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... )

"Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional." - Hindu Proverb

[Follows THIS and THIS]Ali couldn't remember falling asleep, but she didn't feel any more rested than she had when she went to the bedroom. She hadn't slept properly since the night before Andrew's birthday. As she woke now, she just felt groggy and had an uncomfortable headache. She sat ( Read more... )

LINK: How was she supposed to grieve when she felt that she deserved the loss... or wished its inevitability?

24.1.2. "Sorrow you can hold, however desolating, if nobody speaks to you. If they speak, you break down." - Bede Jarrett

Co-written with paramedically & notskywalker
[Part 'Love and Loss' verse, HERE and HERE]The discussions between Andrew and Ali's doctors had been lengthy and draining. It took awhile for them to come to a decision with the advice of her psychologist ( Read more... )

60.5. "Loneliness is just about the scariest thing out there" - Joss Whedon (from Week 23)

Co-written with paramedically
[Follows THIS]Ali didn't wake up quickly. Andrew watched her as she roused gradually, almost as if she was fighting off regaining consciousness. He rubbed her hand softly, trying to give her something to focus on so she wasn't spooked waking ( Read more... )

77.10. Pain (from Week 62)

Co-written with paramedically & pullmysteth
[Follows THIS]

( Behind him he could hear someone telling someone else to call 911. Ironic. Sickeningly ironic... )

2.13. "I've noticed that the side effects of pregnancy are greatly amplified."
Junior

Co-written with missparamedic
[Follows all HERE, specifically THIS]When Ali left James on the dance floor, there was a funny cramping in her gut. She really did think she maybe had just overdone it on the mini sausage rolls and was now headed for an uncomfortable bout of ( Read more... )

LINK: Ali was exhausted, but it was worth every single moment. She got more and more nervous that all her hard plans for the party would be spoiled if someone spilt the beans (namely her), but everyone sat on the surprise to perfect and when Leila and her boyfriend brought Andrew to the bar that evening, the place had been in darkness until the ( Read more... )

39.10. Parent

Co-written with agentsullivan
[Follows THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS and THIS]It was just on dusk, and while one part of New York wearily signed off the for the day to head home after a hectic work day in the chaotic city, another part was just warming up to see the nightlife that promised to come alive, no matter what day of the week it was. Ali was ( Read more... )

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry // You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you // Tell you I need you // Tell you I've set you apart

LINK: She was thankful more and more every day that although he was too good to be true, he really was everything she hadn't let herself believe she needed.