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After burn Chapter 6: Good-byes
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It was late in the afternoon when Dana finally came home to rest her tired, aching muscles. Practice had been grueling today, but now that she could finally rest her body, her mind decided to work on overdrive. Dana took a deep breath and immediately found herself leaning against the front door, trying hard to find stability in the situation she was in, the remains of her conversation with Alice earlier that day were still lingering in her head.
“That’s it! You’re not inlove with her are you?” Dana recalled Alice saying a few minutes before she had to leave for practice.
“I don’t know Al, maybe…”
“Maybe?”
Dana walked over to the fridge and got herself a bottle of water, ‘Why did I tell her that?’ she thought twisting the cap off the bottle, ‘Maybe? What the ***** kind of answer is ‘maybe’? *****! I should’ve told her something else.’ Dana re-grouped her thoughts and turned her focus towards something else, ‘Jesus! Alice can be so impossible sometimes! Why is she giving Tonya such a hard time? I mean she liked Lara, what’s the difference with Tonya?’ Dana sighed, she eventually found herself answering her own question, ‘Everything that’s what.’ Dana felt warm tears trace down her cheeks, she knew in her heart of hearts that part of her was still not over one miss Lara Perkins, it was a stupid mistake to let her go and Dana swore to herself that she’d never let the same mistake happen again.
Dana walked over to the kitchen table trying as hard as she possibly could to recall the rest of the talk she had with Alice.
“Hmm… that doesn’t sound like a maybe Dane.”
“Oh yeah? What does it sound like Al?”
“Sounds like you don’t love her to me…”
“Alice!”
“I’m just saying… whatever you’re feeling for her… there’s a big possibility that it ain’t love.”
Dana gulped down the last drop of water left in the bottle and set the empty container in the sink. ‘Of course I love her!’ she said to herself furiously, desperately trying to make herself believe that it was true ‘I asked her to marry me didn’t I?’ Dana paused for a moment,’Maybe.’ she shook her head, ‘or maybe I love someone else. Maybe it’s…’ Dana didn’t notice that she was expressing the last word out loud.
“Alice…”
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“Bette…?” Tina said completely stunned.
Bette stood before Tina looking effortlessly beautiful in the warm afternoon sun, the expression on her face seemed hopeful, “Hi…” she said completely ignoring the surprised look on Tina’s face.
“Bette, what’re you doing here?” Tina questioned.
“I told you I wanted to talk.” Bette said simply, smiling a bit. There was a hint of determination in her voice, she couldn’t help but come over to Alice’s apartment, not after that kiss, she knew she had to see Tina again.
“How did you know I’d be here?”
“I just figured that you’d come to Alice after…” Bette let her voice fade after realizing that she was setting up a good foundation for another bitter fight with Tina. ‘I mean where else would you be?” she finally responded looking around the apartment, trying to distract Tina from her last comment, “Are you busy?”
“Well” no… uh… I was actually just…” Tina stammered, “…never mind.” she chuckled nervously, reluctant to share the details of the afternoon she had just spent watching documentaries on the water buffalo and stuffing her face with junk food.
“Do you wanna come in?”
Bette nodded and entered the apartment, her eyes drifted from Tina to the living room. She observed the coffee table full of edible junk and a blanket draped across the couch. Bette’s heart sank as she thought, ‘God Bette look at what you’ve done… You’ve managed to drive the person you love the most, the person you’ve been waking up next to for the past 7 years, to resort to sleeping on this” on this ***** couch!’
Tina noticed that Bette was just standing there, lost in her thoughts, fixing all her attention towards Alice’s couch.
“Bette?”
“Hmmm?” Bette answered snapping out of her entranced state. “Sorry I…”
Bette looked down on her feet and then back at Tina, anxiously hoping that Tina would agree to what she was about to say next.
“Tina I know I just came in and all, but I was actually wondering if we could go out for a walk.”
Tina gave Bette an unsure expression, wondering why Bette felt the sudden urge to be outdoors. She walked over to the television and turned it off, then she turned to Bette and mumbled in a barely audible voice, “Okay.”
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Shane was walking down the hall of a big production studio where she had just finished her 3 ‘o clock appointment. It was a quarter to 5 and she had just completed working on another one of her clients, ‘I need to go home and get laid!’ she said jokingly to herself, clearly feeling the strain the day brought along with it slowly take its toll on her. Shane turned around a corner and took another right only to realize that she didn’t know where she was anymore, “Great!” she grunted, throwing her hands up in a fit of frustration. After a long moment of consideration Shane decided that the best thing for her to do was to backtrack and ask someone for directions, she was striding very briskly, eager to go home and collapse onto her bed. Shane was in such a hurry that she felt as if she was walking like some mad woman on a mission ‘Oh my god I’m Bette!’ she grinned, amused at her own cleverness. Shane was doing fine until felt herself bump into something, or someone.
“Ow!” a woman’s voice said.
“*****! I’m sorry” Shane apologized, picking up the videotapes and other media paraphernalia scattered across the floor.
“Oh no, that’s okay, here let me help you.”
Shane looked up and felt her heart stop; the girl she was standing face to face with was simply breathtaking. She examined the woman in front of her, the girl was relatively young, about the same age she was, she had beautiful raven hair, skin the color of olives and rich, dark brown eyes. Shane surveyed her stunning body, her eyes not missing a single detail.
Shane got up and introduced herself, “Hi. I’m Shane…”
“Hi.” The woman said. “I’m sorry I didn’t see you.”
“No, no. It wasn’t your fault I was the one who was walking like a maniac.”
“Walking away from what?”
“It’s more like walking towards, actually.”
“Can I help?” The woman asked.
“Uhm… I’m kinda lost. I need to get to my car, but I don’t really have a clue where I am.”
“Where did you park it?”
“Up front.”
“Come on I’ll walk you.”
Shane found herself completely fascinated with this woman, but then she suddenly realized that the girl didn’t even bother to introduce herself.
“Yeah sure, but I don’t even know your name…”
“I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.” the girl remarked with a little hint of flirtation.
“Seriously, I’d like to know.” Shane said keeping her cool, nonchalant demeanor.
“I’ll make you a deal, I keep my name and you get to your car.”
“You mean to tell me if I find out what you’re name is you’re gonna ditch me?”
The girl gave her a look to indicate that she wasn’t kidding. “Come on, follow me.”
Shane didn’t know what to make of it, so she idly followed the girl until they finally reached where she needed to be.
“Here we are.”
“Oh okay. Thank you.”
“Good-bye Shane, it was nice meeting you.” the girl said, holding out a hand for Shane to shake.
Shane shook her hand and winked, “Nice meeting you too.” she began walking towards her car as the girl started to walk away from her, but then a brilliant idea crossed Shane’s mind and a sly smile spread across her face. ‘*****! I almost forgot!’ Shane thought. She turned towards the girl’s direction and promptly called out:
“Good-bye Carmen!”
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Great Chapter! 5 stars. Perfect writing as usual. It’s about time Dana realizes her feelings for Alice! Good job on writing about Shane and Carmen, I wonder how she knew her name though. Please YOU have to continue!