It had been four days since my infamous kiss with Dana and I still hadn’t spoken to her. It wasn’t that I was avoiding her, it was just that I wasn’t trying to run into her anywhere.

What the ***** was I thinking? We had been best friends forever and I had just gone and pretty much fucked up our friendship. I mean, here I was, Alice Piesdecki, hiding from Dana over something as simple as a kiss. I decided I’d go over to the planet and see if she was over there.

I quickly combed my hair, grabbed and purse and was about to run out the door when I heard my buzzer. I threw my bag down and ran to the intercom, figuring it was probably Shane.

“Yea?” I called out into the intercom.

“Al? Um, can I come up?” an all too familiar voice said.

I froze. It was Dana. What had she come to talk about? Had she come to complain about Tonya? It was too late to try and avoid her so I buzzed her up and took a deep breath.

I quickly smoothed down my hair and opened the door. There she stood, looking as gorgeous as ever in her wife beater and athletic shorts. I stepped aside to let her in.

“So, whats going on?” I asked nervously, hoping to God that she would not bring up the humiliation I had endured a couple nights ago.

“Um, Al, what are we?” she asked.

I scrunched up my face. Was this some kind of trick question? What the *****.

“Best friends?” I said dumbly.

“Well, thats what I thought too up until that night. I mean, Al, we can’t…we shouldn’t…I’m engaged. Look, obviously we are attracted to each other. We just have to make sure that we don’t get ourselves into situations that would force us to become more attracted to each other than we already are.” she said.

“Okay, well we should probably make sure we aren’t alone anywhere for sure. And you can’t come anywhere near me after just working out when your veins are popping out and stuff and your sweating.” I said, trying not to grin at the thought.

“You like that?” Dana said, grinning. I nodded silently in response.
“Well, you can’t wear those shirts anymore.” she continued.

“What shirts?” I asked, confused.

“You know, those ones that cling to you in some places and fall off you in other places.” she said, a grin escaping her lips.

God she was so gorgeous. All I could think about was kissing her again.

“So about the kiss Dane?” I asked boldly.

“That kiss sure was somethin Al.” she said quietly.

I couldn’t take it anymore. I clasped her face in my hands and pulled her in for a kiss. As my lips touched hers, I felt a warm feeling I had never felt before. I slowly slid my tongue into her mouth and brushed it lightly against hers. Damn, she was such a good kisser. I gently nipped at her bottom lip. As we pulled away I gazed into her deep, dark brown eyes and sighed.

As much as I was feeling Dana, there was no way she would ever choose me over Tonya. They were engaged and this was just some stupid attraction that didn’t mean anything. It just sucked though because what I felt for her was real. Call me crazy, but a part of me felt that maybe I had been in love with her this whole time and then just not realized it until I saw someone else taking her away from me. Now Tonya was about to steal her away for good and I couldn’t do anything about it. As my eyes started burning, I felt a tear escape down my cheek.

“Al, are you okay?” Dana asked, worriedly.

“I’m fine.” I lied.

“No you’re not sweetie, you’re crying. What’s wrong?” she asked, wiping away my tears with her thumb.

As I shrugged her off and stood up I noticed the hurt look on her face.

“Look, why are you doing this? Why are you ***** with my brain like this?” I asked angrily.

She got up, tears brimming in her eyes. “Alice, I can’t believe that you think I’m playing you! How could you even say that?” she cried.

“I’ve never felt this way about anyone before but you’re ***** engaged.” I said.

She stepped towards me and took my hands in hers. “I have never felt this way about anyone before either and I mean that. We will figure this out, don’t worry.” she whispered.

I smiled and we kissed once more.

“I gotta go. I’ll call you later” she said.

“Okay.” I said, smiling.

“Bye Al.” she said.

TBC