This was the first time that Dana’s parents were surprised by their daughter. Her mother would try to interrupt Dana during her monologue since she neither approved of her daughter’s tone nor the subject matter of this little outburst. It was certainly highly inappropriate to use irony to talk to your parents. She felt that this whole scene was disrespectful towards her and her husband and the fact that all these came from their own child made it even worse. However, Dana had no intension to stop now that she had started it so she ignored the authoritative pleads of her mother and continued talking softening her tone and words towards the end until she had finished what she wanted to say. Her father remained silent through the whole speech and after Dana had finished he dug his head and looked at his feet while tears were running freely onto his wife’s cheeks. Irwin and Sharon were no fools; they both knew that the gist of what Dana had said held some truth. Irwin in particular even felt somewhat proud of his daughter who had the courage and found the words to stand up and claim her individuality and independence. The parent in them, however, could not take this well. That night ended with Dana getting up and saying that they needed some time to think and that she needed some time alone to figure some things out. She then moved to the front door to leave but not before awkwardly stating that they are good people and that she believed that they could make this work.

The next couple of days Dana felt a mixture of excitement and fear. Excitement because she finally spoke her mind and fear because she felt like a child who decided to declare their independence and she was worried if she would really manage to be who she wanted to be, to be the person that she promised to her parents. At the moment she had managed to keep everyone away. She was alone apart from Lighthouse. She needed, however, friends, people friends, that would understand her and support her. She needed to move forward with her life. So where do you find people who understand what it means to be gay? Dana discussed it with Lighthouse or rather talked to Lighthouse about it over and over again. It was clear that she needed to go to a gay bar. The idea sounded terrifying and she felt like a complete chicken. What if she was too straight looking? What if she wasn’t accepted? What if she was too naïve and stupid for anyone’s taste? What if she couldn’t find a single friend and anyone that she met was just interested in sex? She couldn’t do that. She needed a friend first and then she would look for love. Where the hell can I find a lesbian and be friends with her? The question was on her mind constantly. 

Little did she know that chance was already taking care of things.