Ella sat quietly for a minute and then began to laugh. She never stops laughing…

“Why are you laughing?” Alice yelled at her as the tears began to stream down her face. Once more she had managed to ***** up everything with the one person she cared about and Ella laughing at her was proof of it all.

“You’re in love with Dana? That’s crazy Al,” Ella stated sincerely, looking into Alice‘s glossy eyes. “If you’re in love with Dana then why did you even bother with me? That’s girls had it for you since the word go.”

Alice‘s mouth physically dropped at Ella’s words.

“What?”

“My god you didn’t know,” Ella said suddenly, following through with another laugh. “I thought everyone knew how much Dana loved you. She can’t get enough of you.”

“She can’t?” Alice‘s words were high pitched, her whole body ready to break down. She wondered why someone didn’t tell her this information earlier… seeing how useful it would have been and all.

“Not nearly,” Ella sighed, got up from her chair and placed her hands on Alice‘s trembling shoulders. “If I had known I wouldn’t have said anything. I love you Alice, but no where near as much as Dana does, and I have a pretty strong feeling that your love for me doesn’t come close to your love for Dana. So you better go and tell her how you feel before she leaves here on bad terms. My car keys are in the spare bedroom, take them, it’ll be quicker.”

Alice quickly pulled Ella into a tight hug, whispered thank you into her ear and ran into the spare bedroom in search of her keys. She found them on the bed next to Dana’s locket, and Alice grabbed them both before running out the door.

“Good luck!” Ella yelled as she heard the door close, resuming her position on the couch where she quietly laughed to herself some more.

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“Where the ***** am I suppose to go?” Alice asked herself as she sped through London‘s streets with no specific direction. She had tried Dana’s mobile multiple times, only to find that it was definitely turned off. Alice also called the airport, which wouldn’t tell her what plane Dana was catching but did inform her there were no flights to LA left that night. “You’re in this city still Fairbanks and I’m gonna find you.”