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Shane, Carmen, Bette, Tina, Alice, Kit, Jenny, and even Helena sat around the outside table at the Planet. It was packed inside so no one wanted to stay inside, and even though it was a very cold winter day in Los Angeles, they all decided to wait outside for their long lost friend Dana Fairbanks.

Alice was laughing at a joke Tina had said about Bette when Shane interrupted them, ” where the ***** is Dana? she’s a good 15 minutes late”.

Tina grabbed her cell phone and was assured that Dana indeed was late, ” maybe she got caught up in traffic, it is holiday time, hang on I’m gonna give her a call”.

It had been incredibly quiet on the streets, as Tina dialed Dana’s number and heard the ringing start the rest of the group sat quietly waiting.

Alice was waiting impatiently, she wanted to see her old friend, the one who owed her answers as to why she left without saying goodbye. Even from a distance Alice heard it, she heard that familiar ringing, then after a few moments just as they expected, they saw a clumsy brunette trip and fall over her belongings and curse her cell phone.

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I couldn’t get my phone out my bag and when I finally did, it seemed fate had decided that I would not be able to turn off the damn thing. Trying so desperately to turn it off I tripped over my bag and fell over. I cringed at the thought of them seeing me, so I slowly looked up to find them all looking at me, I smiled to hopefully ease the embarrassment, and unconsciously my face began to burn as I felt my face blush red when I saw Alice. She was beautiful, with her longer and darker hair falling across her face, I hope she didn’t notice me looking at her. Luckily Shane did and walked over to me and engulfed me in a hug.