Ch.1

As Alice lay next to Dana, she couldn’t help but feel that the brunette was slowly slipping away. Slipping away to a place Alice knew she had pushed her into. She had finally found love – true love-knowing all this time of her feelings for Dana, but never once acting on them.

How could she? She didn’t want to ruin her relationship with the one person she felt closest to in the world. The one who knew everything there was to know about her. Until that night at 4 am, when Alice threw caution to the wind and let her emotions take over without thinking. Besides someone had once told her that if you think too much about something, you will never do it.

God that night seemed like so long ago. What had she let herself do between then and now?! How could she have sabotaged her own relationship?! Was this how she imagined her and Dana’s relationship to be? For her to distrust Dana and her feelings— to constantly question everything and smother Dana!! She knew she had changed but when-how?! How could she not have noticed it?!  Damnit— why didn’t Yoda notice it, her of all people should have been able to see something?!

Alice lost in her thoughts didn’t feel Dana turn over and face her. “Hey you, what’re you thinking about?” Alice snapped out of it and smiled-”Nothing, just you and how beautiful you look sleeping.” Dana smiled as she leaned over to give Alice a kiss. “C’mon, let’s get up, the gang’s waiting at The Planet,” as she started to climb out of bed. Alice pulled her back onto the bed as Dana laughed “Oh-they can wait five more minutes,” Alice said as she leaned over cupping Dana’s face and drew her into a kiss, one that allowed both to feel the love they shared. Dana slowly pulled away-”What was that for?”-aware that no excuse was ever needed for Alice to kiss her. “Just wanted to show you how much you mean to me and obviously it must be a lot considering your morning breath,” as she smiled at her with a twinkle in her eye.

Dana grabbed the pillow and flung it at Alice who didn’t realize how close to the edge of the bed she was and was trying to divert herself from the pillow-found herself falling fast to the floor.