previously on Snappy World …

Helena stood contemplating the phone call and then allowed herself a small laugh at the situation, picked up her coat, bag and keys and headed off to save the damsel in distress called Alice.

It was only a second after the call to Helena was completed that Alice realised she would have to open the door to her potential rescuer.

Alice worried at her bottom lip, which was already greatly abused as her mind ticked over all the potential ways this could be done without her moving from the couch.

Snappy, mean while could not give a fig, her favourite fruit, about the other occupant within her shared habitat. She was feeling a little hungry though and slightly dehydrated which put her into an even worse mood after her recent adventures.

Snappy would have left the comfy space she had found under the refrigerator except for the fact that the motor at the back of the appliance provided a nice warm environment, which kind of made her sleepy.

In the end, Alice basically gave up with a shrug of her shoulders. Defeated by her very own thoughts and fears, she found herself sliding down into the familiar pit of depression as any animation her medication had afforded departed her system.

Like everything in her life since Dana left, it all became too much to bear.

The simple fact that she had called her friends for help in the ‘Snappy’ crises had been a big step for Alice. Her confidence in herself and any of her relationships had taken a real beating. Reaching out had been a positive move on her part, when basically, what Alice really wanted was time alone to lick her wounds and heal.

All joy had walked out the door with Dana. Even in her darkest moments Alice wondered why people still found her funny or even wanted to be with her. Maybe all the years of using humour as a wall, of defence to hide behind, had them fooled. It had become such an essential and expected part of her identity that no one would actually take her seriously, not even herself.

Dana had. Dana had pushed past her outer walls and into her heart as no one had every done before. So, unlike the rest of the world Alice began to let Dana past all her defences. Let her into her innermost thoughts and feelings, parts of herself that had never been shared with anyone before. Letting Dana see where the monsters ate at her. Only to discover that it was too much for Dana to cope with. Her need, her intensity, her insecurities had scared away the one woman Alice had fully opened herself too.