVE my new headware! I'm going to wear it everywhere - to work, riding, to bed....this baby's never coming off!

Also, you get extra credit for invoking the immortal words of one Mr, Spock of Vulcan. I find that...fascinating. :) I can almost hear Bones now - "Damn it, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a fic writer!"

[swiftlyreloaded]

I too must agree w/ Supes FABULOUS job!

[elisa_trapt]

Thank you, swiftly!! And thanks for hanging in there with me!

[lovelyafterglow]

Thank you for writing this fic! It was difficult to read, of course, but it was nice to see how Pepa could find happiness again. *sigh* I have to admit that Marta was a stand-up chick in the end. I guess I should stop killing her off in my imagination. :-P

[elisa_trapt]

Yes, maybe, lovely. It's just not very healthy, and I don't want you to stress yourself out. She's okay, that Marta, she's gonna look out for our Pepa, I think. She kinda gets who Silvia is in Pepa's life, and she's okay with it. Hopefully, they will be okay together. In my mind, they are anyway.

Thanks, lovely, for reading and commenting. I know it was hard, but I soooo appreciate it!

[pantherwalks]

This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for writing this. I don't know but, you made me cry again.

Bravo, Elisa, Bravo!

[elisa_trapt]

Aww, panther! (See, I KNEW I should have bought stock!) Thank you so much for the wonderful comments. I'm sorry I made you cry, but maybe it's a good cry? A cleansing cry? Because Pepa's going to be okay, and Marta's going to keep an eye on her. I promise. And the pelirroja will keep an eye on her too, in her own way.

*rummages around, finds another tissue and hands it over* Sorry it's a little wrinkly, but it still works. :)

[leigh57]

Dude, wtf? You made me cry in a ridiculous way, and I don't even know these people. However, I don't need to know them to see how wonderfully you've captured what it is to realize that you're ready to move on with your life while still acknowledging that there are people you're never going to let go. You have all of that in here, and it's lovely. Congratulations on finishing such a sad (okay -- at times heartbreaking) but amazing story!

[elisa_trapt]

Thank you so much! I'm still so touched you read this, really. Even if I did write a ridiculously sad story, which made people cry all over the place. It means a lot to me. :)

Okay, maybe I cried too, a little, when I wrote this final chapter. Is that weird? I don't know. But I did. B/c it was rather hard to say goodbye myself, both to the story and the character. (Ugh. This is why we create AUs, right? So it doesn't hurt this much?)

Again, thank you, thank you for all your feedback! It was quite interesting having a non-LHDP perspective!

[leigh57]

Yes, that is why we create AUs! To take away the ouch. Still, what you've done here is so lovely, even though it hurts a lot more than an AU that fixes everything:)