“Babe?”

Alice stopped her motion on changing the channel and put the remote control down to her lap. But there was no response from the blonde though. Sensing the tension in the room, Dana heaved a sighed and preceded to the couch, sitting at the other end which was far from Alice. There was an awkward silence in the room. All they heard was the sound of water running down the roof. It was raining outside. Although both were looking at the television but there were millionth of questions running through their minds. Dana was scared to death. She didn’t know what would come out from the blonde. She exhaled and clenched to the seat, preparing for the worst to come.

“It was a…” Alice could not finish as she was immediately interrupted by Dana.

“No it wasn’t a mistake.”

Dana’s voice was so firm that it sent chills into Alice’s spine. She held the remote control tightly as if her life depended on it. She needed to convince herself that it was a mistake. Dana on the other hand was saddened by the fact that Alice was freaked out again. They had a good time reconnecting just hours ago and now the blonde said that it was a mistake. She would not relent this time.

Both eyes were still focus at the screen in front. It was a re-run of Everybody Loves Raymond where they were playing the funny scenes, but the two just couldn’t laugh. Their minds were drifted far away from it. When the show was over, Alice switched it off. Still no word was exchanged between the two. Alice was thinking of a way to get out of the house so that she wouldn’t have to discuss about it. She was snapped out from her thought when her cell went off.

“Hi Ruth, oh yes Chris, hmm, I’ll come in….” Alice was shocked that Dana snatched her cell phone away. She just stopped at her track as she watched Dana talking to Ruth.

“Hi Ruth this is Dana. Could you please help to look after Chris tonight? Yeah, don’t worry Ruth we are ok. We’ll fetch him tomorrow morning, yeah, ok thanks. Please help to say hi to Chris. Anything just call us, yeah bye.”