“Hey. Anything wrong?” She asked slightly worried that some of the candles had caused a huge fire, or that a massive ***** fight had broken out. Shane pulled Alice over into a slightly less crowded corner of the club.

“Alice this big party wouldn’t at all be an attempt to win Dana over would it?”

Alice looked at her friend for a minute, hoping that she hadn’t shown any shock.

“Win her over from whom Shane?”

“From, you know … Lara.” She didn’t like doing this. She didn’t like butting in, but Shane wasn’t about to let Alice make a fool out of herself. “Alice you like Dana, right?”

“Of course I do Shane. You and Dane are my best friends,” Alice replied, purposely answering the question the wrong way in the hope that Shane would drop it.

“Alice don’t be an idiot. You know what I mean. As something more than just friends” Shane cringed when she realised how clichd she just sounded and decided to get straight to the point to spare any further discomfort on her part. “Alice I really do suggest that if you do like Dana a lot more, which it’s pretty evident you do, then you should tell her in a less crowded place, on a less important day, when she hasn’t got a girlfriend.”

The look of pain on Alice‘s face made Shane regret her rather harsh tone. Why was she going angry at Alice? She’s done an amazing job for her best friend, and here she was being yelled at. “Al, I’m sorry that came out really harsh. I just don’t want to see you get hurt that’s all. Not that you will,” Shane added in quickly as she saw Alice‘s frown deepen, “But just incase Dana doesn’t know how to react, or Lara said something… maybe it’s just best to lay low for a little while. Just enjoy a really, really special night with your best friend.”

Shane grabbed Alice into a hug, and breathed a sigh of relief when Alice hugged back.

“And here I was thinking you could hum the mission impossible theme while I climb from the roof and grab Dana off the dance floor,” Alice said, to which the two of them burst out laughing. “Thanks Shane, I know you mean well. I just hate it that you’re always so god damn right.”