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Bitter Endings, Sweet Beginnings: Part Two
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But Dana loved her and she told her so.
They were quickly immersed in couples therapy with Dr. Bradshaw and slowly but surely Dana the girlfriend learned things about Alice that Dana the friend never knew. She learned that when her parents divorced at seven, Alice cried herself to sleep every night for almost two months straight. She learned that seeing her mother use ***** to get what she wanted made Alice think that’s what most people wanted in romance. She learned that Alice’s father stopped seeing her, then calling her, then sending her occasional birthday and Christmas cards, and now she didn’t even know if he was living in California anymore. Dana learned things about Alice that broke her heart and shattered her confidence that she could ever be enough.
There was too much hurt and pain that Dana couldn’t seem to comprehend how to begin to help heal it all. They continued to see Dr. Bradshaw until the day that Dana finally understood that while she wasn’t the sole cause of Alice’s problems she only served to make them worse.
The discovery came about because of relatively mundane circumstances. Alice had been waiting at The Planet for Dana so that they could have lunch together. Sitting at the counter, she was laughing and smiling, her hands moving expressively as she regaled her captive audience that consisted of Kit, Shane, and Jenny with some grand and epic tale. That’s when Dana saw it. She saw Lara appear to tell Kit something, causing the older woman to exit and leave Lara standing in her place.
Then Dana waited.
She waited to see Alice’s uncomfortable body language, suspicion forming on her face, and the stilted attempts at conversation but none of that ever came. Instead, Alice leaned forward and said something to Lara with exaggerated secrecy, making the redhead laugh burst into warm laughter. This accomplished, Alice sat back and resumed her storytelling with easy confidence, her smile genuine and her mood more than apparent. She was secure with herself and more importantly than that, she was happy.
Memorizing the moment in her mind, Alice’s smile, her laugh, everything about it that was wonderful and reminded Dana just why she loved the blonde so, she walked over to them. The instant that Alice saw her is when the change occurred. The smile disappeared, the laughter silenced, and the air of self assurance was trampled underneath the overwhelming weight that was the idea of losing Dana’s love.
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so ok – you were totally right – i loved dana’s pov and it totally makes sense and you just rock for the way you make me still love her even though she broke Alice’s heart.
And again, you were right, Jenny is the perfect friend for Alice and Helena and her ‘weirdness’ fits perfectly and is something endearing in this, not off putting as it is on the show.
And finally – the comfort that alice and helena find in their shared experiences, insecurities and needs was just perfect! Loved it – but then again, knew I would! Great job!!!
Bagpuss Rocks I and my friends were bought up on him. Best British kids tv show ever!! Bring bagpuss to the world!
Hey now… lol. I’ve got nothing against Bagpuss! The show was cool but I’m mildly freaked out by it. Then again, I’m mildly freaked out by lawn gnomes too. Brrr. Lawn gnomes. Anyway, Helena and Jenny like Bagpuss. They just find it somewhat disturbing, much like me. =P
You’re good.. you’re good. You actually MAKE me like Helena… ;)
Positively loving this, anyone who takes the time to properly write Helena *and* who writes her so damn well gets heaps of gold stars in my book. =) And I’m even picking up on the joys of Helacious =D Squeee
This is great! It’s nice seeing Helena portrayed as someone who does actually have a good side! I’m enjoying it very muchly
Thank You! For reasons in no particular order:
1. For writing Jenny in a way that isn’t about her “bad” weirdss. For actually writing her as someone who underneath all the complexities i still someone who can be kind, and defintely someone can see Alice having a friendsip with.
2. For Dana’s pov–I danish shipper at heart and will be, damn all season 3 spoilers and what not, and even though this is helacious story at heart, there are still those undercurrents of Danish, which will always be true for me, no matter what happens with them.
3. For writing helacious in such a way that even I, as a self proclaimed Danisher, can enjoy and even root for. I can only hope (perhaps foolishly)that the writers of TLW will do as much justice.
You are by far my favorite Fan Fic writer on this board–effortlessly weaving stories together that explore connection, love and all the good stuff in between.
I loved this and I’m a little upset that you got four stars considering some of the crap on this board that gets five stars. Dumb fuckers.
Anyway. I already told you what I liked, but I think my favourite parts were getting into Helena’s background and in her head, particularly with her father and the issues she has with her mother and the thing about her running. Ha! I always got lost running cross-country and as I told you, getting lost 13 times is nothing to me because I got lost a lot more times than that. People totally do get lost! And how cute was it that Helena was all fixated and upset that she placed fourth after going a mile and half out of her way? Priceless and so her because she would totally demand so much of herself even at age 15.
And ohh, that last part with the phone call and the dinner arrangements and everything? God.
You’re killing me with Helacious cuteness!
great as always
Not content with making us love Helacious, now you’re going to make me like Jenny! This is a great chapter. The insight into Dana: the scene where she watched Alice in the Planet was just painful. I loved the scene at the end when Alice called Helena. Great mix of tension and humour. And, finally, speaking as someone from the UK: don’t knock Bagpuss! (OK, it was weird, what can I say).