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Work to Do Chapter 13
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What was seven years in the making took Alice less then seven minutes
to unravel. She watched Dana walk to her car from her living room
window.
5:00am Friday morning, Present Day
Shane’s House
The sun hadn’t come up yet when Alice found herself knocking on Shane’s door.
The hairdresser answered with both eyes closed and her hair more unruly than usual.
“Alice.”
“Hey. Think you could manage coffee yet?” Alice smiled hopefully.
“It’s five o’clock in the morningyou didn’t come here to kiss me did you?” Shane asked.
Alice ignored her.
“I’m sorry to wake you sweetie. I had to talk to someone before I chewed my foot off.
“What’s up?’ Shane turned, and shuffled off toward the kitchen. Alice followed close behind.
“Well, you know the chart right?”
Shane paused, turning to look at her friend.
“Al. You didn’t wake me up to talk about your Chart, did you?” Shane
found the chart interesting enough, but certainly they had covered that
topic in sufficient detail by now. Alice was kind of obsessed with the
thing.
“Sort of,” Alice squeaked.
“Sorry. Go ahead, what about it?”
“Well I’ve always said that the chart was about how connected we all
are, right? That we can all be tied together by who we’ve slept with.”
Alice used the diagram to illustrate a kind of sexual ‘six degrees’
connectivity in their community.
Shane nodded her agreement of that premise. Her own name figured
prominently in the configuration, she was attached to more woman by far
than any other name on the chart.
“Well,” Alice’s voice got small, ‘What if it’s also about how we all
leave? I meanyes there is a line that connects us to these people, but
there’s also another that leads us away.’
‘Well yeah,’ Shane thought. ‘I can certainly attest to that,’ she waited for Alice.
“Maybe the reason I never drew a line between Dana and I was because I never wanted to draw the second one that leads away?”
“It’s funny Al, I’ve always associated your chart with passing flings.
I mean look at all the lines attached to my name,” she noted.
Alice looked at her friend bewildered.
“How did I miss that?”
“Wait. You never connected you and Dana on your chart?”
Alice shook her head, giving her a ‘Can you believe that?’ look. “Nope, never got around to it.
“What did Dana think about that?”
Alice shrugged.
“She never asked?” Shane asked surprised. She set two coffees at her and Alice’s place at the table.
“Shane. We’re talking about me and Dana, masters of miscommunication.”
Rubbing here eyes, Shane smiled at Alice with affection,
“Right.”
“Okay. So what got you thinking about ‘the chart’ in the middle of the night?”
“I was awake anyway I’d been up torturing myself about how I’ve butchered things with Dana,” she explained.
“I guess I was thinking about all that when I was looking at the chart
and the lines to and from both Dana and I. I began wondering just why
didn’t I connect our names? I mean of all the connections, right?”
Shane gave her an understanding nod.
“So then I started looking at the names that WERE connected to me NOT
pretty. Setting Gabby aside, because she’s a whole other conversation;
what a collection of pointless, laborious entanglements I’ve had.’
She shook her head in amazement.
“Shane. I have a six by four foot BILLBOARD hanging in my living room that might as well be titled: Everyone Leaves.”
Shane looked at her quietly for a moment.
“Everyone but Dana,” the hairdresser pointed out.
Alice looked stunned for a moment.
“Right” she smiled.
“Thanks Yoda.
“Where are you going Al?”
“To Dana’s, she grinned again. “I need a nap.”
TBC
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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.