Helena wasn’t one to hate, she never needed to. Having money growing up meant that people always catered to her. Later she learnt that hatred got you nowhere, and revenge was something money could always buy. But hatred was something she really had to fight when it came to Dana Fairbanks. She knew that Dana hadn’t done anything to her personally. And she was so wrapped up with her little chef that jealousy was not the fuel to Helena hatred. She simple hated her for the destruction she had caused in Alice. She was glad in some ways that Dana was so wrapped up in Lara that she hadn’t even noticed her ex-best friend was falling apart. That just meant that Helena could have Alice to herself. But she still couldn’t help but hate Dana for being so self absorbed that she didn’t even notice how she almost single handedly destroyed this wonderful person.

Helena would sometimes run into Alice’s old friends and it would make her laugh at the remarks they would make. How could a group of women be so clueless?

Bette was sure Helena was with Alice to get at her. Just like Bette was sure Helena caused her to lose her job. Tina was sure this was just a stunt to try to make her jealous so she would come back. What these two didn’t realize was if Helena wanted she could crush Bette with a few calls, and Bette would never find a job again in the art community. And Helena would never settle for being somebody’s second choice. She had moved beyond these two even before she had fallen in love with Alice.

The only friend of Alice’s that Helena half way liked was Shane. When she ran into Shane and her girlfriend all Shane seemed to care about was that Alice was happy. And then she told her not to break Alice’s heart. Helena just looked at Shane and told her you can’t break what has already been broken. And a true friend would have noticed that.

On the day that Helena finely did run into Dana and her chef it was all she could do not to smirk at the seemingly happy couple. She could tell by way Dana asked about Alice that she was already having her doubts about her decisions. Helena just wanted to tell Dana that her foolishness was her gain. Hoping the day when it hit Dana what she had lost, Alice would be Helena’s and Helena’s alone. She did tell them that Alice was doing well, and they had a trip to Europe planned in the future.

The day that Helena and Alice left for Europe none of Alice’s friends came to wish her off. This in a sad way made Helena happy. She had been trying to convince Alice to move to Europe with her and the absence of Alice’s friends made the argument for the move easier to sell. Alice who was starting to have deep feelings toward Helena still hadn’t made up her mind, she was still hoping that somehow she would end up with her soul mate. But looking around the airport she realized that maybe there really wasn’t such a thing as a soul mate. And she needed to appreciate the love she had. She turned and looked around the airport one more time realizing this was probably the last time she would see it. That once she got on the plane she probably would never return.

As the doors of the plane closed and Helena and Alice took their sets. It was to late for either of them to notice the tennis player who had just made it to the security check point with tears running down her face.

The End