Alice woke up to the sound of cabinets opening and closing in her kitchen. Dana must be ready for breakfast. After putting her glasses on she walked into the kitchen joining Dana. “Al, you have no food other then left over pizza from last night and beer. What were you going to eat?” Alice looked shyly at her friend, knowing how Dana felt about having a good breakfast. “Cold pizza is an acceptable breakfast.” Dana closed the refrigerator door, “No Al it’s not. Go get dressed and let’s go to the Planet for breakfast, it’s been a while I’m sure they would love to see you there.” Alice wanted to go to the planet but she was still hesitant when it came to how she looked. “Dana, I don’t know if I’m ready to go to the Planet, look at me.”

Dana looked at Alice really not understanding her reservations about going to the Planet, she thought she still looked great. She still had her black eyes but they were healing pretty fast and all that was left was a little blackness under both eyes. Most of her other bruising had become small areas here and there but nothing like the first few days. “Al, you look fine, and if anyone ask and you don’t want to tell them what happen don’t, just tell them you were in an accident.” Alice for once decided not to argue. As she was heading toward the bathroom Dana heard Alice said under her breath, “I was in an accident with a couple of fist.”

When Alice finally finished in the bathroom Dana was waiting with a cup of coffee. As she headed in herself to get ready, she looked at Alice, “Al, I called Jacq to see if she could see us today, she said she had an opening around 1pm, I hope you don’t mind but I made us an appointment.” Alice took a sip of coffee before replying, “That’s fine.”

THE PLANET

The gang was there sitting around drinking coffee and enjoying their morning pastries and fruit when Alice and Dana joined them at the table. Everyone was thrilled to have the whole gang back together sharing breakfast before they all went their separate ways. Despite her initial dread, Alice found herself enjoying the outing. At one point Shane whispered in Alice’s ear, asking how the previous night had gone. Alice turned red and looked toward her lap before replying “Not good.” Dana seeing Alice’s discomfort gently squeezed her knee, letting her know she was there. Shane just nodded her head in understanding, moving on to a different topic.