Then it hit her she didn’t deserve Alice. Because if she could hurt Alice like she did for purely selfish and superficial reasons she didn’t deserve her as a partner, she barely deserved her as a friend. At that point Dana decided she was going to be the best friend Alice could have, but that would be all.

PLANET TWO AND HALF WEEKS LATER

Everyone was at the Planet for their morning coffee, Bette, Tina, Shane, Alice, Jenny, Joy and Carmen. They were sitting around talking about what they had planed for the day, when Alice and Shane both noticed Bette nudge Tina and point toward the door. Alice and Shane both turned and looked toward the door only to see Dana walking in. Dana still had a limp, but seemed to be getting around nicely with the help of a crutch. Alice stood up making sure Dana could see were everyone was sitting. At the same time Shane pulled up a chair for Dana.

Just as Dana sat down two women approached her asking for autographs. One of the two women spoke to Dana as the other woman search for something for Dana to sign. “Watched you at Wimbledon, man if you hadn’t injured yourself you would have had it. You were on fire, it was exciting to watch you.” Finely the other woman had found a pen and a small ledger in her purse for Dana to sign. As Dana was signing autographs she replied to the two women. “I guess it was never meant to happen. I was never good enough”

After the women left Alice turned to Dana “What did you mean it was never meant to happen, you weren’t good enough? You’ve done great this year, you won two major tournaments, and you made it to the semifinal at Wimbledon that was not small achievement. So what do you mean never meant to happen, not good enough?”

Dana just looked at Alice thinking she’ll never understand. “Alice I’m almost 30 years old, I have devoted my entire life to one thing and that was tennis. And in the tennis world to truly make it you have to win Wimbledon and I had it right there in my reach and I lost it. I feel like I’ve wasted my whole life. Yes I still have fans, yes I’ve made a lot amount of money, but I didn’t win Wimbledon and that is what all this has been about for me.”