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Bitter Endings, Sweet Beginnings: Part Two
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No longer did Alice smile and joke and speak with an effortless conviction about the validity of her words and her own self worth. She worried, she needled, and she clung to Dana anxiously. Acting as if she feared each moment would be her last with the athlete. But what hit Dana the most, what made her feel helpless and miserable was that Alice wasn’t happy. That emotion left the second that Dana appeared and was replaced with crushing fear and insecurity.
And Dana was the one who did that to her.
There it was, laid out for her as plain as the eye could see. She was the problem, not Alice. It was Dana who caused all of this behavior and part of her wondered why she didn’t see it sooner. Alice never acted this way in any of her previous relationships. Even the ones she had with Gabby who remained a perpetual romantic thorn in Alice’s side over the years.
As much as it hurt, as difficult as it was, Dana also knew what she had to do. If she loved Alice and if she wanted to see the woman she loved ever return, she would have to end this.
The next day Dana broke up with Alice.
Things got far worse before they got better. She found herself besieged with desperate phone calls, persistent following, embittered rants on the radio, and pain. God, the relentless pain that Dana was in. It was a suffering she was well aware Alice shared with her.
Countless times Dana was tempted to take it back. To pull Alice into her arms and kiss her forever, to tell her she loved her and she loved her still, that she would always love her, that they would get through this.
Then she would remember that she had already done all of that and it didn’t work. Alice didn’t believe her or simply wasn’t capable of believing her.
Three months passed and things were better now. There were no more phone calls, no more following, and no more bitterly angry words being spewed across the airwaves. Nothing but the gaping hole in Dana’s heart remained as evidence of Alice’s missing presence in her life.
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so ok – you were totally right – i loved dana’s pov and it totally makes sense and you just rock for the way you make me still love her even though she broke Alice’s heart.
And again, you were right, Jenny is the perfect friend for Alice and Helena and her ‘weirdness’ fits perfectly and is something endearing in this, not off putting as it is on the show.
And finally – the comfort that alice and helena find in their shared experiences, insecurities and needs was just perfect! Loved it – but then again, knew I would! Great job!!!
Bagpuss Rocks I and my friends were bought up on him. Best British kids tv show ever!! Bring bagpuss to the world!
Hey now… lol. I’ve got nothing against Bagpuss! The show was cool but I’m mildly freaked out by it. Then again, I’m mildly freaked out by lawn gnomes too. Brrr. Lawn gnomes. Anyway, Helena and Jenny like Bagpuss. They just find it somewhat disturbing, much like me. =P
You’re good.. you’re good. You actually MAKE me like Helena… ;)
Positively loving this, anyone who takes the time to properly write Helena *and* who writes her so damn well gets heaps of gold stars in my book. =) And I’m even picking up on the joys of Helacious =D Squeee
This is great! It’s nice seeing Helena portrayed as someone who does actually have a good side! I’m enjoying it very muchly
Thank You! For reasons in no particular order:
1. For writing Jenny in a way that isn’t about her “bad” weirdss. For actually writing her as someone who underneath all the complexities i still someone who can be kind, and defintely someone can see Alice having a friendsip with.
2. For Dana’s pov–I danish shipper at heart and will be, damn all season 3 spoilers and what not, and even though this is helacious story at heart, there are still those undercurrents of Danish, which will always be true for me, no matter what happens with them.
3. For writing helacious in such a way that even I, as a self proclaimed Danisher, can enjoy and even root for. I can only hope (perhaps foolishly)that the writers of TLW will do as much justice.
You are by far my favorite Fan Fic writer on this board–effortlessly weaving stories together that explore connection, love and all the good stuff in between.
I loved this and I’m a little upset that you got four stars considering some of the crap on this board that gets five stars. Dumb fuckers.
Anyway. I already told you what I liked, but I think my favourite parts were getting into Helena’s background and in her head, particularly with her father and the issues she has with her mother and the thing about her running. Ha! I always got lost running cross-country and as I told you, getting lost 13 times is nothing to me because I got lost a lot more times than that. People totally do get lost! And how cute was it that Helena was all fixated and upset that she placed fourth after going a mile and half out of her way? Priceless and so her because she would totally demand so much of herself even at age 15.
And ohh, that last part with the phone call and the dinner arrangements and everything? God.
You’re killing me with Helacious cuteness!
great as always
Not content with making us love Helacious, now you’re going to make me like Jenny! This is a great chapter. The insight into Dana: the scene where she watched Alice in the Planet was just painful. I loved the scene at the end when Alice called Helena. Great mix of tension and humour. And, finally, speaking as someone from the UK: don’t knock Bagpuss! (OK, it was weird, what can I say).