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Long Nights
Taking the red eye had been a mistake. Sleep was impossible. She never could sleep on planes. Now, just ten minutes after she’d been hurtled aloft, her mind raced. On any given day Alice Piezecki couldn’t stop thinking about Dana Fairbanks and now, three long years after the breakup, on her first trip home, Alice’s brain was deluged with Dana.
Home. Did she really still think of Los Angeles as home? She’d made a fine life for herself in New York, finding the kind of mainstream success and acceptance that had eluded her in LA. Alice ordered a vodka tonic and pretended to adjust the volume on her headset. The only movie she saw was the one of the final months before she’d fled to New York. She hadn’t even said goodbye.
For a moment she wondered if she was going insane at long last. The pain was just as fresh as the very instant she’d realized that she and Dana were breaking up. This is what had driven her to isolate herself from the family. They tried calling. She’d changed her number. They tried emailing. She’d changed her email address. They’d reached out through mutual acquaintances. She didn’t respond to their overtures. The break-up quickly tore their cozy little group to pieces and she couldn’t bear to be responsible for that. Finally they just stopped trying and Alice didn’t blame them. She knew she’d been a total ass and didn’t deserve them or their concern. She missed them so much.
Who was she kidding? She missed Dana so fucking much she couldn’t breathe most of the time. In those rare moments when she wasn’t drowning in self-pity or obsessing on Dana and what she could have done differently, Alice felt dead inside. She knew those were moments of denial and was miserable. There were times when she literally wanted to die, but they invariably passed while she weighed out her options in gory detail.
In the beginning she’d dated some fairly random women just to prove to herself that someone, anyone, could still desire her. Then came two years of total celibacy. She had to do some socializing for work, but there’d been no dating, not that anyone dared to ask. About six months ago, she’d tried going out again, at the urging of her over-the-top friend, Gerard, but always found some very plausible reason to stop seeing them. Though she never said it out loud, and practically never let herself even think the words, she knew why. It was as plain as day. The other women were not Dana.
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Woo hoo!! A new story *and* a collaboration between two Danish stalwarts? Most excellent. I am thinking Team HDD for a name, but, I can probably do better once I am more drunk. I’ll get back to you… What a great start! Poor Alice… She is still so troubled after three years — she almost seems worse than when she left. And she doesn’t seem to be able to move on. I hope we see some of Gerard. He sounds like a hoot. The panic attack seemed very real. I am pretty pissed at the flight attendant for interrupting that dream. Loved the “Tower burger” touch. I don’t know what to think about the ending. I guess I will hold off getting too pissed at Dana until I hear her side of the story. Just great, guys. Thanks so much!! ILL? Glad to have you join the “author” ranks. I look forward to the next installment.
Just how can anyone get pass a Danish breakup? Fat chance. Being abruptly woken up is bad enough and from dreaming, that is even worse. What’s with Fairbanks here? Was she on the same flight as A? Most excellent SG, I truly enjoyed reading this new story. Thank you very much for your participation. All these Danish goodness today made me really happy. I see no reason to not extend Danish Day. I am sure everyone will welcome it with a HDD. p.s. just reading Don’s Burger made me what a big fat mushroom cheeseburger. lol.
Sorry, pardon my forgetfulness. Thank you very much ILUVLEISHA for collaborating with SG. And the same goes to you for participating on this great day.
can’t wait for the girls to meet face to face…..the story is great..
love, love, love it! I love how passionate dana is about the burgers what with her being a health freak n all lol! anyway, im in the process of catching up on your last story sammysgirl and its amazing!! thank you muchly, both of you :)
This is so great! Thank you both for writing it. I’m sleep deprived and can’t think of anything useful to say, but this is awesome.
Hey, thanks for your story. Can’t wait for another chapter. And I echoed hail_danalice to thank ILUVLEISHA for participating on this great day. Keep it up you two!
great story. excellent writing and set up. awesome team guys! post soon. and thanks for participating in danish day.
reeeeeeeeeeeeeeealy good!!!! pps! :)