“Dana.” Alice began again, but Dana interrupted her again.

“Stop saying my name.” She said not being able to bear the tone that accompanied her name. For the last few weeks Alice had made her name sound special, but now it was just another word that Alice was breaking her heart with.

Alice paused for a second thinking about what Dana had just said. There was no way that she could have understood Dana’s answer correctly. “D-,” She began and then stopped herself. “Are you telling me that if we’re not a couple then we have nothing? Because that’s unfair Dana. Did our friendship mean anything to you?” Alice was beginning to get angry.

“Yes. But you can’t expect me to go back to being Dana, your dorky best friend. Because after everything that has happened you can’t expect me to forget you. To forget everything that’s happened. To forget that you told me that you loved me.” Dana shot back, her own anger beginning to rise.

“Well you were sure quick to forget it when you were gallivanting around with the redhead.” She hadn’t meant to say it, but there it was before she could stop it.

“She has a name, Alice.” Dana said before she could help herself. “And this has nothing to do with her. It never did. This is about us. Me and You. And we can’t go back.”

“Dana if anyone can’t go back, it’s you. I wanna go back to being friends. I want to go back to hanging out and telling you what I think without having to worry about hurting your feelings, and having you talk to me without worrying what I’ll think. I want to look at you again and know exactly what you’re thinking. I want to be able to know you like I used to.”

Dana looked at Alice, hurt and angry that she wouldn’t give them another chance. “Well obviously you didn’t know me as well as you thought that you did. Because if you had then you wouldn’t expect this from me. You would know that I can’t do it.” Dana left Alice standing there with the same hurt and anger on her face that Dana she herself felt and walked out of the apartment before Alice could find her voice to say another word.