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If I Fall: Chapter 12
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Alice thanked Helena once again and told her she’d call her in the morning. She decided that she didn’t want to just leave without saying good night to Dana, especially after all the progress they had made earlier in the evening. So she crossed the room, approaching the bathroom door that Dana was supposedly behind and tapped her fingers lightly against it.
Little did Alice know that on the other side of the door was a near-hysterical tennis player sitting on a closed toilet bowl sobbing into her hands uncontrollably. She wasn’t exactly sure what came over her. Maybe it was seeing Alice so happy with someone else. Maybe it was the unmistakable, soul-searching look they shared as the writer blew out the candles on her birthday cake. Or maybe it was that Dana finally realized the finality of her decision to leave all those months ago, and how it was slowly becoming the biggest mistake of her life.
Dana could admit that she totally took for granted that just because Alice knew her and all her little fears and emotional ineptness, that she’d just be able to handle it as her girlfriend. However, it wasn’t exactly so cut and dry and they both learned the hard way that that was the furthest thing from the truth. Knowing someone’s flaws doesn’t mean you’re automatically prepared to deal with them. And just because "Alice the best friend" was well aware of Dana’s fears and incapacity to communicate or emotionally commit, it didn’t quite translate into "Alice the girlfriend" being able to handle those issues. And even if Alice wasn’t as insecure as she was, Dana would normally have her best friend to seek advice from in this situation. But she couldn’t exactly ask Alice what to do about Alice’s own inability to deal with Dana and her lack of emotional expression. Dana figured that "Alice the girlfriend" would just accept those things from her and not need more. But she did need more than that, and they both knew it. Hell, she deserved more than that. Yet, Dana, being raised in an environment of repression and self-censorship, wasn’t able to give Alice, or anyone for that matter, what they really needed.
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Nice touch with the gift and the note…sorry to say Jules, but you might as well get to pack’n…Sorry I have been a silent reader, but I had to comment after this chapter…PPS
that was such an awesome update. dana’s note was so beautiful. i was starting to think – how will they ever work this out? but the ending has given me some hope. i feel bad for jules and lara but like gemzo said – you can’t stand in the way of true love. thanks for that.
Poor, poor Jules. I liked the fact that Max and Jenny had a fight. That was cute. But poor Jules… lol
Wow fantastic part! Beautiful note from Dana, I feel a bit sorry for Jules but you can’t stand in the way of true love (i hope!) PPS :)
Okay, you made me cry like three times with this thing. Poor Alice, and poor Jules, and poor Dana. Poor everybody, except not Helena since she’s still rich in this. Ha, the wittiness, it astounds even me. And I’m rambling, but I do indeed heart this story immensely.
With Gemzo on this one. awesome story.
Awww, Dana Dana Dana why did you break up with her hmm? Julian is so patient, he’s like super restrained, must be his man powers. LOL I’m sorry, I can’t resist calling her a he, you write so talented and flawless and I’m not poking fun at all, I’m just so caught up and all aboard the danish train woo woo! Ok I think Bradshaw has to stop writing now and chill out because she seems to have lost the plot. Awesome chapter I swear you make me luv you even more with every chap :D xx
awww. that was soo great. loved the note from Dana. It sounds like things are about to be stirred up a bit. Can’t wait to read on.
That was just great. Dana’s gift to Alice was just perfect.
So close, Jules, yet so very, very far away. I’m sorry for her, but as Gemzo’s said, one can’t stop an irresistible force. Nicely done, and sweet at the end.
I actually like Jules…and I think she would be great for Alice if Dana wasn’t around. But Dana is..so back away Jules. ;) I hope a lot of Alice’s quesions willbe anwered by Dana clarifying her note in person.