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Lest I Forget (8)
I kept wandering around up there, not really doing anything. I wasn’t even thinking, to be perfectly honest. It was nice to have some quiet space in my head for awhile, even if I was too exhausted to be able to do much with it.
I probably wandered the halls for about half an hour altogether, lost in my own little fog. When I finally came back to myself a little, I realized that it would probably freak the patients out to have some random old lady looking into their rooms. When I’d been hospitalized, I always found it beyond weird when people, whether other patients stretching their legs or family members with nowhere to go, would look into my room. Alice had always hated it more, though, and when she was around my door stayed closed.
I could see the sense in that, but it had always broken my heart to think about being alone in a hospital room with no visitors. Even when Alice had left the room for short periods of time when I’d been sick, I’d gotten lonely really quickly. I couldn’t even imagine not having anyone come to visit me during a hospital stay, and it had always made me really sad to know that there were a lot of patients in the oncology ward that had been completely alone, their families either being nonexistent or simply unable to visit them when they needed it most.
I shook my head to try and clear it when a huge wave of guilt hit me. I knew that Alice wouldn’t mind me taking a walk, but I still felt like shit for it and hurried back down the stairs and into her room.
“I’m sorry, baby. I just couldn’t sit here anymore and I wanted to pace. And I figured since I’m not allowed to do that at home…” No response, but then again I hadn’t been expecting one. Still, it made me feel better to talk to her for awhile. So I rambled at her about nothing really coherent until the first rays of sun started to come into the room from the tiny window. “Wake up, Al, the sun’s rising,” I whispered when I saw it, and while I’d been just fine talking to her, that statement made me lose it again. I felt the tears coursing down my face as I said softly, “This little window sucks though, baby. If you wake up we can go outside and watch it.”
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Damn! I forgot to comment last chapter. So sorry, MT! Great New Year’s present! Such a sweet chapter. Love that Dana could not sleep well without Alice. True soulmates. So many great touches: Dana pacing when Al wasn’t looking, showering together over the years, the knitted blanket, etc. — wonderful. Poor Dana. It is really hard to keep vigil like that. Stupid Gemma’s girlfriend! I would be willing to give her Jules if Kallie doesn’t work out. Interesting touch about Helena and Tina. I do like that Dylan was apparently there for Helena until the end. You rock, MT. Best wishes for 2008! Thanks so much for the new chapter!!
By the time I finished reading this chapter, I am a lot more sober after partying all night. OMG, MaGoose, again you saved me from typing half of my comments. I love the blanket too, so A, so sweet. I was about to start a “Feed Dana” campaign and then they brought her a Thanksgiving dinner. I also like the nice surprise about T & H getting back together. I am elated to find A slowly waking up. Poor D she really needed to get some rest. I am starting to worry about her again. She could not afford to be sick. I lmao when MaGoose offered Jules. As for you, MT, I am sorry to hear that you are depressed. I am sure MaGoose will not mind letting the D from “Closure” to take care of you for a day or two. Then everyone will be happy. Thank you MT, like MaGoose said, “YOU ROCK.” And please continue to rock in 2008. So keep your chin up and I wish you happiness, good health & prosperity this coming year!
Hey MT, what a way to start the New Year. Your writing continues to blow me away. I loved the part about the blanket, such an Alice thing to do…so cute. You’re teasing us a little with this story though, when I read the first chapter I accepted that there was no hope for Alice and that I had to read the story accepting it was destined to end a certain way…that was before I realised that you were in love with Alice, now slowly each chapter you are feeding us grains of hope and I’m starting to wonder if you have it in you to do anything really bad to your woman!