The phone rang and she waited. Finally, the someone she most wanted and most dreaded to talk to picked up. "Hello?" the voice on the other end said. With Larry's voice came all of the feelings that she had tried to bury over the past few months, yet she tried to squelch them and remember what she had to do.
"Hey..." she responded softly.
"Ally? Is something wrong? You don't sound right..." his voice was filled with the concern that Ally had always loved that he felt about her.
"I have to tell you something..." Ally paused, not wondering if she could go on. "Larry... I'm pregnant."
"Ohmigod. Ally, I'm coming back to Boston right away. We're going to be together, and we're going to raise this child together. I still love you, Ally." It was an offer she couldn't refuse. He would come back and everything would be perfect. She was still in love with Larry too. But somehow, she did.
"Wait." Her voice penetrated across the line strongly. "Larry, it's not your child."
"I don't' understand."
"When you were in Detroit visiting your son, there was something I didn't tell you about. I slept with John. It's his child. We're going to raise it together. I just thought that you deserved the truth. Larry, I love him."
It hurt Ally to feel Larry's pain, to hear the hurt in his words. "I see." Her heart broke. "I wish you all the best, Ally McBeal." And the line went dead.
It was the right thing to do. Ally would always love Larry Paul. But perhaps the scariest thing to her, was that she knew that if he came back, he would stay forever. And despite their love, it would always be somewhat forced. If somehow she could ease his pain, make him believe that she had wronged, maybe there would be some hope for her happiness. Ally married John Cage. He was the ever-doting father. And Ally found that she grew to love John. But Larry Paul was forever in her heart.
***Even the purest of love doesn't conquer all. Circumstances do matter. Sometimes we are forced to put aside love for other's sake. And when we are faced with such circumstances, we are faced with the hardest choices.***
"Hey..." she responded softly.
"Ally? Is something wrong? You don't sound right..." his voice was filled with the concern that Ally had always loved that he felt about her.
"I have to tell you something..." Ally paused, not wondering if she could go on. "Larry... I'm pregnant."
"Ohmigod. Ally, I'm coming back to Boston right away. We're going to be together, and we're going to raise this child together. I still love you, Ally." It was an offer she couldn't refuse. He would come back and everything would be perfect. She was still in love with Larry too. But somehow, she did.
"Wait." Her voice penetrated across the line strongly. "Larry, it's not your child."
"I don't' understand."
"When you were in Detroit visiting your son, there was something I didn't tell you about. I slept with John. It's his child. We're going to raise it together. I just thought that you deserved the truth. Larry, I love him."
It hurt Ally to feel Larry's pain, to hear the hurt in his words. "I see." Her heart broke. "I wish you all the best, Ally McBeal." And the line went dead.
It was the right thing to do. Ally would always love Larry Paul. But perhaps the scariest thing to her, was that she knew that if he came back, he would stay forever. And despite their love, it would always be somewhat forced. If somehow she could ease his pain, make him believe that she had wronged, maybe there would be some hope for her happiness. Ally married John Cage. He was the ever-doting father. And Ally found that she grew to love John. But Larry Paul was forever in her heart.
***Even the purest of love doesn't conquer all. Circumstances do matter. Sometimes we are forced to put aside love for other's sake. And when we are faced with such circumstances, we are faced with the hardest choices.***
