She sighed.

“Lara, I know…. STOP! I can hear the gasps, that’s right Lara who was with Dana who- well lets just not go there but yes through this whole crash period we seemed to crash into one another so what’s this connection? Do I mean we just had a one night stand 2 days after her funeral? And that was it? Or do I mean we fell in love and now we’re living together and things are just great?”

She took out another bottle of pills and just stared at it. “Neither” Alice looked up at the flashing light letting her know it was time to wrap up. “Well you know who this is and I hope you tune in again, I’m out” Alice pushed the mic away and sat back in her chair. She kept staring at the bottle of pills and sighed. She tossed them into the garbage bin and packed up and was out of there. 

Alice walked into her apartment and looked around. She didn’t even bother to turn on the lights. She just zombied into her bedroom and collapsed on her bed. Not even a minuet of trying to sleep and her cell went off. She sighed and reached for it out of her pocket.

“ehh?”

“Alice?”

She sat up slowly. “Lara?” The line went quiet and she wondered if she had hung up.

“Lara…” She finally heard her breathe.

“Yeah Alice it’s me um, how are you?”

Alice got up and turned on her bedroom lights.

“How do you think I am Lara?”

“Alice please, I just wanted to talk I don’t want to fight”

“Well what do you want me to say Lara? How’s Paris? How are the French fries?”

She laughed a bit. “Alice..”

Alice sat down on her bed and tried to relax.

“Lara, would you give me a break?”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean- look you just pack up and leave without so much as a goodbye just a letter saying that you couldn’t deal?… and I’m supposed to forget and just be peachy and dandy?”