Alice rolled her eyes at Tina, Fine, Im listening.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments;

love is not love which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover looking to remove:
O, no, it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand’ring bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Alice felt all of the emotions she had been suppressing beginning to erupt as she listened to Tina. By the end, Alice crumpled to the floor crying. Tina had never seen Alice cry and moved over to Alice to take her in her arms and she heard quiet sobs coming from the blond. Shhh.its ok honey. Its going to be ok. Just let it out.

Alice moved to hold Tina tighter, with her head buried in Tinas shoulder, she cried. I cant lose her, T. I cant. I dont know what Ill do. I love her so ***** much. I cant lose her.

Tina pulled her head back and lifted Alices chin so that she could look into her friends eyes, Then you fight for your wife. You fight for your life. You get one chance to live this life. Dont ***** it up and live with regret. Dont you do that to yourself or to Dana, you fight.

Alice simply nodded and hugged Tina.

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Dana and Shane drove over Alice and Danas house in silence most of the way. Dana was still upset with the news that Alice was going away for a few weeks. She knew that it was silly. It was her idea to end the relationship, but she didnt expect this. It was tearing her up inside. She was trying stop the fear that Alice would do just what Tina did and leave for a short business trip and not come back. She couldnt imagine a life where she saw Alice only a few times a year for a few days at a time. She didnt want to lose her from her life, she was just trying to preserve the friendship. It was suddenly dawning on her that this might not have been the brightest plan she had over come up with, but that didnt mean that she was ready to go back.