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If I Fall: Chapter 5
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“Okay guys, I’m out of here.”
“Wait Al, where are you going?” Shane inquired.
“Uh…to the station.”
Shane quickly glanced at her watch. “But you’re not on air for another 2 hours.”
‘Fuck you, Shane,’ Alice thought through gritted teeth. ‘Why do you have to make this more difficult than it already is?’ She knew Shane was just trying to get her to stay and be okay with Dana sitting across the table from her. But she just couldn’t bring herself to going along with her friend’s plan. “Yeah well, Ruth hasn’t been too happy with the show lately, so she enacted this new ‘I want to see a script before every show’ policy for The Chart.”
“I guess she’s tired of hearing the name ‘Dana’ too, huh?” Dana quietly added. And for the first time since she arrived Alice looked directly at her. Except, if Dana had her choice, she would have probably rather not been witness to the genuine hurt painted all over Alice’s face as she glared at her questioningly. Dana realized she probably shouldn’t have said what she did, but she longed desperately for some kind of reaction from Alice so that they’d actually be talking again—even if it was a look that made Dana want to cower under the table.
Alice kept her eyes fastened on Dana’s as she said goodbye to the group once more. And then with that, she was gone.
As soon as she was out the door, Shane turned to Dana with an accusatory look.
“I know. I know. I’m sorry, it was a stupid thing to say.”
“Hey, Dana, don’t beat yourself up about it. She’s going to have to pull herself together and face reality sooner or later,” Bette added. This elicited an eye roll from Shane and Dana looked out at the parking lot to see Alice getting into the Mini.
“I’ll be right back guys,” Dana said over her shoulder as she ran out the door, jogging over to Alice’s car before she could pull away. When she got there she gently knocked on the driver’s side window, causing Alice to jump and almost hit her head on the ceiling. She quickly turned to see Dana and was once again startled. Reluctantly, however, she rolled down the window and braced herself for their first conversation since the breakup.
“I’m sorry, Alice.”
Alice waved her off. “It’s fine, you just scared me.”
“No. I mean, I’m sorry about the comment I made in there. It was fucking stupid and I didn’t mean for it to come out like that.”
“Oh…well, whatever.”
Dana just stood there shifting her weight from one foot to the other, unsure of what to say next, while Alice forced her eyes to focus on anything but Dana’s.
“Okay…I guess I’ll see ya later then.”
“Wait, Al. I just…there’s so much I want to say right now, but I have no clue where to begin.”
“I think ‘goodbye’ is sufficient, Dana. That’s one word you’re pretty good at.”
And with that, Alice rolled up her window and drove off, leaving Dana standing there with those previously unshed tears finally falling.
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This story just keeps getting better and better, I was so unbelieveably excited to see all my fav authors posting in the past couple of days and not one of you guys has been a disappointment. This story is just simply amazing and you portray Alice so well, I kinda feel what we didn’t see in the show is shown in this fanfic which is comforting :) I love where you’re taking this as tragic and heartbreaking as it is, it’s also f*cking brilliant. Can’t wait for the next chap. xx
whoa! could actually feel the burn of Alice’s last words. that was an awsome chapter, looking forward to your next!!
Ouch. This is painful to read, but it’s so well done that it’s worth it. This thing just keeps getting better, and it’s so much more realistic than what we were allowed to see. It’s good to see that Alice recognized Bette’s condescending attitude, it always bugged the crap out of me. Anyway, I hope some sort of resoultion will happen soon.
I see what you mean about them barely being friends. I was thinking the same thing as Muted – “ouch”, but I must truly be evil because as much as Dana may have needed to break up with Alice – the way she did it was really crappy – and I wasn’t exactly feeling sorry for her. Alice definitely needs to get herself together, and ultimately only hurts herself by holding a grudge against Dana, but I loved her parting comment. Bette is definitely an unforgiving pain in the neck, but hey – we need all kinds to make the world go ’round. I was surprised that you made the time to update because I know you must be super busy. Maybe you’ll be able to sneak a few more updates as class assignments… Well, it was worth a try. :-)This story does keep getting better and better.
I know its cruel to laugh at someone else’s misfortune but this is very funny and very sad…PPS
Six months is a long time to avoid someone. There’d have to be an undercurrent of tension that made it hard on everyone, not just Alice and Dana. As for them “choosing” Dana, it’s maybe just that Dana’s appearing to be a bit more “in control” since the breakup. Bette and Al… well, Alice wasn’t that tolerant of Bette’s “weakness” when she cheated on Tina, so I guess Bette’s being intolerant of Alice’s. Being pally with Helena probably isn’t helping matters. They obviously still care about each other or they couldn’t hurt one another. Those two (B & Al) need to talk. And all the above notwithstanding, six months *is* a long time for the group to have to choose to spend time with either one (Al) or the other (Dana). It’d be draining. See? Your post made me think. Keep ’em coming, I’m really into this story.
God! I thought that watching the break up and awkwardness between Danish was bad, but you write so damn crystal clear and perfect that I think this is harder to handle! Please update again soon, seeing as how I fucking love this story! And by the way, I still have one more chapter to my Danish story. Maybe if you update again soon, I could work out an update from me! ;-)