Dana breathed slowly, forcing herself to act normal. Yes, her world was slowly falling apart and she felt the walls of the Planet closing in around her. Yes she felt like screaming and crying at the same time. But all of those feelings had to wait, wait until she was at home by herself. Then she could cry and scream and fall apart. She looked up at Alice, her eyes just slightly glossy from the tears she held in so tightly.

“I’m really happy that you’ve found your special someone Alice,” Dana said, smiling weakly. “I think you’ve made the right choice to go with Ella.” And leave me behind.

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After a positive reaction from Ella over the decision, Alice finally cemented her decision to go by selling off her guitar and purchasing a plane ticket. Dana had gone with Alice which deeply touched her. No one else would have given a second thought to selling off something as silly as a guitar. Only Dana would have realised the gravity of such a decision, knowing that the guitar had been with Alice since she was eighteen, that it had been the first thing she had bought with her own money, that it was the one thing that made her feel worthwhile when Alice was down.

“You sure you want to do this Al?” Dana asked apprehensively. She desperately wanted Alice to say no to the entire thing and to just stay in LA, with her.

“Yes.” No. “Yeah I do.”

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A week later Alice was gone, having been fare welled by her friends at the airport. Throughout the entire affair Dana had composed herself, hardly speaking but giving off an overall air of happiness for her friend. Deep down she was dying at the fact that Alice was leaving her.

“You gotta come back soon you hear?” She joked as she was pulled into a hug by Alice one last time. “I don’t want you deciding to stay in old frosty London for ever.”

Alice smiled and gripped Dana tighter.

“You know I won’t be able to stay away from you for long,” Alice said sincerely, causing tears to slowly drop from Dana’s eyes. “Unless of course Prince William decides to shack up with me.”