Dana was happy. She was out and in love. Her tennis career was better then ever. Alice knew that if the Subaru campaign did not come out when it did, then Dana and Lara would have broken up, but it did come out. And they were happier then ever. It made Alice jealous that it was not her making Dana this happy. She wanted to be Lara so much. To be the one holding Dana. But she was her best friend – her best friend that she had fallen madly in love with- and it did not matter how much she tried to suppress it, it was too hard. But in the end it only mattered that Dana was happy. That she was happy. But Alice could not stop and think that she could make her happy. Alice wanted to believe that she was really supposed to make Dana happy in the end. But each day it seemed that Alice was losing this ongoing battle with herself. That she would never be good enough for her. Alice would tell herself that. She was too flaky, for Dana. Why would Dana want to be with a flaky, bisexual?

            But one can not help the feelings that they have. It was becoming harder for Alice to sit at the Planet and drink coffee, with the two there. She was having trouble watching them. No matter how hard she tried to not look, she just had to. She had to look. Look at the happy couple.

            So thats why she was drinking, it was just another bad day. One of the worst. Today Dana mentioned that she might ask Lara to move in with her. That she was ready to take the next step with Lara. Alice wanted to cry right there. Confess her love for Dana, but she just put on a smile and said she was happy for her. Well no not really.

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            Earlier that Day

            Alice was sitting at a table in the Planet. Drinking her coffee lost in thoughts. She had a big article she had to write. Well her editor told her all her articles were big, which was not true. It was another top ten list, that was due in a week and she only half started it. She had been so busy with Tina that she really had not been working lately.