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Work to Do Chapter 11
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“Would you like a drink?”
“I’ll help myself,” Alice told her. A moment later she called from the kitchen. “I’m going to have a beer, can I bring you one?”
“Sure.” Dana agreed, distracted. Alice’s question worried her.
“So you weren’t saying” Alice prodded, sitting down on the couch opposite Dana. She gave what she hoped was a reassuring smile.
“Do you want to understand why I broke up with her or why I went back in the first place?” Dana asked.
“I asked you why you broke up with her,” Alice reminded her. They exchanged a long, tense look.
“Maybe this isn’t such a great idea without Stella,” Dana suggested.
“Dana. It’s fine. Just tell me. Why did you leave? It was you who left, right? That’s always the impression I got.” Alice swigged her beer.
Dana continued to look at Alice with foreboding. She couldn’t ever recall having a rational discussion with Alice about Lara. She didn’t feel this could turn out any better but Alice seemed determined to have the conversation.
Dana turned her palms up in surrender.
“Because she didn’t feel like home and she wasn’t going to,” she told Alice finally.
Alice looked away from her, seemingly transfixed with a photo of Dana and her brother.
When her eyes returned to Dana they were shiny and Dana knew that Alice had heard what she needed to hear.
Neither of them said anything for a bit.
“So are we done with this part of the evening’s discussion?” Dana asked softly.
“I brought a movie?” Alice offered.
“Great! Want to call for Chinese?” Dana bubbled.
With the movie retrieved, the food ordered, and the beers replenished- Alice and Dana were left to reflect on their discussion. Though hardly verbose, Dana’s response had answered a lot of questions Alice tried not to have.
She felt suddenly shy.
Dana was lost in her own thoughts. Was this a date? It was nighttime. There was dinner and a movie. There were sweat pants borrowed. Wasn’t it too soon for that? They had so many unspoken agreements it was hard to remember what they’d agreed too.
The movie was “Vertigo”, a shared favorite. They sat companionably on the couch under a throw and offered the same jokes and running commentary they always did.
When the film credits signified the end Dana was asleep with her head in Alice’s lap and Alice was lazily playing with her hair. It was a luxury she hadn’t enjoyed in a long time.
Alice replayed the sentence in her head she’d recalled at various times during the movie. “Because she didn’t feel like home and she wasn’t going to…” Alice made a weird choked happy noise, waking Dana.
“What? What was that?” Dana shifted.
She burrowed her head deeper into Alice’s lap, fighting consciousness. She simultaneously woke Alice right up.
Dana brought up her hands and shoved them under her ‘pillow’ as she curled into Alice tighter. Her hand was now comfortably under Alice’s *****.
“Wait for it.” Alice thought to herself. “Wait.”
She felt the moment Dana woke up before she saw it.
A subtle stillness came over Dana before one eye peeked open in exploration.
Alice gave her a wry look and arched an eyebrow.
“Hi there.”
Dana’s one eye looked up at Alice and then down into her lap before waking the other and slinking off of Alice.
“Fell asleep.” She mumbled.
“Yeah. I caught that,” Alice nodded.
Alice stood and nudged Dana along into the bedroom where they curled into the position that had become acceptable at Dana’s house because her couch wasn’t comfortable.
It was an unspoken agreement.
TBC
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DO you just like teasing people and toying with our emotions? j/k Like I always say, I would gladly take your season 3 over the current crop of terriying evil spoilers/rumors. Actually you make so much more sense than the show itself. Can I just say how much I Love the final scene? Just prefect *sigh*
I just can’t tell you enough how much I love this story. Great writing and great job conveying the Danish angst/romance. I too wish this is what we’d be treated to in season 3. Thanks for writing.
Awww! Dana falling asleep with her head in Alice’s lap was perfect!
You know what else would have been perfect? Nookie. Lol, just teasing. Since you’ve been kind enough to do it to us. Your idea of Alice stalking makes more sense than EZ writing for the show. Maybe it was her idea in the first place!? Anyway, I talk too much. I’m just going to say thank you for cancelling out the couch and moving them over to the bed. So please post soon!
Cape, I think you raised the bars for all the Danish fic writers because I’ve read a lot of Season 3 spoilers’ motivated fanfics but none of them was this brave and real. Most of them never dealt with the stalking plot. It seems it’s gonna be a hard and long ride with this story but I’m so loving it
Great take on the nasty S3 spoilers Capesquad (or should I say Ms Capesquad!) Loving that their time with each other is almost awkward and the way you illustrate that but clearly there is a depth of feeling which allows them get beyond that. Looking forward to next week!
I really enjoyed reading your spin on the spoilers and how you made Alice reflect on her actions. Loved this line, “Because she didn’t feel like home and she wasn’t going to…” I thought it was sweet. Great chapter…anxiously looking forward to the next one
hey great update, a hell of a lot better than those spoilers.::shivers:: Things seem to be looking up for alice and dana, yay, can’t wait for your next post!
they still have so much to work out but i think that they will get there in the end please post soon
Now, what didn’t I love about this chapter? Oh that’s right. Nothing. It was all great: Dana and Alice wondering what is and isn’t ‘allowed’; Dana wondering if it was a date; poor Alice anticipating the stalking dscussion with a ward of shrinks; and Dana’s reason, so simple, for breaking up with Lara. It always amazes me that you manage to convey so much in so few words. The pace was perfect; as was the ending. Do we really have to wait a week for the next one?
fantastic! you have such great lines in your stories. you did a great job portraying the scenario and feelings of two people who aren’t broken up but not together and how it feels. excellent!
Still waiting for your other story. Lady Gray. Seriously though I’m loving this story. You really are making the spoiler a little easier to take, if only you wrote for the show, because I just have a feeling they won’t do as good of a job as you have. Great chapter, looking forward to next week, Deb
The background you gave really helped to show why Alice and Dana interacted the way they did at the beginning of your story. I was so happy to see that this chapter extended into the present time. I’ve been sitting here trying to understand the soothing sense of quiet I felt reading this part. All I’ve been able to come up with so far is that as much as Lara was not home for Dana, we all know that Alice is her home. I was surprised by the extent you were able to make me feel that in this chapter. I can’t wait to see what happens next. Check out the lyrics to the song I sent you.