Alice – Ok, have a safe trip. Talk to you later. bye.

Gina – Bye

Alice hated to lie to Gina, but lately it was easier to either lie or avoid her questions altogether. Probably not the best way to handle things, but at least now with her out of town, she could maybe figure some things out.

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Dana got up at 6AM for her run. She slept quite a bit better than previous nights, so at least now she was more focused. Even though nothing was resolved, telling someone about all the stuff she had been going through, did lift a huge weight off her.

Dana entered the kitchen, sweat soaked and winded. Proceeded to the coffee maker to make a pot and headed to the bathroom for a shower. After toweling off and putting on a robe, she made her way in to the kitchen for coffee. Taking one cup to Lara, she knocked on her door.

Lara – Come in.

Dana – Good Morning, I brought you coffee, just the way you like it.

Lara – Well, aren’t you the sweetheart.

Dana – Yeah well, not everyone would spend most of their night listening to me ramble on, so its the least I could do.

Lara – Listening to you is never a waste of time. You’re very special to me, Dana.

Dana took a moment, trying to figure out exactly what she meant by “special.”

Dana – Hey, I’m sorry. You were reading your book. I’ll let you get back to it.

Lara – No..no.. Please stay. I was done anyway.

She patted her hand on the space beside her on the bed.

Lara – Please, sit.

Dana sat next to her.

Lara – I’ve given some thought about what you told me last night. I would like to talk about my thoughts on the whole thing, but it’s your decision whether you want me to share them with you. I must warn you that it’s probably not what you want to hear.

Dana frowned and weighed her decision to hear her out.

Dana – Well, that doesn’t sound promising…. You listened to me so I guess I should hear what you have to say.

Lara – Well, I guess for one thing, Alice is your best friend. Why would you want to take the chance of messing up your friendship for good? From what has already happened, any kind of trust that you had between you two has been seriously damaged. Not to mention, you never asked Alice what she wanted. You crossed the line when you acted out your feelings for her, instead of talking about it first.