Alice had kept it a secret from everyone but Bette and Tina who kept their mouths firmly shut throughout their whole 8 month-long relationship. Now, on the anniversary of Helena’s death Alice knew she had to announce it to the world that she was finally moving on. "Dana," Alice said setting down a pink rose on Helena’s grave and pointing at the small picture of her on the tombstone, "this is the woman who lives in my heart, Helena."

"She was beautiful," Dana said with tears in her eyes.

"At first I kept beating myself up because I felt that I was betraying her by giving my heart to you," Alice said, "but I remembered something she had told me in the beginning of our relationship all those years ago. She said, ‘Alice, you are the most beautiful woman I have ever met and I can truly see myself falling in love with you. If that does happen and I should perish, you will move on.’ It was a weird thing to say, but Helena was anything but ordinary."

"That’s true," Bette said smiling at fond memories of her friend.

"So Dana," Alice said grabbing her hand, "she will always be in my heart, but now you own it."

"It’s about time," a voice said startling them. They turned around to face Peggy Peabody who had aged so much after the death of her daughter. The last year had torn her up horribly and everyone thought she would surely die of sadness and grief but Peggy held on, even if it was for the memory of her daughter. She stuck close to Bette, Tina, and Alice and regardless of Alice’s efforts to hide her feelings for Dana Peggy knew it.

"Oh Peggy," Alice said her eyes filling with tears, "I’m…"

"Don’t apologize," Peggy said smiling kindly, "you can’t keep loving someone who is dead Alice. You have to move on. I dream of my Helena every single day and she tells me that she wants all of us to live on and enjoy our lives because we never know when it ends."

"Isn’t that the truth," Tina agreed.

"And you know what she told me to tell you Alice?" Peggy asked.

"What?"

"She said, ‘Appreciate her and what you’ve got, just love her.’"

Alice’s eyes filled with tears as she grabbed Dana’s hand and said, "I will."

"It’s meant to be," Bette said wiping away her tears, "everything happens for a reason."

Tina nodded in agreement and said, "you cannot change destiny."