“So you want to date other people? Where does that leave us Dana?” Asked Alice.

Dana just looked at her friend, she still felt she was doing the right thing. She felt deep down that now was not their time and if they continued with this relationship it was destined to fail and then not only would they not have each other as lovers’ chances were they wouldn’t have a friendship either. “I guess that leaves us as friends Alice. But I still think we could date every now and then.”

Alice looked at her hands while she pulled her thought together. She had already spoken to her therapist about the possibility of this happening. And even though she thought she would be ready when it happened, it still hurt. But she knew she wasn’t ready to lose Dana completely, and she had a long way to go before she was ready for a serious relationship herself. So she decided right there and then to let Dana go, continue with her therapy, even though she had hoped she and Dana would work this out together. She would let Dana enjoy her fame with out the burden of a clingy girlfriend.

“Dane you know I’m not the type to date several people at the same time, or be with someone who dating other people. I did that with Gabby, even though I didn’t know we were dating other people. Anyway I can’t do that with you, I told you that when you were with Tonya. I understand where you’re coming from and I can accept that. I’m not ready for a serious relationship yet either. Too much ***** up here.” She said pointing to her head. “Go ahead and date others, I’ll always be your friend. Your friendship is too important to let go of. Just know I love you, and I’ll always be here for you”

After saying this Alice started to pickup her things to leave. Seeing this Dana grabbed her arm. “Where are you going?”

Alice just smiled sadly at Dana. “I really just need to be alone right now. I’m not mad, I kind of knew this would happen. But I really don’t want to cry in front of all these people, so I would like to go home.” As she was saying this Dana could see the tears starting to fall from Alice’s eyes.