Wello, this is a possible continuation of "She's Awake" showing that words can hurt just as much as sticks and stones.
"Doctor…" she says
"Donna, listen." He cuts her off but she's not having it. There are tears in her eyes and she's fighting against the sobs that want to come to life.
"No, Doctor, no! You listen! You listen to me for once! The very worst thing in life is to lose a friend, a friend that means the world to you, a friend that you place all your trust and your faith in, a friend you believed in from the start, a friend that captured your heart, a friend you'd die for, a friend you wanted to love and appreciate for a lifetime, a friend, a very good friend, a wonderful friend, a best friend. I lost you, Doctor. You did that to me. You hurt me so much! " She stops, takes a breath, a sob escapes her and the Doctor has to fight himself to not pull her into his arms, to hold the broken remains of his best friend.
"Donna…" he says, and his voice, his voice saying her name snaps her back into control.
"I'm not finished, Doctor! Somethings you get used to, like not expecting to run for your life everyday and having nothing to do every night. You get used to not expecting open arms to be there for you when you turn around. You get used to the silence that replaced the small sounds of the one you thought you couldn't live without. Doctor, your thoughts, they echo in my head and there was no one to share them with. Being alone, Doctor, being alone is not horrible, not terrible, no; it's just painful, so very, very painful." She pauses again to scrub away the tears that are falling down her face, tears she promised she wouldn't cry, not anymore.
The Doctor hates himself, he hates what he's done and he just wants to take her in his arms, hold her and tell her everything will be okay now, but he can't, he knows he can't, because it won't.
"You've probably heard this a lot in your life, but, Doctor, sometimes I wish I'd never met you, that way I could close my eyes at night and sleep not knowing someone like you was out there somewhere. I forgot about you for awhile, you did that to me, but then I could see you in my mind and everything, all the times we were happy, they just flashed back into my mind, the pain I thought would go away, only got worse. But, Doctor, I…" she starts to say, he gasps and reaches out to her, knowing what she's going to say, she steps back, his hand closes on empty air.
"Don't, please…" he begs, his voice breaking, she takes a deep breath in and continues as if not interrupted
"…forgive you." She says, she watches the pain and anguish flash across the Doctor's face, she watches how much it hurts him, she watches and part of her feels like it's starting to heal as she knows the Doctor's starting to break.
R&R :D *prances away*