“It’s all in the past now Gabby, just think about the future, everything will be ok” I tried to comfort her. Although I had been spiteful towards her for how she had treated me, when I thought about it I realized I had got over it, I was happy with Dana now and it was all in past. Besides, Gabby seemed to genuinely regret the way she had treated me. I knew now that Gabby needed help and I wasn’t just going to abandon her, not when I had been in a very similar situation.

I went through to the bedroom to find Dana already in bed, sitting up and reading. I undressed and climbed into bed next to her.

“How is she?” Dana asked.

“She’s doing ok, she’s really grateful that we’re letting her stay here. She actually apologized for the way she treated me before as well” I told her.

“Wow, maybe she really has changed”

“It seems like it. Thank you for being so understanding baby, I know it’s not going to be great having her here, but it shouldn’t be for long, and I really couldn’t just leave her to deal with it on her own” I said to my girlfriend.

Dana put her book down and snuggled closer to me, placing her arm around my waste and burying her head into my shoulder. “I know you couldn’t Al, you are far too nice for that, that’s another thing I love about you so much”. I smiled and kissed her head as we fell asleep together.

Dana

I obviously wasn’t ecstatic about Gabby saying but I could see how it was important to Alice to help her so I just went along with it. The next morning I woke later than normal, to find that an empty space in the bed next to me. I got up and walked through to the dining table to find Alice and Gabby sitting eating breakfast together. I felt a pang of jealousy seeing them sitting together, talking lightheartedly. They didn’t notice me standing there until I approached them further.

“Oh hey, good morning” Alice greeted me. Gabby gave me a small smile. I returned the smile and walked through to the kitchen.