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Left behind
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Alice flinched at the memory. But she flinched at everything. Everything Dana related. She couldn’t believe death had destroyed everything that was wonderful about Dana. Death clouded every lovely memory Alice had of her. It was like a snare around her neck. The fact that Dana was dead.
There were moments when she forgot about that. And those moments were worth their weight in gold. Because every one of those moments made Alice forget all the pain she felt. But when reality hit her, it hit her even harder.
Her friends started to worry about her. Not only because she was sad. It was like they started to become scared of her. They became afraid to slip up, to say something wrong. To say something to upset her. They started to tiptoe around her. After the funeral, they slowly stopped talking about Dana, as if to spare Alice’s feelings. And their own too, because as soon as her name was mentioned, people started sobbing. It was easier to sweep it all under the rug.
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Alice did her job. She took on the assignments she got without enthusiasm. She went to The Planet to meet her friends. But there was always a hole among them now. A void. Dana was gone. And every moment she spent with her friends reminded her of that. The occasional meetings at The Planet made her feel worse, so she started to avoid them all together. She met them all individually, but never as a whole. There was nothing whole about them anymore.
Sometimes Helena came over with different kinds of food. She knew Alice almost didn’t eat at all. She did her dishes and dusted her shelves in secret, because she knew Alice didn’t want to be pitied. Once in a while, she tried to approach the loaded subject of Dana, but she was never really sure how to begin.
And sometimes Shane came over. They mostly sat beside each other in silence. Suddenly, the main thing they had in common was the loss of Dana. There wasn’t much else. Alice never thought to ask about Carmen and why she didn’t see her around anymore. Shane didn’t say anything about it. It didn’t really seem to matter.
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(37 votes, average: 3.27 out of 5)
Vaya – thank you so much. Your story gave Dana and Alice a sense of closure that I didn’t get from the show. They deserved the chance to battle Dana’s cancer together.
Man, you made me cry. (*sniffles)
thank you. this was much needed, and i totally wanted to see dana and alice get back togeter. at least before she died. :( i too had tears in my eyes as i was reading this. i miss danish.
I have some tear in my eyes this was a great post and I just hope that they all deal with it a bit better in the show great post I love it
Great post! I’m with ackemat in that it gave me a sense of closure I didn’t get from the show. And even though it’s a harsh reality, I hated the fact that Dana died alone. Very well written and I loved how went from the present and flashed back to Dana and Alice in the hospital. It made it seem more real. Great job!
Fantastic, I agree with Vaya as well