“I’m just nervous I was never good at this before.”

Lara smiled wistfully. “Dana, all you have to do is be yourself. That goofy charm of yours will take care of everything.” Lara let her hand rest on Dana’s shoulder before she got up and pulled a pair of jeans out of Dana’s dresser. “What about these? They look amazing on you and I haven’t seen you wear them in a long time.” Lara held up the jeans surprised when Dana started to tear up.

“I can’t wear those ones.” Dana said not offering a reason. Lara dropped the pants back into the dresser and picked up another pair. “These?” Dana nodded and Lara brought the jeans over to her. Then she went to pick out a shirt for her, knowing that the jeans she had picked first held some connection to Alice. Lara absentmindedly picked out a shirt and sat on the bed while Dana disappeared into the bedroom to change. She looked at the jeans again. She wondered about them as she again thought about the fact that she was sitting here helping Dana get ready for a date. Lara had been in love with Dana for so long that she usually dealt with it easily. Seeing Dana and Alice together at the Planet, or anywhere was something that she was used to. And seeing how happy Dana was with Alice made it easier for her to let go of things. But now she had gone and messed things up for herself.

Lara had honestly started out with the best of intentions. She had seen that Dana was in pain and she had wanted to be the one to take care of her. But she had only believed that she would only be looking after her until Alice was back. Yes, Lara had always believed that the two of them would get back together. But then the months had started to tick by and now here they were six months later and Dana and Alice weren’t even speaking to one another. And Lara had gotten herself into something that she was in no way ready for. And completely unable to get out of. If she turned her back on Dana now then Alice would be right about her intentions and she would hate herself when she saw the hurt look in Dana’s eyes when she realized that she was alone all over again. Lara sighed and waited for Dana to emerge from the bathroom a moment later she appeared wearing the jeans that Lara had picked out for her. “How do I look?” Dana said as she looked down at herself in a questioning gaze.