Dana was staring into the mirror, just as I had been the last time I was really upset and this was how she had found me. The bathroom of The Planet had seemed to have turned into a place for us to go and cry, and to talk to each other alone.

“Dana?” I said it softly “What’s wrong?”. Silence. “Dana honey please talk…”

“Me and Lara broke up”. Dana had said it quietly and quickly but I heard her. She didn’t look up or turn around, she stood there looking down at the sink as she said it.

Then, after silence for a few moments she swung around suddenly to look me in the eyes. She was waiting for my reaction.

Dana

I didn’t know what else to say to her, I just needed to see how she reacted. We stood there, not talking, for a few more seconds until Alice finally broke the silence.

“I…I’m sorry Dane” Alice put her thumbs in the back pockets of her jeans and looked quite uncomfortable.

“I guess it was coming” which was true, I had got over the initial shock that Lara had been able to tell my feelings for Alice so easily, and had realized that Lara and I had not been good together for quite a while.

“Yeah I know, but it’s still hard breaking up with someone. You’ll get through this though, you’ve got us all to help you” Alice looked up at me “You’ll always have me”.

With that she moved forwards and wrapped her arms around me. It felt so good. Alice has this way of making me feel safe and protected and she lets me know that everything is going to be ok. Thinking this, I had a strange and sudden burst of courage and I knew what I had to do. What I had wanted to do for so long but never had the guts to do. It just felt so wonderful, wrapped up in Alice’s warm embrace. I broke apart from her and looked into her deep hazel eyes. I couldn’t help but nibble on my bottom lip, a habit I always do when I’m nervous. I moved in and pressed my lips against Alice’s. Still, all that was going through my head was how much I loved this woman and how much I needed to do this. I had no idea how she would react but at that moment I didn’t care.

The next thing I knew, Alice cupped my face with her hands and was kissing me back. Our kiss became heated as she moved me up against the cold tiles of the bathroom and I placed my hands on her back. Our tongues explored each other’s mouths with pure passion and desire. I had never experienced anything that had felt more right in my life, or anything that had felt so incredible. The kiss went on and on, I never wanted to break away from her, I could not get enough of her, and Alice seemed equally reluctant to pull away from me.