2.1. "You can't undo the past... but you can certainly not repeat it."
Bruce Willis

Co-written with aussielawyer
[Follows THIS, THIS, THIS and THIS]Opening the door and finding Mark there had Ali just standing and staring at him. She couldn't wrap her head around the fact she had begged her ex for help with her fiance. But he had answered and he had come. ( Read more... )

LINK: She drew in a long, shaky breath and let it out slowly as she reached for the phone and dialled her ex's phone number, still not sure she was making the right decision.

14.15. “If you hurt that girl I will kill you, nurse you back to health, and then kill you again!”
| Off Centre

[Follows THIS]Mark looked down at the pink teddy bear in his hand and let out a rough, shaky breath. He tried to swallow away the nerves fluttering inside him, but it was impossible. When he returned home from a meeting with his old boss ( Read more... )

PROMPT: Today's mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write a letter! Not an email, but a genuine old-fashioned (or standard, depending on your world) letter. This can either be sent, or unsent.Ali ran her thumb across the edge of the empty envelope as she checked over the letter before she folded it away. This wasn't the way this was ( Read more... )

Track 08. If I could make everything work out right // I'd bring my photographs to life // It's hard to figure out reality // When you're consumed by compromise
(Bodyjar - ‘Too Drunk to Drive’)

[Follows THIS]Ali sat rigidly on the edge of the large, plush modular sofa, a set of mostly unfamiliar keys clutched in her palm. Tears were dry on her ( Read more... )

23.3. "Loneliness is just about the scariest thing out there" - Joss Whedon

[Follows THIS]It was strange how volatile the world was when it could all come crashing down around you in the blink of an eye. Could you have stopped it? What if you had done one tiny little thing different, would it have changed anything? Would it get better? Would the ( Read more... )

2.6.1 An Affair To Remember

Co-written with agentcampbell

[Follows THIS and THIS]When James answered his apartment door, Ali hugged her jacket tighter around herself, almost like it could act as a shield for her. “You look a little better than when I last saw you,” she greeted him. “I was just, um… is Izzy here? She wasn’t home, so I thought this would be the ( Read more... )

If I could turn, turn back the hands of time
Then my darlin' you'd still be mine
- Turn Back The Hands Of Time by R KellyAli was early. It was a strategic move so she could be at the restaurant and seated before Mark appeared. She had on a loose designer shirt which looked like a fashion statement when she was sitting with the table as a shield, ( Read more... )

4.9. "I guess sometimes the ground can shift between your feet. Sometimes your footing slips. You stumble. And sometimes you grab what's close to you and hold on as tight as you can."
| The Wonder YearsAli had discovered a new talent. Perfecting the art of balancing a half-full tub of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream on her pregnant belly whilst sucking on ( Read more... )

I think Vickie was only talking about marriage so I'd wanna have sex with her. And then I did, and now she never talks to me, except to come back for more. And I always give in. I feel so used. >> Peter MacMannus (Down with Love)

[Follows THISAli shot awake in her bed, scrambling into a sitting position as she took a few moments to get her ( Read more... )