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Work to Do Chapter 13
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“I can’t,” Alice whispered.
“What? Of course you can… Alice.”
Dana cupped Alice’s face in her hand. “I needed to say all of that, for me. I wasn’t trying to hurt you Baby,” she swore.
Alice willed herself to get it together. She knew she was being totally unfair. Again.
Dana should be able to process her feelings without fear of hurting her. This is exactly what they were here for.
“Just get through this. You can go home and throw a fit,” she promised herself.
“I’m sorry Dana. You just caught me by surprise. Of course you need to
be able to tell me how you feel. All of it. It’s justsome of itcan be
hard for me to hear,” Alice’s voice broke. “I hate how much I hurt you
Dana.”
Understanding that sentiment completely, Dana swept Alice off the
couch. On their knees, they pulled each other tight into something
between an embrace and a collapse. Their mouths were looking for each
other when the door opened.
Dr. Stella Rudnick’s jaw dropped. “Oh.”
She hadn’t expected that. She had purposefully given Dana and Alice
privacy at the end of the session. Given how it had ended, she didn’t
want them to leave without having some interaction. The activity on her
carpet wasn’t what she’d envisioned.
Amid a flurry of ‘excuse me’s and ‘see you next week’s they’d left. Dr.
Rudnick smiled wistfully hoping they stayed out of trouble. It didn’t
escape her that while Dana had blushed but waved as she left; Alice
hadn’t been able to look at her.
As they exited Dr. Rudnick’s office building, Alice begged off Dana’s
invitation to grab an early dinner promising to have lunch with her the
next day.
It was clear Dana was concerned about her but Alice needed some time
alone to digest the last hour. While it hadn’t been the session she
dreaded, in some ways it had been much worse.
‘How did I get this so completely wrong?’ she asked herself again. She drove slowly, negotiating the traffic on autopilot.
‘I was so absorbed in not getting my own heart broken, I forgot to take care of Dana’s,’ she anguished.
Her heart sank as she calculated the mistakes she’d made over the last seven months.
Alice’s apartment – seven months earlier
Wearily, Dana climbed the stairs to Alice’s apartment foregoing the
elevator. After rushing thru her practice to see Alice, she found
herself in no hurry now that she had arrived.
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wow..you and layla give us an update in one nite…awesome. I love the way your story is progressing and how you go back and forth btwn past and present so easily and how you make it flow with everything. Gotta love Shane…she’s always helping these two see something that’s right there in front of them. Great chapter!!
You’re the voice of reason in the mad world of Danish. The breakup was very real, a very mature view of the deterioration of their relationship. This is how I pictured it happening, by that point both of them were tired and angry whether at themselves or at each other. Dana’s reaction was perfect, as was Alice’s choice of words and her near implusive action.“Shane. I have a six by four foot BILLBOARD hanging in my living room that might as well be titled: Everyone Leaves.”I love this line, capturing the unseen truth behind that chart. I never even saw it as that but you got it right, that’s exactly what it is and it plays perfectly in Alice’s inability to deal in a relationship. She created what she fears the most, I don’t think IC & co will be able to provide that kind of insight.But that last line is just pure evil, now I’ll spend the week wondering what will happen in Dana’s place. :)
Awww yay! “It’s five o’clock in the morning…you didn’t come here to kiss me did you?” thats my favorite line in this chapter, seeing how Alice likes to make mornig visits, lol awsome update, looking forward to the next chapter!
Woo-hoo, I get so excited to see your updates! I love how you write this story and how it’s coming along. With all the awful rumors circulating about season 3 and Danish, this story is like therapy. Keep up the great writing.
I hate to admit it, but I can completely identify with Alice’s defense mechanism that caused her to break up with Dana. She finally realized that she was protecting her own heart at Dana’s expense. I loved Shanes 5am statement and the dialogue Alice had with herself in her mind – trying to keep it together. What exactly were they doing on the floor of the doctor’s office, anyway?
Capesquad, have read this three times and found something to think about each time – obsessed moi – never!!!! Great update and wonderful take on all of the rumours etc. Don’t you dare skip the conversation with Dana on her doorstep when Alice turns up for her ‘nap’!!!! Love it, Love it……yeah I love it! Enjoy Thanksgiving.
Lol, it was 5am and Alice was at the wrong door. But I loved what Shane had to say! I really like the way you’ve written Shane and Alice’s communication in this scene, too realistic. Alice and Dana sure do have some issues, hopefully its nothing a little ‘nap’ can’t fix. *wink-wink-nudge-nudge* You know what I mean…Update soon!
ok – totally love the premise of the chart and leaving. you are doing a great job of alleviating a bit of the spoiler pain and there is a lot of it. great story and update.
this is great because they are starting to talk to each other please post soon I love it
Wow, this is great. Please post soon.
OK, I’ve officially run out of superlatives. I didn’t manage to post a comment last week but the stalking update was great: I actually thought I wouldn’t mind seeing that storyline on the show if they could play it out and resolve it the way you’re writing it. And I love the way you break up the angst with the funny one-liners.
I read a chapter of “Work to do” and think no other chapter can top that one and baaaam… The next one does!!! Really, I never thought about the depths of the chart and the whole story is brilliant. I do hope IC has at least a crew who could create and write at least %10 of your creativity and integrity. Cant wait to read the next chapter.