“Start over?”

“Well, I mean, I know that’s not really possible, but I’d like as clean of a slate as we can get.”

“You think you’ll be able to do that, Al?” Shane didn’t have to state the obvious, but Alice knew that underlying that simple question was Shane’s real concern: would Alice be able to be just friends with Dana while she was still in love with her?

“I don’t know, but there’s only one way to find out.”

Shane considered Alice’s plan for a moment before realizing that at this point, things couldn’t be much worse between her two best friends. And damned if she was going to be the one to stop Alice from extending an olive branch. So Shane did the only thing she could think of. She pulled Alice into a bear hug and squeezed the life out of her. “Good luck,” she muttered as she let the writer breathe once again.

“Alright, alright. It’s just a conversation, Shane. Jesus Christ, when did you get so fucking emotional? Is this what Carmen’s teaching you?”

“Shut the fuck up and get out of here already.”

“Yeah, yeah…I love you too.”

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 Alice Pieszecki was never one to plan out her words. And while that fact alone scared the shit out of her KCRW bosses, it always worked best for Alice to think on her toes and say exactly what was on her mind. But as she drove over to Dana’s condo, she had no fucking idea where to begin this time. After her harsh words yesterday and her uncalled for outburst today, she knew she had taken two giant steps backwards. She had to make Dana to understand that despite her recent efforts, or lack thereof, Alice did want their friendship back. And maybe that was just what she needed to help her let go of all the anger and insecurities she felt towards the athlete. Either way, Alice was having trouble separating her best friend Dana from her ex-girlfriend Dana, and she knew it wasn’t helping matters by blatantly avoiding them both.

Dana had just changed back into her running shorts and Adidas tank top, hoping that an afternoon run would make her feel better about the troubling encounter with Alice that had just went down. She figured if anything it would give her something else to focus on…other than how to make Alice talk to her again and maybe someday be her friend. The athlete knew that the latter may not be that easy, considering she still had a multitude of unresolved feelings when it came to her ex. And to complicate matters further, Dana couldn’t help but admit that being friends with Alice was what led her to recognize that she was completely in love with her in the first place. But Dana was admittedly selfish, and despite the fact that she may still be in love with the old Alice, Dana needed Alice in her life in any capacity she could get.