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Posthumous Wisdom (24)
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“Pretty fucked up” she answered as the situation before her became even more confusing.
“Why do I always manage to fuck it up Shane?”
This time the question demanded an answer. She cheated and replied with a question of her own.
“Did you actually fuck it up or was it just not meant to be?”
This was a refreshing thought. Another failed relationship became infinitely more tolerable if it was never meant to be. Was that true? Was there even such a thing as meant to be?
“I don’t know” she responded relieved to know something even if it was just that she didn’t really know anything at this point.
After some moments of contemplation a thought struck her. “It doesn’t hurt the way it did before, does that mean it wasn’t meant to be?”
“Maybe”
“But maybe not?” she queried wanting this all to be more black and white
“I don’t know. Perhaps it was just meant to be what it was – good while it lasted and all that.”
“Is that all I get from now on. Did I blow my chance at forever? Do I only get once chance?”
“I don’t think you only get one chance but maybe you only get one person?”
“So if you blow your chance with that one person then that’s it?”
“I’m not sure”
“Shane?”
“Yeah”
“Could you go home and ask Yoda to come out here. All this not knowing and not being sure is really not helpful.” Bette said lightly while shaking her head – still not quite believing this was how her night had panned out.
Shane shrugged her shoulders and smiled, “Even Yoda has her limitations”
“Great, I’m just too fucking complicated even for Yoda”
“Love is too fucking complicated”
“I did love her” Bette said earnestly. It was suddenly important that this was understood and accepted.
“I know” came the reassuring reply which left her in no doubt that the speaker believed it to be true.
“What Jodi and I established tonight though was that it isn’t enough”
“That’s a scary thought. What else is there if love’s not enough?”
“I’m not sure. She told me that she thought that sometimes it could be if it was the right love with the right person.”
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This was pure genius! Your writing is a gift that I hope to enjoy for a long time. The detail you gave to this backstory was absolutely incredible…thank you!!
I LOVE YOU EVEN MORE NOW. I love this story it is one of the best if not the best that i have ever read. Everyone is so true to form. Keep up the great work
Excellent as always. Bette and Shane have these impromtu conversations which are so honest and always lead to deeper thoughts and reflections about themselves and their interactions with others. That flashback of Shane’s party and the planning that Alice put into in and the reason for the theme was just great. Keep it coming. PPS.
awesome, now we need another carmen update!
I love this story I have read the whole thing in 2 days it makes me miss Dana so much. It gets better with every chapter
this is one of the fanfics that makes me really sad that they killed off dana. oh well… this story just keeps getting better and better. pps Ãœ
OMG i love this chapter, love all the sit down honest talking among them!!! bette’s question to shane about bring yoda out was priceless!! PSS
OK. So I started grinning when I saw an update to this story (especially one with “Alice” in the summary). That broke into a full-fledged smile when I saw your author’s notes and that you dedicated the second half of the post to me. I was very good and read from the beginning. ;-D I’m glad I did. The talk with Bette and Shane was great. They have a special connection that isn’t often highlighted on the show. The flashback? Great! Again you write so true to the characters. I could see Alice going overboard planning and Dana being her (somewhat) willing accomplice. I was laughing at the party-prep, Alice trying not to spoil her own surprise, and the party itself. I had to give a big “awwwww” when Dana showed up with the emergency supplies. Thank you so much for this great gift and another amazing chapter! PPS! I’m still waiting patiently for Alice to open the rest of her package….
This is another great chapter. The flashback of the party triggered by the lightbulb going out was awesome. Looking forward to see Alice revealing more about the box. I salute you.
again, always love the friendship of Shane and Bette and two of my fav stories show this so I’m a happy camper and you write it beautifully. The flashback was great,Shane joking that Al was fantising about her was priceless.Great start to finish would give more that 2 thumbs up but then I’d have some weird mutant deforminity and I wouldn’t be able to type…so 2’s all you get :)
hey! thanks for updating. I really like the Bette and Shane conversations. The party for Shane was brilliant! thanks again. PPS:D
How come I’ve been missing this story?? It’s just so damn good!! (S**t, I can’t allow myself to get jonested in another danish story, my dissertation deadline is way too close!!). Anyway, just popped out to thank you and let you know that I love it! You know?, I found myself relating to some issues here… and I gotta say your wise-Dana has become sort of my adviser!!lol. Seriously now, you’re good at this!