5/18/07:Alice n Dana’s House-West Hollywood-3:00 A.M.

Alice had just fallen asleep, with her head throbbing in pain, when she heard someone knock on the door. She shot her head up and looked at the clock behind her. “Dammit, have people ever heard of sleep?” She got out of bed and went to her front door. She asked tiredly, “Who is it?”

“Took ya long enough.”

Alice was still half asleep when she spoke through the door, “Michelle? Michelle, that was like two weeks ago. I told you, I’m not having sex with you.”

“Who the hell’s Michelle?”

Alice fully woke up to this statement. “Le Mom? What, what are you doing here?”

“I just wanna talk to you. I’m concerned about you. You haven’t talked to me in ages and I know what happened. I just wanna be a good mother and help out my daughter.” There was a pause before Lenore continued, “I saw you today drinking your insides out.”

 Alice opened the door and said, “Wouldn’t you?”

“No, I wouldn’t. Alice, you need to talk to someone about this. You’re bottling up your emotions and that’s not healthy.”

“I don’t feel like talking right now mom.”

“Alice, you need to talk about it. I know it’s hard, but drinking yourself to death isn’t gonna do you any good.”

“Mom, it’s three o’clock in the morning and I was asleep. I’m just too tired to talk right now. Come in, I’ll make a bed for you in the guest room.”

“It’s okay Alice, I’ll just sleep on your couch.”

“But”

“It’s okay, really. I like sleeping on couches, it reminds me of the good old days.”

“Okay.” Alice led Lenore in and closed the door. “Mom I um thanks.”

Lenore walked over and gave her daughter a hug. “It’s no problem at all.” She broke from the hug and sat down on the couch. Alice disappeared down the hall and returned with a pillow and blanket. Before going back to her room she said, “Night mom.”

“Goodnight Alice.”

5/18/07:Altitude 4700ft-West Germany-1230 hours(12:30 P.M.)

“How are you guys doing back there,” Harold asked in a friendly voice. He turned around and chuckled when he saw them holding on to each other with fear in their eyes. “Sorry, I forgot to tell you this plane’s as old as it gets and wobbles a lot.”

“That would’ve been nice.” Dana gathered up all her courage and walked to the front of the plane. It was a small one engine plane. She looked out the cockpit window and nearly fainted. “We’re we’re high up.”

“Yep.” Harold looked at Dana and saw the fear in her eyes. “Don’t worry, after awhile you forget about it.”

“I hope so.”

“You know, you look familiar. I never got your first name.”

“I’m Dana Fairbanks.”

Harold turned immediately to look at Dana. “Holy shit! You’re Dana Fairbanks! I knew I recognized you. Man, the entire nation has been depressed about you. We all thought you were dead.”

“Really?”

“Yeah man.”

“Dana! Come here!”

Dana walked back to the storage space of the plane. “What happened?”

“Um I Dufy lost Gina.”

“What?!”

“Dufy lost Gina.”

“How did you lose Gina? She was right here when I left.”

“Well, we turned around and when we turned back around, she was gone.”

“Who was gone?”

“Oh, hi Gina. Where were you?”

“Restroom. There was this gooey stuff on my hands and I had to wash it off.”

Dana looked at both of them and said, “Heart Breaker, you’re an idiot.” She walked off, not knowing how she survived two weeks with these people. She didn’t know and didn’t care at this moment because she was gonna see Alice again. Harold said that it should take them at least two hours before they got to where he was stationed. From there Dana and the others would be flown home.

“Dana!”

“Did you get lost this time.”

“No, just come here.” Dana walked back

“Who got lost this time?”

“No one, it’s just uh, I forgot.” Dana shook her head and Heart Breaker got a glimpse of the cockpit. He gasped and said, “Dana?”

“What?”

“Who’s driving the plane?”

TBC

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