Dana and Alice continued to glance at each other as they sat across from one another at the table.

“So how’s training going?” Carmen asked.

“It’s pretty rough, but it’s going well. I’ll have my first big match against Serena Williams next weekend.”

“Good luck,” Shane smiled.

“You guys can come. I can get you tickets.”

“Is it all right for me and Krista to tag along? I’m hoping that’s not a problem.” Alice grabbed her drink and leaned back in her chair.

“I-it’s not a problem for you and your girlfriend to tag along.” Dana rubbed her arm.

“I’m Krista—Alice’s girlfriend.” She smiled softly.

“I’m Dana—Alice’s recently ex-girlfriend.”

“Recently?” Shane shook her head, and Carmen looked away.

“Yeah—,” Dana nodded. “We just broke up—how long ago was it Al? Almost three weeks ago.”

“You didn’t tell me you just got out of a relationship.”

Alice looked at Krista. “It wasn’t a big deal at the time to tell you.” She looked at Dana. “Why does it matter to you? You decided to leave me for your ex Lara.”

“Okay you two enough.” Shane butted in.

“She started it.” Alice spoke up.

“Oh—I’m sorry. I just wanted to let your girlfriend here know that she might be a rebound.”

“All right—stop it.” Shane huffed.

“I’m leaving,” Alice grabbed her things and got up from the table.

“Bye,” Dana chimed as Krista got up from the table and followed Alice out of the Planet.

“Why did you do that?” Carmen looked at Dana.

“What? I didn’t think I did anything wrong.” Dana crossed her arms against her chest and sat back.

“Hey babe,” Lara walked over to the table and rested her hand on Dana’s shoulder.

“Hey,” Lara leaned down and kissed Dana softly. “So how are you ladies doing?”

“We’re good,” Shane grabbed Carmen’s hand and entwined her fingers with hers.

“So I just saw Alice storm out of the Planet,” Lara took a seat at the table. “What happened?”

“She just got a little upset that’s all.” Dana raked her fingers through her hair.

“Why was she upset?”

“How am I supposed to know? I’m not her mother Jesus.”

“Dana,” Shane spoke out in Lara’s defense. “You don’t have to be rude.”

“It’s okay Shane—,” Lara looked hurt, and she bit her bottom lip. “I have to get back to work. I’ll talk to you ladies later.” She got up from the table and walked towards the kitchen. Dana got up from her chair and followed Lara.

“Lara—,” she reached out to grab Lara’s arm, but Lara pulled away from her. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be such a bitch.”

“What is going on with you? You’ve been acting very strange lately. What did I do?”

“Nothing—you didn’t do anything. It’s me—I’m just stressing right now about the whole training I’m going through right now, and I know that’s a lame excuse, but I’m really sorry.” Lara stood there looking down at her feet. “Look at me.” She looked up at her girlfriend. “I really am sorry.” Dana looked into her eyes, waiting for an answer.

“I have to go back to work,” Lara pushed away from Dana and walked into the kitchen.

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          Alice sat at her desk as she was checking out The Chart and added Krista to her portal. She rubbed the back of her neck and sighed as she stared at the screen. She looked up and saw an IM screen pop up. She saw that it was Krista and smiled.

Krista: hey.

Alice: hey.

Krista: I’ve been thinking about you. Alice grinned and typed away.

Alice: I’ve been thinking about you 2.

Krista: Do you still love Dana? Alice sighed heavily and rubbed her hand.

Alice: I really don’t want to talk about this.

Krista: Why?

Alice: Not online. If you want to talk, call me or come over, but not over the internet.

Krista: Okay, I’ll come over. So you in a few.

Krista_Deluna is offline.

          Alice raked her fingers through her hair and got up from her desk.