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Melissa looked at Trish, "Wanna move to the couch?"
Trish nodded and they went into the living room. Trish took a deep breath and began to explain everything from how Aly found out that Dave and Melissa had a one-night stand and into the drug use and now he was in rehab and Aly was not handling it well.
"Ok, after all of that, I have one question for you." Melissa said reaching out to Trish.
Trish looked at her and with tears in her eyes replied, "What's that?"
"Who's asking you how you're doing? Is Dave understanding how hard this is on you? Have you been really honest with anyone?" Melissa asked.
"Brock asked me how I was doing, and I had a mini-breakdown with Brock, but the girls showed up and I need to be strong for them, I need to be strong for mom and dad because I have to tell them tomorrow. I told Vince about Dave's situation, I told Angie the situation and I'm the one that had to tell the girls about it." Trish replied. "I need to be strong about this."
"No, you need to be honest about this or it's going to eat you alive. Especially since the girls aren't taking it real well. You're going to be questioned a lot, you're going to be surrounded by negativity and you need an outlet." Melissa tried to reason with her. "And especially since you're going to be dealing with telling the family."
Trish nodded, "I know, but I just don't want to try to make this into a pity party for me. I mean, it's hard enough as it is and I guess I've just been pushing all of my feelings aside and concentrating on him and the kids and his job that I don't know if mine matter at this point."
"Of course your feelings matter." Melissa said in a shocked tone. "What happened to the Trish that I used to know?? He has really done a number on you, do you realize that?"
Trish looked up at Melissa with a confused look, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, you are a totally different person now then you were when the two of you first started seeing each other. Now I know a lot has happened since that time, and I'm sure that life-altering events can change you a bit, but you are not the same person as you were before." Melissa reminded her. "Now I have a question for you."
"Now what?" Trish said with a laugh.
"Didn't Dave tell you that he had been clean and sober for awhile when you and him got back together not all that long ago?" Melissa asked her.
"Yeah he did, why?" Trish replied not knowing where Melissa was going with this.
"Then Dave lied to you. He told you that he had been clean and sober and going through anger management classes, but when you caught him with the drugs, he told you that he had been using since shortly after he moved back in with Angie. Which means that he's been using for quite sometime. Trish, he lied to you." Melissa pointed out.
Trish sat there stunned. She had never thought about it like that before. She sat there pondering the thought for a minute when she realized something.Melissa was right. Dave had all out lied to her when they were on their "blind date". Trish's eyes filled with tears, she turned to Melissa, "You want to know about my true emotions?" She asked her with a fury behind her voice.
Melissa nodded, she knew that Trish needed to unload on someone, why not let it be her?
"My true emotion is that I'm so hurt. I can't believe that Dave would sit there and lie to my face about this whole drug thing. I'm scared because I know that withdrawl can be powerful and the way that Dave set up his admission is that he can go in and out because of the baby being so close to coming. How do I know that he won't lie and say that he got called about the baby and go right out to the street and buy some more drugs?" Trish got up and started pacing. Melissa could see the frustration in her face, and knew that this is what she needed. Trish's brows furrowed, "I'm pissed off because of all the shit that he has put me through. We've been through so much so quickly, he's lied to me about so many things that I don't know what to believe and what not to believe anymore."
Melissa tried to get off of the couch to hug her, but Trish just kept on pacing. Trish's eyes filled with tears, "Do you have any idea how many nights I've lied in bed and cried because of him? And then I think about the girls. Look at what they've been through, and are going through now."
"You said that you had to tell the girls?" Melissa asked.
"Yeah. I offered to help in whatever way possible, so I took it upon myself to tell Vince, Angie and the girls." Trish replied through her sobs. "It was so heartbreaking having to tell Aly and Jenni. And poor Aly, I feel so bad because she's had an idea about this for so long and Dave is her hero. She looked up to him so much. Jenni isn't quite sure what to think."
Melissa got up and held her. "Trish, I think it's really great that you're supporting him through this, but I also think that you need to sit and have a reality check about what you're putting yourself through as well."
Trish nodded, "I know, but right now there are so many other things that need to be tended to. It's just easier for me to brush off the fact that Dave and I have had most of our relationship based on lies, alibis, fights, but yet I love him. I lie awake in bed and ponder it sometimes, especially lately when I didn't know what was going on with him, but I realize that what I can't figure out is why I allow him to do what he does but yet I'm still willing to sacrifice everything for him. I'm so fucking confused right now, so I push it all aside and just try to go on with my life and try to do what I can."
"I don't think that you should push it aside, I think that you need to be brutally honest. Because even though you're making sure everyone is being taken care of, who's taking care of you?" Melissa pointed out.
Trish sat down on the couch and started sobbing. Melissa knew how intimidating this was for Trish. She was always the strong one, she was the one that everyone would go to with their problems, Trish never showed weakness. Melissa sat down by her and held her and rubbed her back.
The house phone rang, and Trish was about to get up and get it but Melissa pushed her back down, "I'll get it, don't worry."
Melissa got up and took the phone into the kitchen, "Hello, Stratigas residence."
"Hey Missy, it's Brock. I was just wondering if Trish and the girls made it home. Things were pretty rough earlier, but I had to get to the house show."
Melissa peeked around the corner and seen that Trish was still crying on the couch. She felt so bad for her, she had finally opened herself up so much that she was seeing the situation as the total package and it was so hard on her. "Yeah, they made it here. The girls went straight to their rooms and Trish is in hysterics on the couch." Melissa replied.
"What? Trish is in hysterics?" Brock replied shocked.
"Yeah, I made her open up to me, and now she can't stop. I just wanted to help, but I think I may have pointed out some things that hurt her and now she's in a ball on the couch crying." Melissa replied. "I didn't mean to make things worse for her, but she told me that she started to open up to you and then the girls came in, and you had a show and you were busy so she didn't want to keep you from that. She confided in me that you're the one who she usually goes to, but she was afraid of making you late." Melissa told him.
Brock's heart broke. When Trish needed him the most, he wasn't there for her. He knew that he had to do something. "Missy, tell her that she can't go to pick up Nattie until her surprise arrives. I'm going to send her out something to cheer her up."
"Ok." Melissa replied confused. "Do you want to talk to her?"
"Not this second, I need to get this surprise out, then I'll call back. Give her a hug for me and I'll talk to ya later." Brock said and he hung up.
Melissa shook her head and walked out to the living room, "Hey, Brock told me to tell you hi, you can't go get Nattie until you receive his package and." She leaned over and hugged her tight, "That's from him."
Trish smiled, "That's sweet."
"How about we get you a big dish of ice cream, and we'll sit up and watch late night tv until Randy gets here?" Melissa offered.
Trish smiled, "I'm so glad that things are going so well with you and him."
"Me too." Melissa said smiling. She went back into the kitchen and began to make the sundaes.
**Sorry this is so short, but work was SWAMPED!! What is Brock going to send her? How will Trish's family react seeing as how they didn't know that they were back together in the first place? Please continue to read and review!!**
Melissa looked at Trish, "Wanna move to the couch?"
Trish nodded and they went into the living room. Trish took a deep breath and began to explain everything from how Aly found out that Dave and Melissa had a one-night stand and into the drug use and now he was in rehab and Aly was not handling it well.
"Ok, after all of that, I have one question for you." Melissa said reaching out to Trish.
Trish looked at her and with tears in her eyes replied, "What's that?"
"Who's asking you how you're doing? Is Dave understanding how hard this is on you? Have you been really honest with anyone?" Melissa asked.
"Brock asked me how I was doing, and I had a mini-breakdown with Brock, but the girls showed up and I need to be strong for them, I need to be strong for mom and dad because I have to tell them tomorrow. I told Vince about Dave's situation, I told Angie the situation and I'm the one that had to tell the girls about it." Trish replied. "I need to be strong about this."
"No, you need to be honest about this or it's going to eat you alive. Especially since the girls aren't taking it real well. You're going to be questioned a lot, you're going to be surrounded by negativity and you need an outlet." Melissa tried to reason with her. "And especially since you're going to be dealing with telling the family."
Trish nodded, "I know, but I just don't want to try to make this into a pity party for me. I mean, it's hard enough as it is and I guess I've just been pushing all of my feelings aside and concentrating on him and the kids and his job that I don't know if mine matter at this point."
"Of course your feelings matter." Melissa said in a shocked tone. "What happened to the Trish that I used to know?? He has really done a number on you, do you realize that?"
Trish looked up at Melissa with a confused look, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, you are a totally different person now then you were when the two of you first started seeing each other. Now I know a lot has happened since that time, and I'm sure that life-altering events can change you a bit, but you are not the same person as you were before." Melissa reminded her. "Now I have a question for you."
"Now what?" Trish said with a laugh.
"Didn't Dave tell you that he had been clean and sober for awhile when you and him got back together not all that long ago?" Melissa asked her.
"Yeah he did, why?" Trish replied not knowing where Melissa was going with this.
"Then Dave lied to you. He told you that he had been clean and sober and going through anger management classes, but when you caught him with the drugs, he told you that he had been using since shortly after he moved back in with Angie. Which means that he's been using for quite sometime. Trish, he lied to you." Melissa pointed out.
Trish sat there stunned. She had never thought about it like that before. She sat there pondering the thought for a minute when she realized something.Melissa was right. Dave had all out lied to her when they were on their "blind date". Trish's eyes filled with tears, she turned to Melissa, "You want to know about my true emotions?" She asked her with a fury behind her voice.
Melissa nodded, she knew that Trish needed to unload on someone, why not let it be her?
"My true emotion is that I'm so hurt. I can't believe that Dave would sit there and lie to my face about this whole drug thing. I'm scared because I know that withdrawl can be powerful and the way that Dave set up his admission is that he can go in and out because of the baby being so close to coming. How do I know that he won't lie and say that he got called about the baby and go right out to the street and buy some more drugs?" Trish got up and started pacing. Melissa could see the frustration in her face, and knew that this is what she needed. Trish's brows furrowed, "I'm pissed off because of all the shit that he has put me through. We've been through so much so quickly, he's lied to me about so many things that I don't know what to believe and what not to believe anymore."
Melissa tried to get off of the couch to hug her, but Trish just kept on pacing. Trish's eyes filled with tears, "Do you have any idea how many nights I've lied in bed and cried because of him? And then I think about the girls. Look at what they've been through, and are going through now."
"You said that you had to tell the girls?" Melissa asked.
"Yeah. I offered to help in whatever way possible, so I took it upon myself to tell Vince, Angie and the girls." Trish replied through her sobs. "It was so heartbreaking having to tell Aly and Jenni. And poor Aly, I feel so bad because she's had an idea about this for so long and Dave is her hero. She looked up to him so much. Jenni isn't quite sure what to think."
Melissa got up and held her. "Trish, I think it's really great that you're supporting him through this, but I also think that you need to sit and have a reality check about what you're putting yourself through as well."
Trish nodded, "I know, but right now there are so many other things that need to be tended to. It's just easier for me to brush off the fact that Dave and I have had most of our relationship based on lies, alibis, fights, but yet I love him. I lie awake in bed and ponder it sometimes, especially lately when I didn't know what was going on with him, but I realize that what I can't figure out is why I allow him to do what he does but yet I'm still willing to sacrifice everything for him. I'm so fucking confused right now, so I push it all aside and just try to go on with my life and try to do what I can."
"I don't think that you should push it aside, I think that you need to be brutally honest. Because even though you're making sure everyone is being taken care of, who's taking care of you?" Melissa pointed out.
Trish sat down on the couch and started sobbing. Melissa knew how intimidating this was for Trish. She was always the strong one, she was the one that everyone would go to with their problems, Trish never showed weakness. Melissa sat down by her and held her and rubbed her back.
The house phone rang, and Trish was about to get up and get it but Melissa pushed her back down, "I'll get it, don't worry."
Melissa got up and took the phone into the kitchen, "Hello, Stratigas residence."
"Hey Missy, it's Brock. I was just wondering if Trish and the girls made it home. Things were pretty rough earlier, but I had to get to the house show."
Melissa peeked around the corner and seen that Trish was still crying on the couch. She felt so bad for her, she had finally opened herself up so much that she was seeing the situation as the total package and it was so hard on her. "Yeah, they made it here. The girls went straight to their rooms and Trish is in hysterics on the couch." Melissa replied.
"What? Trish is in hysterics?" Brock replied shocked.
"Yeah, I made her open up to me, and now she can't stop. I just wanted to help, but I think I may have pointed out some things that hurt her and now she's in a ball on the couch crying." Melissa replied. "I didn't mean to make things worse for her, but she told me that she started to open up to you and then the girls came in, and you had a show and you were busy so she didn't want to keep you from that. She confided in me that you're the one who she usually goes to, but she was afraid of making you late." Melissa told him.
Brock's heart broke. When Trish needed him the most, he wasn't there for her. He knew that he had to do something. "Missy, tell her that she can't go to pick up Nattie until her surprise arrives. I'm going to send her out something to cheer her up."
"Ok." Melissa replied confused. "Do you want to talk to her?"
"Not this second, I need to get this surprise out, then I'll call back. Give her a hug for me and I'll talk to ya later." Brock said and he hung up.
Melissa shook her head and walked out to the living room, "Hey, Brock told me to tell you hi, you can't go get Nattie until you receive his package and." She leaned over and hugged her tight, "That's from him."
Trish smiled, "That's sweet."
"How about we get you a big dish of ice cream, and we'll sit up and watch late night tv until Randy gets here?" Melissa offered.
Trish smiled, "I'm so glad that things are going so well with you and him."
"Me too." Melissa said smiling. She went back into the kitchen and began to make the sundaes.
**Sorry this is so short, but work was SWAMPED!! What is Brock going to send her? How will Trish's family react seeing as how they didn't know that they were back together in the first place? Please continue to read and review!!**