Dana stood there shocked she really didn’t know the harm she had caused. “I’m sorry.”

Alice nodded acknowledging the she believed Dana. “That is why I needed to think about starting to date you again. We finely have gotten to the place were I’m happy with our friendship again. And I just don’t think I can handle losing it again, of losing you again.”

Dana was crying almost as hard as Alice as she finely answered Alice. “Al I won’t do that to you again. I was foolish, I let the fame and adoration go to my head. I was so sure of you I just figured you would always be there. I know now I was wrong, but I can’t go back and change things. If I could go back and change all the mistakes I’ve made I would, but I can’t. I didn’t know what you were going through. I pulled away from you guys I guess now looking back for two reasons. I became swept away with the fame, and I probably knew what I was doing was wrong.”

Dana continued. “Al let’s start over. We’ll take it slow this time. I want to court you this time. I want to show you how much I love you. I want to show everyone how much I love you.”

Alice looked over at Dana “Dana we’ve know each other for years. We’ve had an intimate relationship. I think we’ve gone way beyond courting”

Dana shook her head negatively. “No Al I want to court you like you deserve. Hearts, flowers, Sunday dinner with the folks. I want to do it all. I want to do it right this time.”

Alice was still a little skeptical of the whole courting thing but how could she say no. “OK Dana I’ll let you court me.”

God Alice could not believe how totally exhausted she was, you would have thought she just ran a 5k marathon not had and emotional discussion with Dana. But this was probably the first honest heart felt discussion she has ever had with Dana. And even though it felt great it absolutely took everything out of her.

Dana looked over at Alice and could tell that their discussion had taken every ounce of energy out of Alice; she was still slightly shocked at the honesty of their talk from Alice, but felt good about it. She knew Alice had let out some the hurt and pain that she had caused her, and this was something new for Alice usually she kept things in, or made jokes about it. And even though it was hard to stand there a listen to all of the pain she had caused, she knew Alice needed to get it out and she needed to listen before they could move on.

Dana walked over to Alice and put her arms around her pulling her into a soft hug. She felt Alice place her arms around her as the two started swaying from side to side, in a cleansing almost relaxing rock. Dana had forgotten how soft Alice was; having an Alice hug was almost like being wrapped in a soft security blanket. You just felt safe and loved.

Dana wanted to hold Alice forever; she knew that was impossible so she hoped she could just hold her for the night. “Let me stay tonight Al.” She felt Alice stiffen a bit at the comment and knew instantly that Alice misunderstood what she was asking. “Just to sleep Al, I just don’t want to let you go tonight. I want to hold you, please let me hold you.”

TBC

May take me a little longer to post the next chapter. But I will post I promise. I have a couple of things I need to do, so I won’t have as much time to devote to this story for a little while. (But only a little while, I’m too vested in this story) Deb