Things Remain The Same
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"wow, Dana, that was um, enlightening" Nick said after Lu had left
"yeah" she agreed
"well, did any of it sink in?" he asked
"you know, I want tot be there for her, I really do but, it's like somethng's holding me back and I don't know what it is"
"well, Dana search fast because you only have about 6 more months until everything's said and done"
"I know, maybe I should tell her she can move back in"
"that's a start" Nick added
"yeah, until she has the baby anyway"
"oh, my" Nick said as Dana walked off
Dana went to the phone and dialed Lu's number. Lu ran to answer it "Hello"? Lu asks" " Hi Lu it's Dana may I talk with Alexis"? Dana Asks
"um Sure Dana I'll get her hold on"
"Alexis your mom on the phone and she wants to speak with you" Lu calls
"Hi Dana what are calling here for I thought that you kicked me out of the house"? Alexis asks.
"well, Nick and I talked things over and decided that you should be here for now anyway and I'll help you out getting prepared for the arrival"
"really? are you sure Dana?" she asks still unsure,
"yeah, I'm sure, you just have to understand that all of this is new to me and I don't have the patience Lu has and Nick and I need time together, that's very important"
"okay, I can live with that"
"okay, get ready to go I'm coming to pick you up" Dana sayd before hanging up the phone.
Alexis hangs up the phone happily "so what happened"? Lu asks
"well Dana and Nick thought about what you had said they said I can come home" Alexis replies
"ohh that's great Alexis I'm so happy for you" Lu says
"Is Dana picking up" Lu asks
"yeah she is she'll be here in a few minutes"
Alexis and Marc stood outside waiting for Dana to arrive. "so, Alexis, it looks like Dana's coming around"
"yeah, but, that's what we thought before"
"true" he answered
"I just hope everything works out this time" she replies subtlely
"if not, you can always come and stay with us"
"thank you, Marc" she said smiling.
Dana and Nick pulled up int the parking lot. "Hey Alexis how's it going"? Nick says as he gets out of the car
"everything's okay Nick, Lu took good care of me while I was here" she answers
"Ohh that's great Alexis, well lets go to the car and get home okay Dana's waiting for us" Nick replies
"okay let's go bye Marc I love you"
"bye Alexis love you too" bye Lu" Marc says as they walk Nick walks towards the car.
The whole trip home was silent. Dana conscintrated on the road as Nick flipped thorugh the radio stations and Alexis sat in the back looking out the window. They pull in the driveway and Dana gets out of the car, slams the door shut and walks up to the door going inside, slamming that behind her as well.
Nick and Alexis stand there and watch her actions, "well" Nick says as he gets out of the car. Alexis rolls her eyes, "Everything will be fine, Alexis, sooner or later" he says.
"Yeah, sooner or later, that's what scares me" Alexis says as she walks towards the door.
"I know it scares you, but you have got to remember that Dana really is not used to this yet but I promise you she will be soon" Nick says
"well I hope so Nick because it's really hurting me to see Dana acting this way and sending me to live with other people when I don't deserve this kind of treatment all I want is to be happy and Dana to be happy again like before" Alexis says as she walks into the house and into her room where she stays the rest of the day.
A few hours later Dana and Nick are sitting in the living room watching tv, "Dana?" he asks, "Yes?" she answers back.
"You're going to have to talk to her Dana, she needs you and you need her even if you don't want to admit it"
"you've gotten it all wrong Nick" She says softly
"do I?" he asks,
"yes" she says raising her voice
"then dammit Dana, explain it to me"
"Nick it's not like I don't love or care for her anymore"
"yeah well Dana it sure seems like it" Nick replies before Dana could finsh speaking "Dana"? Nick continues "
"yeah Nick"?
"Maybe we need to have Lu come back back over here and talk some sense into you again because talking with her once didn't do it for you didn't it? Lu can help you Dana, now you know that she's been through this before she knows what she is talking about" Nick says as Dana follows him to the kichen.
"I don't need Lu, I can handle this all by myself" Nick didn't say a word he just looked at her, "well, I can" she replied.
"Yeah, Dana, because you've done a bang up job so far"
"What's that suppose to mean?" Dana asks definsively
"I think you know" Nick says as he walks out of the kitchen and out the front door.
"Nick? where are you going?" she calls, the only answer she gets is the door slamming shut behind him.
Dana sat on the couch for a few minutes just trying to find a way to make up for what she had done to Alexis, but she couldn't figure out how. So she went to her room and layed down she quickly fell fast asleep as she didn't hear the sound of the door opening up and Nick coming in.
"Dana", Nick said softly, she moved around alittle before opening her eye's, "Nick?, where'd you go?" she asked sitting up in the bed, "out for a while" he answered.
"Dana, I've been thinking maybe it would be best if you and Alexis spent some time together, alone, maybe take her to the mall or to the movies ans just do mother and daughter things, not concentrate on the pregnancy, for now anyway"
"Nick, I was trying to think how I could possible make this up to her but, I can't, I can't get passed, this" she suddenly stopped.
"what Dana?" he asked
"It's just that I remembered the way my mother reacted and It's just hard"
"I know your trying hard Dana, but not really hard enough. I mean maybe if talked to Lu abit more you could see if maybe you can fix some of your mistakes you are making with not supporting Alexis's decision with her pregnancy"
"I'm telling you maybe you should go and really talk with Lu and let her help you sort your feelings out ,it will probably help you out alot to know what you not doing right and what you are doing right" Nick says as Dana listens to everything that he said down to the last words.
"maybe you're right" Dana agrees. "but, first I would like to try again with Alexis, I'll take her shopping in the morning and if I still can't handle it then I'll talk to Lu I promise" She says.
"I just want you to do what's best for both you and her"
"I know, thanks for being so patient through all of this, Nick, I don't know anybody else who would have"
"anytime" he says.
Dana reaches over and picks up the phone. "what are you doing?" Nick asks. She starts dialing a number, "I'm calling my Mom"
"Why? I thought you would be calling Lu" Nick asked "Why your mother Dana"?
"well I just want to to make sure that she's okay"
"Oh okay Dana sure, does she know that Alexis is pregnant?"
"um, well, no" Dana says.
"uh huh that's what I thought" Nick says
"I should tell her?" Dana asks
"Yeah, I think it would be a good idea"
"right" Dana responds.
The next morning, Dana went into Alexis' room, "Alexis?" she called, "wake up" Alexis groaned but, never moved, Dana went over to the window and opened the curtains letting in the morning light.
"Alexis get up" she called again.
"Why?, it's Saturday" she answered back.
"Because you're in your second trimester and I want to do a sonogram today, so get up and get ready so you can go to work with me".
Alexis pulled herself up, thinking to herself that this was a start to a new beginning.
Nick awoke to find Dana and Alexis heading out the door and getting into the car, "um, either Dana's trying harder or she's taking her away to kill her" Nick said to himself.
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"wow, Dana, that was um, enlightening" Nick said after Lu had left
"yeah" she agreed
"well, did any of it sink in?" he asked
"you know, I want tot be there for her, I really do but, it's like somethng's holding me back and I don't know what it is"
"well, Dana search fast because you only have about 6 more months until everything's said and done"
"I know, maybe I should tell her she can move back in"
"that's a start" Nick added
"yeah, until she has the baby anyway"
"oh, my" Nick said as Dana walked off
Dana went to the phone and dialed Lu's number. Lu ran to answer it "Hello"? Lu asks" " Hi Lu it's Dana may I talk with Alexis"? Dana Asks
"um Sure Dana I'll get her hold on"
"Alexis your mom on the phone and she wants to speak with you" Lu calls
"Hi Dana what are calling here for I thought that you kicked me out of the house"? Alexis asks.
"well, Nick and I talked things over and decided that you should be here for now anyway and I'll help you out getting prepared for the arrival"
"really? are you sure Dana?" she asks still unsure,
"yeah, I'm sure, you just have to understand that all of this is new to me and I don't have the patience Lu has and Nick and I need time together, that's very important"
"okay, I can live with that"
"okay, get ready to go I'm coming to pick you up" Dana sayd before hanging up the phone.
Alexis hangs up the phone happily "so what happened"? Lu asks
"well Dana and Nick thought about what you had said they said I can come home" Alexis replies
"ohh that's great Alexis I'm so happy for you" Lu says
"Is Dana picking up" Lu asks
"yeah she is she'll be here in a few minutes"
Alexis and Marc stood outside waiting for Dana to arrive. "so, Alexis, it looks like Dana's coming around"
"yeah, but, that's what we thought before"
"true" he answered
"I just hope everything works out this time" she replies subtlely
"if not, you can always come and stay with us"
"thank you, Marc" she said smiling.
Dana and Nick pulled up int the parking lot. "Hey Alexis how's it going"? Nick says as he gets out of the car
"everything's okay Nick, Lu took good care of me while I was here" she answers
"Ohh that's great Alexis, well lets go to the car and get home okay Dana's waiting for us" Nick replies
"okay let's go bye Marc I love you"
"bye Alexis love you too" bye Lu" Marc says as they walk Nick walks towards the car.
The whole trip home was silent. Dana conscintrated on the road as Nick flipped thorugh the radio stations and Alexis sat in the back looking out the window. They pull in the driveway and Dana gets out of the car, slams the door shut and walks up to the door going inside, slamming that behind her as well.
Nick and Alexis stand there and watch her actions, "well" Nick says as he gets out of the car. Alexis rolls her eyes, "Everything will be fine, Alexis, sooner or later" he says.
"Yeah, sooner or later, that's what scares me" Alexis says as she walks towards the door.
"I know it scares you, but you have got to remember that Dana really is not used to this yet but I promise you she will be soon" Nick says
"well I hope so Nick because it's really hurting me to see Dana acting this way and sending me to live with other people when I don't deserve this kind of treatment all I want is to be happy and Dana to be happy again like before" Alexis says as she walks into the house and into her room where she stays the rest of the day.
A few hours later Dana and Nick are sitting in the living room watching tv, "Dana?" he asks, "Yes?" she answers back.
"You're going to have to talk to her Dana, she needs you and you need her even if you don't want to admit it"
"you've gotten it all wrong Nick" She says softly
"do I?" he asks,
"yes" she says raising her voice
"then dammit Dana, explain it to me"
"Nick it's not like I don't love or care for her anymore"
"yeah well Dana it sure seems like it" Nick replies before Dana could finsh speaking "Dana"? Nick continues "
"yeah Nick"?
"Maybe we need to have Lu come back back over here and talk some sense into you again because talking with her once didn't do it for you didn't it? Lu can help you Dana, now you know that she's been through this before she knows what she is talking about" Nick says as Dana follows him to the kichen.
"I don't need Lu, I can handle this all by myself" Nick didn't say a word he just looked at her, "well, I can" she replied.
"Yeah, Dana, because you've done a bang up job so far"
"What's that suppose to mean?" Dana asks definsively
"I think you know" Nick says as he walks out of the kitchen and out the front door.
"Nick? where are you going?" she calls, the only answer she gets is the door slamming shut behind him.
Dana sat on the couch for a few minutes just trying to find a way to make up for what she had done to Alexis, but she couldn't figure out how. So she went to her room and layed down she quickly fell fast asleep as she didn't hear the sound of the door opening up and Nick coming in.
"Dana", Nick said softly, she moved around alittle before opening her eye's, "Nick?, where'd you go?" she asked sitting up in the bed, "out for a while" he answered.
"Dana, I've been thinking maybe it would be best if you and Alexis spent some time together, alone, maybe take her to the mall or to the movies ans just do mother and daughter things, not concentrate on the pregnancy, for now anyway"
"Nick, I was trying to think how I could possible make this up to her but, I can't, I can't get passed, this" she suddenly stopped.
"what Dana?" he asked
"It's just that I remembered the way my mother reacted and It's just hard"
"I know your trying hard Dana, but not really hard enough. I mean maybe if talked to Lu abit more you could see if maybe you can fix some of your mistakes you are making with not supporting Alexis's decision with her pregnancy"
"I'm telling you maybe you should go and really talk with Lu and let her help you sort your feelings out ,it will probably help you out alot to know what you not doing right and what you are doing right" Nick says as Dana listens to everything that he said down to the last words.
"maybe you're right" Dana agrees. "but, first I would like to try again with Alexis, I'll take her shopping in the morning and if I still can't handle it then I'll talk to Lu I promise" She says.
"I just want you to do what's best for both you and her"
"I know, thanks for being so patient through all of this, Nick, I don't know anybody else who would have"
"anytime" he says.
Dana reaches over and picks up the phone. "what are you doing?" Nick asks. She starts dialing a number, "I'm calling my Mom"
"Why? I thought you would be calling Lu" Nick asked "Why your mother Dana"?
"well I just want to to make sure that she's okay"
"Oh okay Dana sure, does she know that Alexis is pregnant?"
"um, well, no" Dana says.
"uh huh that's what I thought" Nick says
"I should tell her?" Dana asks
"Yeah, I think it would be a good idea"
"right" Dana responds.
The next morning, Dana went into Alexis' room, "Alexis?" she called, "wake up" Alexis groaned but, never moved, Dana went over to the window and opened the curtains letting in the morning light.
"Alexis get up" she called again.
"Why?, it's Saturday" she answered back.
"Because you're in your second trimester and I want to do a sonogram today, so get up and get ready so you can go to work with me".
Alexis pulled herself up, thinking to herself that this was a start to a new beginning.
Nick awoke to find Dana and Alexis heading out the door and getting into the car, "um, either Dana's trying harder or she's taking her away to kill her" Nick said to himself.
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