The drive to Alice’s apartment was relatively uneventful. Lizzy had been catching her up on the details of the tour and how they might be planning a nation wide tour soon if the deal with some big, new record company went through. Alice listened intently and was genuinely happy for the musician. Lizzy was talented and beautiful and had everything going for her. People just instantly liked Lizzy because she’s so real and sincere. Alice wanted nothing more than to give this woman everything she could ever want, but the problem was, the one thing that Elizabeth really wanted from the blond…belonged to someone else. Alice was trying to think of some way that she could tell Lizzy how she felt without hurting her…but deep down she knew that it was unlikely that either party would walk away unscathed. In reality, Alice was already feeling the pain of losing this woman, and she was the one about to break it off. It’s rare to find someone that loves so whole heartedly and unselfishly. And that was Elizabeth. Alice had so much to thank this woman for. As she pulled into the drive way of her apartment, she prayed to whatever God may be out there for strength and wisdom in what she was about to do.

"Hey baby, I’ll get my bags. You go in and order us some dinner. I am starving! The food on the plane is always utterly inedible." Alice smiled at her fiancé and nodded in agreement as she opened the door to her apartment and made her way up to door number 4.

Alice picked up the phone to call for take-out and found herself unable to speak. All of her fears came flooding in at once and at that moment, she nearly changed her mind about ending her perfect and safe relationship with Lizzy. ‘She could make me happy. She wouldn’t hurt me. I would never be alone again…Fuck…what am I doing…’ Alice berated herself in her head when something in her bedroom caught her eye. It was the picture that was taken the day that she had thrown Dana her surprise half birthday party. Alice picked it up and smiled as she remembered how happy Dana was by the end of that night. Dana had been thanking her and smiling so brightly at her all night long, and as everyone was heading out, Dana pulled her aside to give her the biggest hug she had ever received. She was in love with the clumsy brunette even then. Tears began to form in her eyes as she realized that living the safe life with Lizzy would be unfair to everyone. It would just be a lie and Alice was not a liar. She took a deep breath and steadied herself for the inevitable and right on cue, Lizzy came in to check on how their dinner plans were going.