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Reconciliation Part 13
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They faced each other as Helena processed the confessions Dylan was making. Dylan took a deep breath and blinked back a tear that threatened to escape. Helena felt a lump from in her throat. She was able to choke out, “You don’t have to go on.”
Dylan shook her head, “I’m okay. I want to tell you and want you to understand. I haven’t told a lot of people about my past. I’ve tried to keep it there but I can’t keep running from it. Now that I am beginning to see some success in life, I feel this is my time to reconcile myself to it.”
Helena brushed her hair back behind her ears, “Gosh Dylan, was there anything good in your childhood?”
Dylan smiled at Helena, “The best thing I can remember back then was a teacher, Mrs. Grayson, who introduced me to photography. She always had a smile on her face. She had the cutest freckles and pretty long red hair. She showed me how to use a camera. I still remember the first camera I ever used, it was a 35mm Canon AE-1. It took incredible pictures. I would borrow it from school and go out and just take shots of the local scenery. I would take pictures of the landscape and of people who just doing their normal day to day. I was able to see the real emotion when they thought nobody was looking. I loved to experiment with the shutter speed and different lighting settings. In school I learned to develop the photos. It was the only thing I was proud of back then. My teacher suggested I get into photography and maybe show them at local fairs and art shows. I did and I was surprised to see that people actually liked and sometimes wanted to buy my work. I sold it pretty cheap since I didn’t know what its value was. It was just the joy of hearing something I was doing get some praise. The bonus was selling it. That was really cool stuff.”
Soon the smile cleared as she went on, “My foster mother found and took the money I made. When I protested, she took my photos and tossed most of them in the fireplace. I couldn’t believe it. I had enough of being in her house. I ran away because I thought I might hurt her. I had all this rage in me. I lived on the streets for a while. When my teachers found out they called the social workers again. They placed me in various foster homes but I didn’t believe anything would be different. I didn’t have any reason to believe I would be safe, respected and certainly not loved. After awhile I lost interest in school and dropped out. I ran away and moved to Pittsburgh to try to make my own way in the world. I was just seventeen but I lied and told them I was nineteen. I slept in various shelters around town. I got little odd jobs here and there to support myself. I met Danny one day when I was working as a waitress. He was nice to me but he definitely had this edge about him. He was handsome in a rugged way. All the women threw themselves at him. I just smiled and kept to myself. I guess that attracted him to me. The ‘mystery of Dylan’ he called it. Unlike all the other ladies, I wasn’t tripping over myself to be with him. We became friends and he kind of took me under his wings. When he saw my photographs he thought they were great. Aside from my photography teacher, he was just about the only person I felt believed in me.” Dylan paused then added, “Until you.”
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Squirl, that was a truly an introspective and creative review of the challenges Dylan may have faced as a child/teenager. Her experiences clearly may have led her to succumb to Danny’s exploitative demands due to a fear that Helena’s love was temporary. I am so glad to see that Helena was able to respond emotionally to Dylan’s story – I was fearful that she would remain cold and distant. I hope that IC handles their reconnection as eloquently this season – I’m keeping my expectations very low for the actual show to avoid the risk of being disappointed yet again. Do I get to hope for a reconnection date or romantic evening in the future for these two??? Hugs, East
OMG Squirl, you have just givin that line “the truth will set you free” a whole new concept. For Dylan to let all that out to one person all at once is most likely the first time she has ever done that and also the first time she has ever looked that deep inside herself. Helena would be wise to evaluate her own feelings before she says or dose to much. That was hard to read and a very powerful cleansing experience of truth. Thank you, Md
WOW, u managed to make me feel for Dylan…knew u could…where to from here..hmmmm…pps
Wow this was hard to read, it was so filed with emotions I had to swallow a couple of times myself. It all makes sense now and I hope Dylan is sincere and Helena is willing to give her another chance, afterall deep down inside she knows she still loves Dylan. Thanks for writing us this story, this is what should have got (or hopefully will get) in the show. Great job Squirl !
Welcome JC, then Latin nephew. I have missed and now welcome your master’s thesis evaluation of my stories. Actually you often give me insight into my own stories, so I am happy to see your “long winded response” to my even more long-winded story. And BTW you do make sense. Thanks
I finally-finally had some time to sit down with a nice hot cuppa coffee and catch up on my reading. (: Wow, Squirl, this was such a beautiful and moving chapter. Personally, I never quite liked Dylan in the show, she seemed so cold. But in your story, you have managed to bring to life the “humaness” I wish I had witnessed of her in the show. Thank you for letting into another dimmension of this pairing. (: Just amazing. I’m really looking forward for more to come. (:
J.C. was so right He hit it right on the head. Dylan was one of ,y faorite persons. She and Helena was so right for each other. It was like IC didn’r want Helena to be happy. Dylan was one of the best . Maybe Helena can forgive and not be such a hard core person thanks
Hello My Friend… first let me say that I feel like the biggest douchbag going… I have been meaning to catch up and catch up and catch up on this story of yours so much… I feel like such an A-hole cause Everytime I had some time and energy it was taken from me and I feel like I have failed you as a reader and a friend and I am sorry for that. But I have caught up finally; you have this unique gift to get inside your characters so deeply and with such a fierce passion that it becomes sometimes hard experience to read the inner thoughts and inner workings that you so powerfully display through your words, you take minuet details, minor pieces of body language, gestures, a millisecond glimpse and you create incredible profiles of humanity. Your ability to exercise each emotion within each character and create a real sense of retribution and redemption is awe inspiring. Each glimpse you gave us of Dylan’s past only served to build a more enchanting character, an all to human character that no matter what your stripes are in life is someone you know…. Someone you might even love and care for. Everytime Dylan pushed forward with her story you could feel not only her emotional well build up to that climactic moment when she finally uttered the words ‘I Love You’ to Helena, you also showed us just how the walls that hold up Helena can just as easily crash down, for not only did she blame Dylan for breaking her heart, but for also making her lose her way in life, her very identity, and yet here we are face to face, both souls unbearably touched by each others sacrifices, damages and love, only to what; Find out who they truly are… some say that Bette and Tina are soulmates, they were destined to be together no matter what no matter the trials and tribulations… but you my friend have crafted a tale of real Soulmates, the ones who never realize who they were or who they are or who they will be until they are broken, shattered and completely vulnerable and exposed. That is the sure sign, when you have nothing left in your life, but complete desolation and the only thought you have no matter how painfully hard it is, is a single name, and here it was ‘Dylan’ and ‘Helena’ for they each tore each others souls apart and never realized that the only way to heal them was to admit, and feel again… wow… I am so sorry that was such a long winded response that most likely made no sense but yeah, you completely rock and roll my friend, and once again I am so sorry to have let you down by not being here for you, love and hugs, JC (Latin Nephew to those Salsa Angels)
Thanks for giving us a lot more to go on then Ilene could ever be bothered to provide.
Now I feel sorry for Dylan…poor thing..I hope that Helena gives her a chance to prove her love. pps