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 Dana was about to walk into The Planet that morning when she spotted Alice sitting in the corner of the room, talking to Tina and Bette. She quickly hid herself behind a large group of people, not wanting to be seen, but needing to know how Alice had been holding up. Looking at her now, Dana was somehow hurt to see that Al didn’t look more upset about the break up, a feeling which she quickly scolded herself for having. She looked Alice up and down, her body was gorgeous as ever, her lips slightly apart in a smile, evidently interested in the conversation she was having with Bette and Tina, but her eyes looked different. They looked dull and vulnerable. Her eyes reflected that she had been hurt, badly, and the emotional barricades Alice had put up so many times in her life, with her father and mother and every other worthless relationship she had had were firmly set in place. Dana’s heart felt heavy when she realised that her relationship with Al was now likened to that of Gabby Devoux’s. She then physically cringed when she realised that deep down, what she did to Alice was no different than what Gabby had done. Throughout their relationship Dana had lied to Alice, flirted with other people and then eventually dropped her, leaving one of her best friends to break the news a week afterwards. Worst yet is that she did all of this while telling Alice that she loved her, and that she’d never leave her, something which Gabby had the heart not to do during her time with Alice.

Dana took one more look at Alice, at the beautiful and strong woman whose world had been turned upside down by the one person in the world she had loved enough to trust. Cursing herself, Dana turned and ran away from The Planet as fast as she could, with silent tears dropping onto her cheeks as she ran.

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“Are you sure you want to do this Al?” Shane asked as she helped pack Alice’s belongings into the two large suitcases laid across her bed. Alice had decided to go to Canada for three months, in an effort to clear her head and hopefully move on with her life.