//Oh how I adore you, like no one before you

I love you just the way you are//

At that moment, while looking into Alice’s eyes, when she felt happy,
when she felt safe, and when she felt everything she could ever feel
for Alice …Dana remembered Carmen’s words: “BUT, before you tell her, just take a split second and let yourself remember all the sh*t, and decide, while you feel everything for her and while you fear everything else, whether she’s still worth it.”

And Dana did remember, because in Alice’s eyes she could also see all
the possible problems, the risks they both took, the reasons why “this
could not work”, their inevitable future arguments, and her innate
insecurities. She saw truth and reality in her eyes …but what she
also saw, which was stronger than the harsh reality, was hope. Granted,
no amount of hope will take the elements of fear away, but it can erase
doubt. And Dana, for sure, saw no traces of doubt in Alice’s eyes. Dana
decided for herself that, yes! Alice was worth it. IS worth it! No
amount of fear or insecurities could make her deny her love for the
blonde. A new resolve building up within her, Dana’s eyes flashed with
new passion, urging her fingers to resume its previous thrusts. She
lowered her lips to quench her sudden thirst to drink Alice in. The
blonde accepted her kiss hotly, moaning and thrusting her hips up in
time with Dana’s hand.

//It’s in the way you want me

It’s in the way you hold me//

“Alice, oh, I love you…” she spoke into the kiss, “Come for me, love.
Show me that you can feel this… that you can feel me.” Dana’s drove
her fingers in and out deeper and faster, touching as much of Alice’s
inner walls as she can.

//The way you show me just what love’s made of

It’s in the way we make love

It’s just the way you are//

The moment hit Alice like a tidal wave. Surge after surge of pleasure
seemed to ride through her. Dana stayed inside her well past the last
shudders. In the afterglow of the *****, Alice thought for a split
second that she’d imagined a voice repeating a certain phrase over and
over or that perhaps a song had started to play with the same lyrics.
It wasn’t until her breathing had returned to normal and could finally
clearly hear Dana whispering in her ear. She said the words so softly
yet so firmly and honestly. Three simple words, yet they expressed so
much meaning. Three simple words that was empty of any doubt and full
of certainty. Three simple words that Alice knew she’d never ever get
tired of hearing.

” I love you… I love you… I love you…”

THE END

…

I know I said I had a couple more chapters to go, but after some
discussion with my BETA-buddies, it was decided that this is as good a
place to end the fic as any. I apologize for pulling you along for so
long, and taking weeks of simmering, only to end so abruptly. I hope
you guys liked “Empty” …yes, all of eight of them. :o)
I’m gonna be working on a new fic (as promised) trying to explore Dana
and Alice’s relationship had they taken the chance to explore it while
they were in college. …oh and YES, there will be a drunk-party scene
indeed! LOL
Until then, “Empty” OUT -^///^—————–
~Rach