Missy Shauna and Mrs Elliott knocked on Alice's bedroom door.
"Go away!" she yelled.
They walked in her room.
Alice lay curled in the foetal position on her bed.
"C'mon Alice the kids need their tea." Missy said.
She turned her head away from them. "Can't one of you do it?"
"Yeah." Missy replied. "But you're their mother."
"I don't feel well!" Alice complained.
"Ok then." Missy said simply. "But they won't eat well. I mean all I can cook is microwave meals and we know James does the cooking in Shauna's' house coz she can't boil water without finding a way to burn it. And Mrs Elliott got real rusty. Brian told me she burnt the soup so bad the pan had to go in the bin. So between is they'll get a burnt microwave meal."
Alice glared at them. "Move!" she stalked from the room.
Missy grinned. "That ladies is how it's done. Score one to us me thinks." she painted a one in the air.
"You are an evil genius!" Shauna grinned.
"I know." Missy said.
"Master manipulator." Mrs Elliott added.
"Why thank you!"
"Right now, for the serious stuff. We get the kids in there with her. Around her constantly!"
They nodded and collected the kids. Sat them at the table. Alice peeled potato's. Not speaking.
"Moma." Daniel said.
She looked at him. "Yes Da…son."
"Fife." he said.
"Yes son five." she told him. And tapped his hand with her unenthusiastically.
She didn't look at Lexi at all. Mostly at Amie. Who of course was the smallest reminder of Danny as she didn't resemble him.
"Look at my gorgeous niece!" Missy said and picked her up. "No doubt she's the double of her mum. Defo got Danny in her though!"
Shauna glared but Mrs Elliott understood.
"Oh yeah look at her. She has his shape eyes, and she's definitely reminiscent of his features."
Alice looked down at her potatoes.
Amie looked around.
"Dada?" Amie questioned. Her lower lip protruded. Eyes filled. "Dada!" she started to cry. "Wa dada!"
Alice wiped her hands on a towel and took her daughter. "There we are sweetie!"
"Dada!" she groused.
"Not right now sweetie." Alice said a lump in her throat.
Mrs Elliott took over the potatoes.
Caroline walked in and saw everyone piled around the table.
"Shauna!" Missy motioned to tell Caroline. "If she gets upset keep her out of here! Alice has just calmed down!" she whispered.
Shauna nodded. Took Caroline in the living room. They heard a gasp.
Alice was singing softly to Amie. I'm a little teapot. When her daughter was calm she nuzzled her neck. "You do look like him!" she said softly.
Missy and Mrs Elliott looked at each other. Shared a small smile.
"Moma K?" Daniel asked. "Moma sad, Daniel hug!" he said seriously.
Alice gave a son a small smile. The innocence of a child where a hug and a kiss will make everything better."
"I'll be fine son. Am Am is ok too."
"Moma lov voo." Daniel smiled his adorable Danny grin.
Her breath caught. "I love you baby."
The phone rang.
She handed Amie to Missy and went to pick up the phone.
"Hello leopards Den. Alice speaking."
"Hi I am the coroner dealing with the crash."
"Yes!" she said sharply eyes darkening.
"We are notifying family that due to the intense heat and fire on the plane any individual remains may be impossible to identify. We are trying our best. We're extremely sorry!"
"Thank you for letting me know!" she said angrily. Slammed the phone down. Stormed into her room and slammed the door.
Melissa winced. "We'll leave her to cool off get whatever out of her system then we'll go in."
(X)
3 hours later
Alice sat in her room on her bed. Her knees pulled close to her body. Her chin rested on them. Tears slowly trickled as she contemplated life without Danny. She was listening to seasons by Good Charlotte over and over. The song spoke to her so much.
Summer air reminds me of
All the feelings of your love
And what it was like
When we were together
Walking all along the beach
You were never far from my reach
And you held me
Through the stormy weather
And I wanna fall in love
Tonight
And I remember when you said
Everything's gonna be alright
(-)
Laying in the summer grass
You told me not to talk so fast
As I told you
How I feel
You made me feel right at home
You told me I was not alone
And you knew
Just how I feel
I know we talked about it
I just can't get around
I just want one more night with you
I wanna fall in love
Tonight
And I remember when you said
Everything's gonna be alright
(-)
October air reminds me of
All the seasons of your love
And what it was like
When we were together
The smell of fall is everywhere
And though it seems I just don't care
'Cause now you've gone away
I wanna fall in love
Tonight
She thought of her kids as the song played. Daniel is only 2 and Amie 1. To young to remember who their father truly is. Ethan has disappeared off the face of the earth. Could have been on the plane for all she knew. And Lexi wasn't due her all clear for another year. If she got ill again Alice couldn't do it again. Without her husband. Losing more of her family wasn't an option. God she felt so heartbroken. Heart obliterated. Or simply heart gone. It flew up to heaven the second her husband had been taken from her. How did she go on without him? She had done it before but she knew he was alive then. Now though he was gone. They had always been a team. Alice AND Danny. Now she was alone. She couldn't even give him a burial. Tears fell faster. God she felt like she had cried herself out and still more came. She heard someone rattle her door knob. It was locked.
A few minutes later she heard voices.
"Shauna for gods sake help me!" Missy hissed. "Damn these high windows."
"Your freaking useless Shauna!" Missy added.
"Well your heavy!" Shauna grunted with exertion.
There was s squeak and Missy fell through her window with a clatter.
"2 Minutes Alice." popped her head out of the window. "OW! Shauna!"
"You told me to push you!" Shauna grumbled.
"Help Shauna. Help me! Push is not help. Push is push and people get hurt and fall on their heads!"
"Same diff!" Shauna muttered walking away.
"God give me strength or I will seriously strangle her!" she whispered rubbing her head.
She looked at her friends face and pulled up a chair. They sat in silence.
"Bad phone call Collins?" she asked. Her old affectionate nickname.
"Leave me Miss. I can't have visitors now."
"I'm sorry but I can't Alice."
"Yes you can Miss and you will. I don't break promises and I swore way back when that I wouldn't hit you but you don't understand!"
"Your right Alice I don't. But you've got 3 kids in there Alice who have lost their father. You moping in here isn't helping them. Have you spared a thought for what Lexi s going through. I mean the babies are too young but Lex. God she is 18. She knows what's going on and must be scared to death that she's gonna lose you too!"
"Miss if you don't get pout of here now I will no longer consider you my friend." Alice warned.
"It's a good thing your sill my friend then." Missy told her.
"Leave me. Just let me be alone!"
"No Alice you don't have that luxury. KIDS Alice, I never thought you'd abandon a responsibility."
Alice jumped up. "Don't tell me how to raise my kids!"
"Get in there and raise them then. They need you!" Missy told her. "Instead of leaving us to do it for you!"
"Go to hell Missy. I want you out of here and out of my life. I never want to talk to you again. You know nothing. You haven't loved anyone like I love Danny . You aren't capable of it!" she spat. "And no one will love you like he loved me either!"
Missy's eyes clouded over. The words affected her more than she let on. How could Alice of all people say those words to her? "Ok then. Goodbye Alice, you want me away. I'm gone and as for NEVER seeing you again that's fine too. I don't like you this way. You always knew what to say to get me away!"
Melissa stormed out of the room. Memories flooding her, she tried to help and that's what she got. Well Alice can go to hell. She'd ring Mrs Elliott and Shauna from the airport. She ran straight into Liv in her haste to escape.
"Lexi sent me! She's ill!"
A/N well alice has angered missy who is now leaving bt most of all Lexi is ill omg wot is rong?
an the good charlotte song. aw i love it so much. i first heard it wen i was like 12 and still love it now sooooo it has lasted. :)