Challenge fic: Maneuvers

[eponinesghost]

Author: eponinesghost (EppieG)
Title: Maneuvers
Pairing: Tracey/Kelly
Rating: PG

Notes/Summary: Written in response to the "Running Late" challenge .... (Again, half a century ago)  One-shot story. Not part of any series.

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Once she realized that by leaning

Comments

[shaych_03]

ooo nice visual... and i suspect lunch for kelly isn't going to be easy, but it might turn out to be fun ;)

[eponinesghost]

Yes, I suspect if she handles it correctly, it just might.

Thanks!

The visual of Tracey dancing? Or Kelly spying? :)

[shaych_03]

hmm... choices choices...

do i have to pick just one? *grin*

[shonn]

Well. That was cruel.

Okay, okay. Not the best way to say hello, I know, but you have to admit you kind of just left us hanging there in the end. It's sweet torture, to borrow a cliche.

I will say this - your language, as always, is beautiful and your story, as always, is wonderfully written. Your characters are realistic and three dimensional. Kelly's emotions are raw, real, and charming. I enjoyed reading how they progressed as she watched Tracey dance, matching Tracey's steps as if she and Tracey were waltzing to the same tune, perfectly in sync.

You have done a great service to my day, for writing and for sharing. Thank you.

[eponinesghost]

Hiya Cj!

First, cruelty was not my intention. Seriously, I really struggled with getting this much out. Sometimes they do need to kind of end up at a "fill in the blank" with your imagination point, ya know?

(The story just before this one had a "happy ending"!)

It's always swell to do something for you. Maybe next time it will be more fulfilling.

I'm ever so grateful for the feedback! (And just to see your name here.) Thank YOU for reading and sharing.

[shonn]

Please do not misconstrue my comments. Your stories are always fulfilling. If I feel bereft at the end of reading, it is only because the story is over. Or, on rare occasions, because bereft is your intended emotion, but even then there is a feeling of complete joy at having the pleasure of reading your work.

You know I am a fan.

Hello, by the way. ;-)

I have your other story and will read it asap. Due to the realities of my life, I am far behind on many of the activities I love, including reading and writing fan fiction. But, my week has been so bad, I felt it necessary to take a break yesterday in order to regain my equilibrium, which you both knocked off balance but then put right again.

You are a talented girl.

I can live with the use of my imagination to fill in the blanks. Of course, when I think of some of the things I'd like to do to Tracey...well, let's just say it's best not to think of her while I'm at work. ;-)

I hope to read (and hear) more from you soon!

[eponinesghost]

I'm the LAST person who can say anything about being too busy to be here, sweetpea!

Take your time. I just love hearing from you.

[greenovalfruit]

OM NOM NOM NOM!!!!

Tracey dancing. Ungh. I am unable - in the sense that I cannot even.

...

TRACEY DANCING!!!

Also, I love the studio. What a wonderful little world! It made me think of my friend Emi's house. She's a beautiful dancer and her parents converted one of the rooms downstairs into a studio, with mirrors and a barre and sprung floor. She's not living at home anymore (she's dancing at VCA) but when she does come up, I love passing that room. I've never been into the room on the mirror side - maybe I should check? :P

I am so looking forward to more!!! Ack, your ability to pull exclamation marks from me!! Nobody else has it! Okay - I'm awake and boys are at school and cheerios are settled... what's the secret?

[eponinesghost]

The secret is that ...

I started this story WAY back when you mentioned something about taking ballet. So, in a sense, you inspired it ;)

Then, when I saw that somewhere on here lately you had signed in as Angelina Ballerina (did I get that right?) I remembered that I had this partially written and buried in my computer and decided to finish it up.

I probably should have put "For Ang" up there in the intro ...

[greenovalfruit]

Oh yay!! That makes me feel awfully special. And yes, Angelina Ballerina! When I was little, mum used to call me that because we had the books and then when I started ballet (even if I didn't keep it up), it worked out pretty well.
So when I was in a couple of dance productions in the last few years, it was resurrected!

Thank you for finishing it and posting!! BIG smiles. And it's okay with no "For Ang" because aha, I've found a lot of people think my name is like Ang Lee when I just had issues with certain people calling me Angie so I didn't want to risk the 'e'. Has issues, no? :D

So does this mean you're done posting now? D: Oh noes!

[tudinous]

As with so much of your work, I loved this. And, I absolutely adored this passage: "It was the intimacy of actually seeing Tracey in her element, her soul exposed. The raw energy that fueled her, the obvious passion. Experiencing it in person, the purity of it, made her ache. And jealous. That she didn't have something that consumed her to the same degree. Looking through the mirror as she slowly retreated, it dawned on her that maybe she did."

[eponinesghost]

And as always, I'm so glad to hear from you. Thank you so much for your comments. "Absolutely adored" will hold me for a while :)