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You (Part the Second)
They were both crying openly now, holding each others’ hands for dear life. “I know, Al. After awhile it was like I couldn’t talk to you anymore, because…well…it was like you weren’t there. Not the real you, anyway. And that’s the person I wanted to be with. I couldn’t be with the shadow anymore. I wanted the sun. I wanted you, and you just weren’t there. And that’s why I left, Al. It was too sad to be with shadow.” It was cheesy as hell, but it was really the only way she could describe it.
And Alice understood. She really and truly did. There was no more bitterness in her heart. Hurt, sure, that was gonna stick around for awhile, but she didn’t hate Dana anymore because everything she’d said to her made perfect sense. The only thing she could think to do was nod, just because she agreed with it all. Hated it, more than anything in her life to that point, but agreed.
“So what do we do now? I mean, do you think we could, maybe, work on it? For real this time?” Alice knew it was next to hopeless, what with Dana being with Lara, but dammit she had to try.
It wasn’t like Dana hadn’t seen this coming. Still, she wanted the floor to open up and swallow her so she didn’t have to answer. Because it wasn’t like she didn’t want to be with Alice, she just couldn’t handle it. And she had no idea how to express that, so she just said it, as gently as she could.
“No, Al. We can’t. Not now…not while you’re sick. And it’s gonna take a long time for you to get better, and for both of us to move on.”
Alice didn’t try to cajole Dana into changing her mind. She just looked at the floor, which was blurry through her tears, and nodded. “Okay.” She’d barely gotten the word out before she felt Dana hugging her again, fiercely this time, as if she didn’t want to let go but had to. And as far gone on the pills as she was, Alice knew Dana was right. It killed her, but she had enough lucidity to realize that if they were to try anything again this soon, the old problems would just come back even stronger. So, for herself as much as for Dana, she mustered up all the strength she had and said, “Maybe it’d be a good thing if we just…uh…weren’t alone together for awhile. I mean, not forever or anything, just until we can sort this out? Is that okay?”
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This is so much more real than what IC told us I hope she is reading as well. You lived up to your talent without a doubt. I love what you are doing with this story and will continue. Maybe even keep Dana alive because that’s what all us Danish readers want. Anyway please keep writing! You made my day a little better.
Great job! I really enjoyed it. This is a much more believable direction that Danish is taking. It’s good to see them talking it out. In my opinion, they need each other. Keep up the great writing. I can’t wait to read more.
I love the direction your heading with this story,excellent update!! Your doing one hell of a job muted,PPS
Ok, totally love this story. If only IC could have written something so great… and Danishy believable. This is so much easier to grasp than the shit IC put our girls through. Please update again soon, because I am really enjoying this story, even though this was only the second chapter! :-)
Even thought it’s breaking my heart that they did break up and Dana did go back with Lara — an Alice turned to the pills, so far you’re doing it in a way that at least has a direct relationship to the characters as we know and love them. Although I gotta say the above things were also three of the top four reasons (and that’s jus the Danish!) S3 is just to painful to think about, so I hope you’re gonna fix it, otherwise I just might need Alice’s meds all over again. Really looking forward to your next update.
Just got caught up with this fic, excellent job, Muted, it’s like the lost scenes we’ve needed. Yay! Danish friendship is not dead, and having this on the real show would have answered so many “WTF?”-type questions of how things played out on-screen. Is Dana going to let Lara know about her reconciliation of sorts with Alice? I like that you don’t have D and A just jumping to getting back together, but rather, talking about misunderstandings and…moving on (in whatever way/s you’re taking them…?). Can’t wait to keep reading the next updates, please post soon!
I like that you are allowing them to slowly heal. Dana’s illness will probably crop up soon, but I hope you give Alice some time to get stronger. In an out of character move for myself, I hope they don’t get together any time soon. I really like your story.
Why oh why couldn’t it have happened like this? Great post, pps :)