Marissa awoke at 6:45 the next morning to the sound of somebody (probably a child) running down the hallway outside her room and somebody else yelling at the runner to stop. “Well good morning to you too” Marissa growled. It was obvious she needed coffee and a shower. After getting cleaned up she headed down to the front counter to talk to the attendant. “Hello, I am new to the city and I heard about this place called “The Planet” could you possibly tell me where to find it?” Marissa asked the counter guy innocently. A boy about her age answered her from behind her “now why would a hot young thing like yourself be looking for the planet? That place is full of dykes and not much else” Marissa looked at him deadpan and said “well I guess it’s a good thing i’m looking for my girlfriend now isn’t it?” With that she took the directions the guy behind the counter had written her and sauntered out the door. “***** LA” she heard the teenage guy mutter as she left.
Marissa quickly found this place “the planet” and walked inside. Immediatly she saw Alex whos back was turned to her sitting with a bunch of older women at a table. Marissa was about to walk over to her when the “rebel girl” came walking in. She walked right over to Alex and hugged her “morning sleepy head…it’s so cool to be able to see you every morning again”. Marissa felt like her heart was being ripped out of her chest, but soon anger blurred any thoughts of misery and she ripped her heart necklace off her neck, walked over to this table of women and dumped it in the middle of the table. With tears streaming down her face she looked at Alex who was staring at her in complete shock and choked out the hardest phrase of her life “if this is the person you want to wake up next to every morning then I guess I can’t compete…i’m sorry I was never good enough”. With tears still running down her face she turned and walked out the door.