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Valediction (Three/Three)
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Of course, she wasn’t in a good mood all the time. As the sickness started to take more and more of her strength and her energy, she’d get bitchy with everyone. She’d always apologize later, but none of us cared. We understood, but she still felt bad about. I wish she hadn’t, I really do. If there was a way for me to make it so she never felt guilty, I’d have done it. The saddest thing was that there didn’t seem to be.
We all tried to let her know how much we loved her. She’d go on day trips or just little joyrides with us, one on one, and just talk. We all let her say whatever she wanted to, and it did her a lot of good, I think. I hope, anyway. She told me once that when she knew for sure that she was really going to die, she stopped worrying about being politically correct and just said what she thought. We all got the biting end of her wisdom as much as we got the loving side of her, and it still amazes me that she was able to feel for us over such a broad spectrum.
I heard later, from everyone, that she would talk about me a lot, how lucky she was to have me and how happy she was to have kept me through all the shit. I wish I’d known that while she was still here. I would have smacked her. To this day, it hurts that she ever thought I’d leave her.
I’m glad I did find the time and the occasion to tell her how much she meant to me, though. We’d made a daily ritual of going out to the beach to watch the sunset, even when she was sick and exhausted and by all rights shouldn’t have left the house at all. We’d just cuddle on the sand with a huge thick blanket over us.
When I started to tell her, she tried to stop me and told me I didn’t need to say anything. I felt like I did, though, so I kept talking. She grumbled at me for a little bit, but eventually she shut up and listened to me. I didn’t say anything too eloquent, just that I was so honored to be with her at the end, and that I loved her more than anything I’d ever known or imagined in this life. She looked up at me and gave me one of those goofy grins of hers that I hadn’t seen for a long time, and for a minute I thought she hadn’t heard me correctly. She fumbled with my hand and managed to get my ring off even though I was fighting her on it. She just laughed and held my ring to her eye, and hers to her other eye so she could look through them.
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Wow I had to choke back tears and swallow a lump in ym throat more than a few times. I never cry at fanfics but this one almost got me. Perfect MT just fucking perfect. xx Oh and get better soon hun :)
perfect, very sad.. but perfect. Thank you.
*blows nose and puts tissue away* I was dreading the end of this story. This story was amazingly beautiful but SO sad. I’m looking forward to an update of your ‘happy’ story “You” (especially to that certain something coming :P).
Wow, what a beautifully written piece, expertly catching the emotions inlcuding sadness, love and, yes, happiness of these two wonderful people. You are definitely a wonderful writer and I hope you are feeling much better and can continue with YOU very soon. Thank you
okay – i can barely see what i writing due to the tears that are in my eyes. that was really beautiful. definitely your best writing so far. please give us something happy now. that was devestating. great job.
This story should come with a warning label like ‘May Cause Dehydration’ – it was exquisitely written. I miss Dana.
amazing as per usual. feel better so you can get back to writing a happier version of this in “You”.
Perfect. The way it should have been to begin with.
Very sad, but better than the show by a lot, more settled and peaceful and loving
you had me in tears these two last chapters :'( great story!
*gul* This was breathtakingly beautiful. I choked up more then once. You made me cry. *sigh* It was very moving, so much better and so much more human then the stuff we got to see on tv. I liked it. But I’m glad to see the newest part of “you” soon.
I know you had to do it and you did it perfectly. You are such a gifted writer even when I am not thrilled with the subject. You helped fill the void IC left.
Simply beautiful!WOW…I have a lump in my throat and holding back tears!!!You are truly gifted!!!
That was just beautiful. I was crying at the end if only the show could have done such a great job.
Best fanfic ever. What more can I say. You are incredibly talented
thank you for this story. i can’t think of a more fitting ending to dana’s cancer story. you’re truly gifted and i sincerely hope you’ll continue to write danish fanfics.
I so inspired by the beauty in how you wrote this. It gripped my heart and stayed with me. I read it yesterday, cried my tears but still it’s with me. Thank you for sharing your talent. I am so touched.
Ok I hardly even comment fanfics but how could I not on this one? I am literally in tears. I never cry from stories or movies. If you think of the saddest movie ever, I guarantee I could watch it and not one tear would form. Yet, these last two chapters have kept me crying. This fic was absolutely amazing. You’re amazing! Blew IC out of the water! They should take lessons from you. Can’t wait for an update on “You”.
Picturing the scene: You’re reading a book, or watching a movie, and you just have to call it off because you’re so into it that you find it almost painful to keep on doing it. So you decide to just quit. You press the pause bottom. You put the book in the freezer. Well, this has happened to me twice: the first one was a movie by Isabel Coixet; the second one ,Valediction. A couple of months ago I quit reading it at some point of the second chapter. I knew it was just fiction, but it felt so real… I just couldn’t make it. (I know, I know… Too corny!) But yesterday I did. I read all of it, and well, you got me speechless (you know… my English skills are so limited!! :p) Today I’ve bound it!! I handmade a little book (I love arts & crafts!). But unlike Alice with Dana’s letters, I think I won’t be able to read it again… I promise I won’t put it in the freezer, though!