Alicia 7/27/01 9:56pm
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters Dante, Sheila or Dolores. They are the children of Wally Lamb. I don't own the title either, if you recal it was the name of a poem Dante had written for Dolores. I'm just borrowing them for a little while. I'm also not making any money from this short fic. I don't plan to in the future either. So don't sue me.
Summery: Dante reflects.
Distribution: My site, and of course FF.N. If you would like to archive it, let me know first.
Author's Note: This is a She's Come Undone fan fic. I just finished reading the novel yesterday. This was written in 20 minutes, it's nothing spectacular. This is my first fan fic based on a character from a novel, it will mostly likely be my last, for I don't like writing fan fic based on novels. They're the ones who get sued the most.
Spoilers: Sure are!
I didn't mean for it to happen. I didn't! She'd just been so distent, so frigid. She didn't even want me to touch her. And that look in her eye wasn't exactly friendly.
It's partly my fault, I know that. I was the one who had forced her to get an abortion. But I told her that first night, I asked her flat out if she was on the pill, and she'd lied. How was I supposed to know she'd end up pregnent?
Everything just sorta happened, I didn't plan it. Sheila had looked so good. And she'd talked to me, and actually listened. She understood me. Understood my pain.
But God, I still loved Dolores. Even now I still have feelings for her. When she told me about her past right there in the middle of Burger King I thought she'd gone mad. I swore to myself I would hate her forever. And then when I'd returned her televeision all of those familiar feelings came flooding back.
If I could go back and do it all again I would. I would treat Dolores the way she deserved to be treated. And I'd make sure she knew exactly how I felt.
I hope she's happy now with her new life, her new husband. I hope she never forgets the way things used to be, and she remembers the way I was. Love ya still, Home Ec.