Dana paused not wanting to tell Lara what had happened with Leisha. She didn’t want anyone to know about it. She wasn’t ready for any of it. “She’s okay.” Dana answered.

Lara propped herself back up on her elbow and looked down at Dana. “Is it getting serious?” She asked.

Dana squinted at her curious to know why Lara sounded so concerned about the whole thing. “No.” She said. “Why?”

“I don’t know. I was just curious, I guess.” Lara said, still not returning to her side of the blanket. “I had a good time tonight Dana.” Lara repeated.

“Me too.” Dana assured her and the next thing Dana knew Lara’s mouth was covering hers in a sweet kiss.

When Dana didn’t immediately pull away from Lara she deepened the kiss and moved closer to her so that half her body was covering Dana’s. Dana kissed her back before she could fathom what was going on, but when her head finally caught up with the sensation of her friends lips on hers she pulled away. “Wait. Lara what are we doing?” She asked.

Lara pulled away from her, but didn’t immediately remove herself from Dana’s body. “I thought that -.” But when she saw the look in Dana’s eyes she knew that she had made a mistake.

“Lara, I care about you. You have to know that, I owe you so much. But I’m just” Dana tried to find words that wouldn’t hurt the red heads feelings. “Well I’m not ready for this. I’m not” Dana trailed not knowing what else to say.

Lara looked sick with herself as she pulled away from Dana. “I’m sorry, Dana. I’m so sorry. I just thought that weYou know what it doesn’t matter. I’m really sorry. I shouldn’t have”

“Lara, it’s ok.” Dana reached out to comfort the other woman, but she pulled back as though Dana had burned her. “I should go.”

“No, wait!” Dana tried to grab her, but Lara had jumped quickly to her feet and was now gathering her things and making an embarrassed rush toward Dana’s front door. “Lara.” Dana fumbled to stand up, but didn’t reach her in time to stop her from leaving

“Hey, Alice. Are you ready to go because there’s this girl in there and she will not leave me alone. And I’m thinking that Lish is gonna freak anyway if I’m not there when she gets in tonight.” Mark looked up and noticed for the first time that Alice was not alone. “Or I could wait.” He said.