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If I Fall: Chapter 5
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”Work out? That was just a quick role in the hay from the beginning.”
“Right. So before you even slept with him you put that limitation on it. See? You say your bi but you refuse to get involved with men.”
“I was involved with Lisa for some time.”
”Oh right, the lesbian man. Good point,” Shane deadpanned.
Alice rolled her eyes and was about to come back with a clever retort when she was interrupted by Jenny.
“Okay, Shane ordered the shot of espresso, right?” Jenny asked as she moved closer to the table of her friends. It was only the second day since Kit hired her to wait tables at The Planet, but she had already spent most of last night writing so that she wouldn’t have to play the part of a waitress much longer. If anything she figured this would give her some new material to write about. And if not, she could always find material in the fact that she was dating a transgender with a taser gun.
“Yeah Jen, thanks,” Shane gratefully took the shot of espresso and cleared off the chair next to her so Jenny could join them.
“So what are we talking about?” she asked as she sat down next to her friend.
“Uh, the fact that I’m a fake bisexual, of course,” Alice replied sardonically.
Jenny looked at Shane and burst out laughing. “Oh Alice, I wouldn’t worry about it. Better to be a fake bisexual than to marry a man just to prove you weren’t gay.”
Alice smirked at Jenny’s self-deprecating comment. True, Jenny was more fucked up than her in that category, but at least she could make fun of herself along with the rest of them.
“Thanks Jen, and fuck you Yoda.”
Just then Alice heard the door open and immediately noticed Shane stiffen up and glance over at her nervously. The others at the table followed suit thereafter. And immediately Alice knew she didn’t have to turn around to see who had just entered. It was Dana…or Lara…or even worse, both. She’d seen those awkward glances on her friends faces dozens of times since the break up, and this time was no different. Still, Alice couldn’t help that it always made her feel like an outcast amongst the people closest to her. A part of her wanted to stay and enjoy the rest of the afternoon with her friends. But the other terrified part couldn’t bring herself to even acknowledging Dana’s existence, let alone sit across the table from her and exchange pleasantries. So while Alice admitted the she couldn’t run away from the situation forever, she knew that coming to terms with it and co-existing peacefully with the athlete would have to be a task for another day. After all, it was only 6 months. And while the rest of the gang seemed to revel in the fact that Dana had found the “love of her life” in Lara, Alice couldn’t exactly share in their congratulatory approval. No, actually, she surmised that she’d rather stab her own heart out with a newly sharpened #2 pencil than sit and watch someone else make Dana sublimely happy, like she knew couldn’t do.
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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! ;-)