When I first saw the episode where Alicia died, I cried for like ten straight minutes because the entire episode just felt so wrong, and every time I have watched it again, I still cry. To this day if I sit and watch the whole episode I will cry without a doubt.
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Atlanta Georgia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lab room
A tall red headed women walks into the lab room that has poker face by Lady Gaga playing in the background. She turns to the only other person in the room, her coworker, and says "Ooooh I love this song turn it up louder."
"I know you do April; you have listened to it multiple times a day every day for the last couple of months. In fact, it's to the point where now I like it so much, I play it just as much nowadays." Her best friend says as she leaves her microscope turns up the volume on her iPod and heads back to her microscope.
April grabs her shoulders and gives her a quick hug with a huge grin saying "That's why were best friends because this would be so much more boring without me here and you would have gone crazy long ago cooped up in here otherwise."
Her friend stiffens and looks down with saddened and regretful expression. April immediately picks up on it and apologizes "Oh my god I'm an idiot I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it like that. Alicia you know that all that stuff is in your past, right?".
"I know, but even if it's a part of my past it is still a part of me, and I don't know if I will ever really be able to move past it. Maybe it was meant to be this way I mean after everything I've done having it burden me really seems like a light punishment if you ask me." Alicia explains as she turns to one of the few people that she trusts and can call a friend. She tries a half smile to reassure her that she is fine, but April doesn't believe it for a second.
April looks straight into Alicia's eyes and tells her "Alicia, that wasn't the real you. The real you is this one, the one who graduated Summa Cum Laude from California State University. The real you works for the freaking CDC trying to help the world one unholy vial at a time. The real you loves puppies and the color pink and more than anything else the real you understands that what you did back then was wrong and regret it deeply, so tonight me and you should head out early and get a drink so celebrate this you."
Alicia started thinking before she finally responded after a couple dozen seconds "Thanks April it means a lot to me that you think that and I appreciate it deeply but you know I don't do well with bars or drunk idiots in general, so I think that I'll pass."
"No, no, no, we both need a night out, so rap it up and we'll head out to Porter's." April said ushering Alicia back to her desk to pack up.
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Atlanta Georgia, The Porter Beer Bar
April shotguns the rest of her beer and sighing before looking at Alicia and saying, "Got to love knocking back a couple of cold ones, am I right?".
Alicia looks back at her feeling embarrassed by her friend's behavior telling her "do you think you could maybe try to act normal even just a little bit at all. I mean your not in college anymore you should act a little more adult like."
April shrugs her comment off and gets up telling her "I need to go to the lady's room. Hopefully it won't be too long of a wait."
Alicia sees her walk away and thinks 'great and now I'm alone with a bunch of drunks all around me.'. As she thinks this a man wobbly approaches her.
"Hey beautiful I see your all alone, would like some company." The drunk man slurs as he takes the seat next to her.
"Great" Alicia whispers softly under her breath. She looks to him and tells him "Actually I'm here with a friend she just went to the bathroom, so I'm fine thank you." As she gets up to move to a different area.
The man doesn't take no for an answer and grabs her wrist forcefully pulls her until they are out of the bar. Alicia keeps trying to free herself of his grasp until she decides to just yell for help "Help me! Somebody, he won't let me go! Help!". She starts to try and kick him, but it only makes him more angry and he raises his hand to strike her face.
Alicia closes her eyes and puts her other hand up to try and block some of the hit, but it never comes. She notices that somebody grabbed his hand and said in a familiar tone "Sorry sir, but I think you have had too much to drink and need to rest a little." All sudden she sees the drunk man get punched out and looks to her savior.
She is shocked to see who it is and just barely gets his name out "Clark.".