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Survival: Chapter 5
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“Do you think I can pull this off?” Dana asked, turning away from the mirror in the entryway to Alice’s apartment. She fiddled with her long colourful headscarf and looked at Alice self-consciously. “Or, do I look like I should be an extra for Pirates of the Caribbean?”
“Hey, girl pirates are hot,” Alice replied. “Besides, I think you look great,” she added with a grin as she adjusted the edges of Dana’s scarf. Once she had finished, she took a step back and gave Dana an appreciative gaze. “Perfect,” she said quietly.
Dana returned her smile gratefully before turning back to the mirror and grimacing at her reflection. “You know, I should really just go bald tonight,” she said.
“Why not?” Alice said. “I keep telling you that bald is beautiful.”
Dana smiled. “Well, I’m not even completely bald anymore,” she replied. “My hair has had a chance to grow back a little bit over the past few weeks.” Her smile dropped suddenly as another thought occurred to her. “I should enjoy it while it’s still there. Starting tomorrow I’ll be a cue ball again.”
“Hey, remember what we said?” Alice responded, stepping behind Dana to give her a stern look in the mirror. “No chemo talk tonight. We’re going to go see Tegan and Sara and have a good time.”
“Right,” Dana agreed, nodding her head firmly as she met Alice’s eyes in the mirror. With a determined effort, she tried to tamp down the nervousness that had clouded her mind all day.
But, as much as she wanted to have a good time with her friends tonight, it was impossible to completely ignore the fact that tomorrow she would be starting chemo once again. Dana knew it was important to have a positive frame of mind about her illness, but she couldn’t forget about how vulnerable the chemo had made her the last time around. It had stripped her of all her defences, and in the process it had nearly killed her. It was hard to push those memories away, even though on every rational level she knew thinking about it wasn’t going to help anything.
“Hey,” Alice said after a moment, noticing Dana’s sombre expression. She grabbed Dana’s hand and turned her around to face her. “You ok?”
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Okay, blue…one question….what exactly about this chapter weren’t you pleased with? ‘Cause it flowed well, it built ever so much more delicious tension between Alice and Dana…and it gave us a teensy window into Alice that we might not otherwise have without Ellie….who I love, by the way! I laughed at ‘Al’ and ‘El’! On a more serious note, I thought that you captured the angst that anyone who goes through chemo experiences in a very realistic way. And, I love the way Alice is there to back up Dana! (And the kiss wasn’t bad either!) And so, I’ll stick a bag of popcorn in the microwave and look forward to the next chapter!
YAY!!!! I like where this is going!!!! Pirates Are Awesome!!!
Great update – thanks
If this is an example of writing you’re not pleased with, I know I’ll hate my own meager capabilities more than I currently do when you post something you’re proud of. I absolutely loved this! Too cute. And yay, confirmation that those two crazy kids still love each other. Seriously, I adore this story.
so cute. i loved it. i wasn’t expecting that judging from your description. but it was awesome. post soon.
i just found it too. How is that?? anyway– i love it. i have never understood how The L Word passed up on the opportunity to tell THIS story.
I totally love this story and this chapter was just to cute!
so so good i enoyed that very much..i hope dana will be fine :S
So I just found this story and it is developing wonderfully. I love the interaction and tension. I especially appreciate the flow and pace of the story. Well done!