Falice One Shots by falicewins

Through the Eye of the Needle / Part 4

It was a cloudy day outside and the leaves were already falling onto the streets. Autumn had definitely began and the wind that was going through the town proofed it. It was definitely a mirror to how Alice was feeling today, because she was walking towards the cemetery with a numb feeling inside.

Her black coat was draped around her tightly and she had wrapped a white scarf around her neck to protect her from the icy wind.

Her hair hang loose around her face and she hadn't put that much make-up on today. It was if she woke up that morning and realised that there happened so much the last two years. Her son was back into her life and she was rekindling her romance with FP, which seemed very unlikely for such a long time.

She remembered finding out she was pregnant and being devastated when she saw the plus sign on the test. That seventeen year old girl was expecting a child from the guy she wasn't even in an official relationship with, she had no plan on how to handle it and above that all she had no friends.

There was just one time she was close to telling someone she knew she could trust, but she backed out because she was scared of being judged. If only she had known he was the last one to judge her.

And now? Now he suddenly wasn't there anymore. She didn't have time to properly grief the fact that the only guy that ever tried to listen to her and lived next doors to her for over twenty years was now gone.

They hadn't always been on the same page but deep down she knew Fred looked out for her, that was just the kind of guy he was. She may have snapped to him a few times, but he never became less kind to her.

Fred Andrews looked out for everyone and always believed in the good in people. Maybe if everyone had been more like Fred the town would have looked completely different. People would actually care for each other.

It was just a small gesture but she brought flowers to bring over to his grave since she hadn't found the courage to visit him before. He had been gone for over a few months now but it was like it had just hit her that morning. She noticed that the little things that didn't seem to matter that much suddenly where a lot bigger than she ever realised.

They got a Betty and Archie just weeks apart from each other and she remembered bringing Betty over to the Andrews house to meet Archie for the very first time. It was just a short meeting but they had shared a look full of exhaustion but with the biggest smiles on their faces.

It wasn't a surprise Betty and Archie turned out to be best friends, so there were a lot of times they played together in one of their gardens and Fred having to drag Archie home to have some dinner or go to bed.

Things slowly changed when the kids got older and didn't need supervision anymore and Alice's marriage became more and more controlling. The more power Hal had over her, the more she took distance from everyone around her, including Fred and Mary. She had regretted pushing them away now since she had no chance anymore to make up for it.

All Fred ever cared about was being kind towards each other and supporting each other's kids on their big moments like they used to do when they were little. Now there was no time in making up for that. Fred Andrews was gone and she never thought she wouldn't have a chance to tell him how much she appreciated him as her neighbour and friend.

She looked at his grave stone and let her tears fall over her cheeks. In her hands were a bouquet of daisies. It were the exact same flowers he had send to her house the day Polly was born. She remembered coming home totally exhausted and being greeted by a big beautiful bouquet of white flowers.

She brought the daisies down and she carefully placed it on the ground. All she could do was just stare at his name on the stone, hoping it would change and it all suddenly wouldn't be true anymore.