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Laid Up: Another Season 3 – Chapter Two
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Alice walked down the hall carrying her big bag and a stack of mail. She glanced through the envelopes and tossed them on the hall table. Although she loved every minute she spent with Dana, she was glad to have a break. Angelica had exhausted her and she was a low maintenance kid–all she did was cry a little and ask for a bottle. Baby’s are work. Alice sat on the sofa, pulled out a bottle of Aquafina from her bag and gulped down half of it. She took a deep, relaxing breath and looked around her apartment. Her eyes lighted on the bookcase in the back of the room and the small “Nannycam” she had purchased for Tina and Bette. She had set it up yesterday to check its functionality before giving it to Bette. Alice, stood and walked over to the camera hidden inside of a stuffed anteater. She removed the camera from the belly of the anteater and hooked it up via the USB on her laptop. She opened the camera program and sat and fast forwarded through video of an empty living room. Bored, Alice picked up a folder of possible stories to write for freelance jobs. She shuffled through and found one interesting story and began reading the documentation. Suddenly, something caught her eye on her screen. She turned to see video of Dana entering the apartment with Lara. Alice clicked pause and stared at the image. The two women were laughing. Lara looked like she belonged there. She hit play and the video started again. It looked like Dana directed Lara into the living room, but she didn’t enter. Alice saw Lara standing over her computer table, moving Alice’s papers aside as she put her own papers on the table. Alice turned to her table’s surface and stared at it as if it held some secrets. Back to the video, she fast forwarded to capture Dana’s return. Dana was wearing different clothes and her hair was damp. She had showered with Lara in the apartment, knowing that Lara knew that Dana was naked, just rooms away. Something in Alice grew cold when she saw Dana move forward, bend next to Lara, stare at the pages on the table, and then Alice’s heart ached when she saw Lara possessively put her hand on Dana’s back. She was mesmerized. She couldn’t and wouldn’t turn away or turn it off. They were a few hair breaths away from each other. God, please don’t let them kiss. Don’t let them kiss. Dana stared into Lara’s eyes and Lara didn’t turn away. Alice could feel the chemistry building even on the video. She watched in disbelief as Lara’s hand moved up, caressed Dana’s cheek, and a tear fell from Alice’s eye when she saw Dana reach for that hand. Lara had long left the apartment and the video, but the images from the Nannycam continued as Alice stared at the screen without seeing it. She was only stirred from her inaction when she heard the door opening.
“Al. I’m home.” Dana entered the room looking happy.
“Hi,” Alice said weakly.
“Hey, how’s Angelica.”
“Fine. Where were you?”
“I was at The Planet having lunch. I left you a message at Bette’s.”
“I didn’t get it.”
Dana had walked down the hall and was well into the living room. “What are you doing?”
Alice slammed the screen lid of her laptop down. “Nothing. Working.”
Dana smiled, but it was guiltily. Alice was acting funny. Dana berated herself for having a face that gave everything away; she had a feeling Alice knew Lara had been up here.
END PART TWO
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Dialogue: “I think she’s punishing me” Bette tells the doctors (referencing S3, Episode 01, Bette talking to the sex expert.)
Helena’s shift in personality when she speaks to the comatose Tina (referencing all of S3)
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Seems like with Bette and Tina its they always need to talk. A person in a coma can still hear, ,radio,TV,and human voices. Bette needs to tak,and talk and talk. Tina always loved Bettes voice. thanks
Ooooh–Bette is a wench for saying that about Tina, but I understand the frustration and doubt she must be feeling about Tina’s recovery. I love your footnotes!
The L Word 3: The Missing 6 Months! Thank you for taking on this task. To quote Nelly (and DeBarge): “I like it,(I know you like it)I like it,I really,really like it.I want it,adore it.” …Glad you’re back! Keep up the good work! Reading your writing is my pleasure!
As much as I love Bette…and I do, she is my favorite character…I think that was an incredibly selfish thing for her to say…that she thinks Tina is in a coma because she is somehow punishing her. Geez Bette! Thanks!
i hope tina will wake up soon and see her baby, so she and bette can start their family again
I have to agree with Seahurst…Bette is so egocentric and selfish. And, she is my favorite character. Her vows included in sickness and in health.
When a loved one is in a coma for a long period of time, your own brain begins to wonder why this is happening. You begin to fight within your ownself as to why the person you love is still in this state. In this case Bette can not understand why Tina is not there (awake) and by now she is struggling with life in general. Why is it that some people can wake up within a matter of hours while others never wake up? Tina is there, she somehow has to pull herself out of the gray fog. Hopefully with the new faculities she will get the needed therapy.
Well, is Bette using daring Tina to wake up by saying that?
she has to keep talking to her… tina can hear … coma patients can hear whats going on around them.. so bette needs to keep telling tina all about angielica and the girls and how much she loves her… bette had to stop the negitively… just positive things to get tina back…keep it going… please continue
No one can say how you will respond to a loved one on a coma. It must be totaly devestating. I personaly don’t think that Bette’s remark is selfish at all. It may be irrational, but think one’s mind goes into overdrive when you fear lossing the one they love. I cried while reading this story. (Sorry, I am a Tina fan) Please let Tina be alright. let her wake up! Lovely Story!!
when my dad passed away he was sick before hand for a long time…the last day he slowly fell into a coma, anyway, my point being is that they tell you even though the person in a coma can’t respond, the hearing is the last thing to go. They can hear you as you talk to them…and so I talked and talked…Bette get off your confused horse and TALK. Again, we have not had a bountiful story like this to sink our teeth into for awhile…THANKYOU