So I casually turned my head

As the tears rolled down my eyes”

She stood there, paralyzed. Looking them go through the door in slow motion.

Shocked wasn’t a strong enough word to express how she felt in that moment. They were no more than a hundred metres from her; should just one of them turn around, they would have seen Alice there, petrified like a stone. But no one took notice of her presence.

Before she knew what was happening, tears were rolling down her eyes.

“I just keep going round and round

And round in circles

Keep on tumbling down”

Turning around to conceal her tears from them, she run out of sight, trying to find a place to hide.

Leaning against the wall of a building, she let herself fall to the ground overcome with grief.

“Oh boy my world has changed

And I don’t think I can make it without you

Nothing’s the same

You got me running around

In circles over you”

She couldn’t believe what just happened. No wonder she hadn’t seen more than a glimpse of Dana lately, she was too occupied with the soup chef.

How long had it been going on? Did it start before or after Dana left without anything more than a note? Were they dating? Did they just meet up as friends? Was ***** involved somewhere in that equation?

So many questions for so little answers.

“Everything is you

How can I pull through

My heart is consumed I’m so confused”

The pain was unbearable; nothing could have prepared her for the vision of Dana with someone else so soon after their break up, least of all, with Lara. That was something she hadn’t expected, as much as she had had her doubts about the ‘best, best friends’ diner. Now, she wasn’t sure of anything anymore.

Break up, because now she was sure of that. Dana had broken up with her the day she left her to wake up alone in bed.

“Alice.”

“Still caught up in you…

Love can be so cruel

Baby don’t know how to turn you loose”

The tears kept coming without stop.