“Yeah. I really do think this would be good for me. I need to get a new start and start moving on Shane. Dana forgot about us like a stray bullet, and I don’t really want to give her the satisfaction of knowing she still means something to me.” It had been almost a month since Shane had told Al the bad news, and she had yet to be contacted by Dana. It killed her to think that Dana didn’t value their friendship anymore, but the initial feeling of hurt which had filled Al’s heart was slowly turning into dislike, and she didn’t want Dana thinking that Al still needed or cared for her either.

“When is the plane?”

“I think it boards at three, I need to be there at quarter past though,” replied Alice as they finished closing the second suitcase, and walked out to the living room.

“Ok then, I’ll be here to pick you up at two,” Alice began to protest, not wanting Shane to feel she had to do anymore than she already had. “Alice, I’m not doing this for you, I’m doing it for me. You’re my best friend who I won’t see for three months, just let me take you to the airport ok?”

Al smiled at Shane, who had made it very obvious how much she would actually miss Al, and drew her into a tight hug. “Ok kiddo. Thank you.”

“Swing past my place for dinner tonight too, I notice you don’t have any food in your cupboard and I’m not letting your last meal in LA for three months be fast food.” Shane walked over to the door, swinging her keys in her right hand, and turned to Al with a big grin on her face. “7 O’clock. Got it?”

“Got it,” Al replied as Shane walked out the door.

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As Shane walked down the steps from Alice’s apartment, her phone started ringing. She absent mindedly answered surprised to hear Dana’s voice on the other side. She hadn’t spoken to Shane for weeks, the last time just after her talk with Alice where Shane had blown up at her, and she had no clue as to why she would be ringing her.