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Life Choice (Chapter 5)
By the next morning, Dana was beyond miserable. The Compazine wasn’t working and the nausea so bad that she couldn’t even keep water down. In any moment of respite, she was overcome by a blinding headache. When Alice called, Diane’s advice startled her, but she trusted her implicitly and called Shane.
“It’s bad,” Alice said as she let Shane and Carmen in. “I’d do it myself, but…”
“You’ve got be on top of everything,” Shane said. “Don’t worry about it.”
“Did she agree to this?” Carmen asked. “She’s never even tried it, has she?”
“No, which is why I want you to ask her again before you do it,” Alice said. She opened the door and they saw Dana rolling from one side to the other on the bed, nearly obvious to anything but her own pain.
Alice got into bed behind her and wrapped her arms around Dana, offering what little comfort she could.
“Shane’s here, baby,” she whispered as Shane moved to the side of the bed and met Dana’s eyes.
“Are you sure, Dana?” asked Shane.
“Yeah,” Dana said weakly as she managed to focus on Shane, who then pulled a joint and a lighter from her pack of cigarettes.
“You have to suck it all in at once and swallow. Then, just hold your breath as long as you can and let it out slowly. Are you ready?”
Dana nodded and Shane lit up. She then leaned in and kissed Dana, exhaling firmly into her mouth as Dana sucked in the smoke and held her breath. They repeated the process until they finished the j. Shane was pretty baked. Dana didn’t feel much for another ten minutes and then, amazingly, the nausea eased and her headache dissipated in the course of the next half hour. Four hours later, as the nausea threatened to reappear, Dana Fairbanks smoked her second joint ever, this time all on her own.
The following Saturday, Dana’s parents came for dinner. Old habits die hard and the four of them were on their best behavior, which made for stifled conversation filled with long silences. Sharon finally got to the point of the evening.
“Do you remember telling us about the medical power of attorney?” she asked delicately.
“Yes,” Dana answered tentatively.
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Thank you. :)
Awesome! I’m so freaking happy right now. Dana is cancer free…the way to be! You are a very talented writer, and I look forward to reading anything new that you have in mind. I can’t wait for more. I love it. Danish rocks!
Good stuff. I liked the interaction between Danish and the parents. Cancer Free!
I’m so friggin glad that Dana beat the cancer:) She always was a fighter. It kinda sucked when Bette and Tina broke the news about their seperation so soon while Dana was still recovering. Also glad that everybody seems to be sticking together to help Dana. Can’t wait for the next!
Beautifull! This is so well written and i can’t wait for the next part! :)
“Dana Fairbanks beat cancer!” Hell the fuck yeah! Ha ha. This was an awesome chapter! Fuck TLW! Who needs the real show when you have writers like you who actually give us hope and depth to the characters we’ve fallen in love with!
Woohoo…to be told that your free of cancer [or any illness] must be the most amazing and exhilerating feeling ever!! I felt like having a little dance myself LOL. I love the way that all the gang are there for Dana, pulling her thru with all their love and care and doing whatever it takes to help her thru.. including Shane sharing the joint at one of her even darker moments, which was spot on!! Well Dana can only get stronger now and that means [in my soppy Danish head] they can just go from strength to strength, which makes me one happy bunny! yay! Once again great chapter. Thanks.
Thank god you didn’t use ‘because you loved me’ as their song. haha. really good stuff.
Yes!!!!
I love this story so much! I read it at work today which I shouldn’t have, but whem I saw that you posted I couldn’t resist! So now I read it twice and all I can say is wow! Looking forward to the final chapter of this beautiful story and I’m curious to what the song will be. But I’m with Bojangles on this one, no Celine Dion song….ahhhh! great stuff my friend!
Another brilliant update – and things are looking so well – can’t wait for next installment.