“You must be kidding Alice!” Bette was furious and Alice knew it

“What? I could use a new friend and besides she’s not a bad person” Four months had passed since she and Dana had broken up and Alice was devastated.  They had run into each other at The Planet but things were different now, they hardly spoke to each other, they didn’t want to make their friends uncomfortable.  Actually, their friends had been very supportive to her now that Dana and Lara were together, it was more than pity, they really loved and cared about Alice.  However, it had been a month since Alice had run into Helena at a yoga class and they immediately became friends.

“Bette, I really appreciate what you and the rest of the girls have done for me, I really do, I feel like you are more on my side but you should try to get to know her, she’s pretty cool actually”  Bette glared at Alice when she heard her last words

“Do you remember that Tina and I almost broke up forever because of her? Although she wanted to scream, she said this quietly, she didn’t want Tina to hear this, she knew this wasn’t true.

Alice didn’t buy it either “Bette, I love you and I asked you to forgive me for sending Tina to that lawyer but don’t forget it’s me you’re talking to and I remember you having an affair with another woman” Alice looked at Bette intensely waiting for a reply “Bette..” she continued “if you don’t want me to take her to The Planet or at Shane’s just tell me and I won’t but don’t try to convince me that she’s a bad person, she might have been but not anymore, I told you, she’s been kind and ….” She stopped when she heard Tina coming

“Guess you’re talking about Helena….” Tina knew Bette was sensitive about her so she spoke casually

“Hey Tina and you’re right….”

“Alice!” Bette almost shouted

“What’s the problem Bette? You know Helena and I hadn’t talked in months” Tina was trying to reassure Bette, not because she didn’t want her to be jealous, she didn’t want to fight.  Things were exactly the same like they were since they came from the hospital.