Dana knocked on the door.  Alice, still in her pajamas, opened it.  How are you feeling?

            Alice blinked, the fluorescent lights in the hallway were bothering her eyes.  Eh, alright.

            Did I wake you?

            Not really.  Come in.  Alice gestured for Dana to enter.  You could use your key.

            She wanted to respond with a comment about how she thought she lost all those privileges.  She decided it was better to not mention it since she wanted to get back on Alices good side.  Are you ok with me here?  I mean really ok.  She asked seeing that Alice looked even worse from when she left to go to practice.

            Yeah, Im fine.  Can we sit?  I still feel like *****.  Alice laid on the couch.  She waited for Dana to sit down before turning to look at her. 

            What? 

            I think I want you to still be my friend.

            Dana held her breath.  She had a few ideas where this conversation was going and none looked good.  Me too.

            Alice smiled weakly, Ive been thinking a bit today.  I think we could do that.

            Friends?

            Yeah.  Maybe we rushed things, Dane.  If you were ready, it wouldve happened.  And maybe its a good thing.

            Dana felt her heart break all over again.  Do you mean that?

            Maybe we need to figure out what we want.

            I dont get what youre saying.

            Alice sat up and reached over taking Danas hands in hers, Im saying, lets take things slow and see what we want.

            Ok.  Dana watched Alice stand up and walk over to her.  Alice put her hands on Danas face and kissed her tenderly on the forehead.  Dana closed her eyes and hoped that this moment would never end. 

            Im going to take a nap.  Youre more than welcome to hang around and watch tv or whatever.

            That sounds good.  Can I sleep on the couch?

            Alice grabbed Danas hand, Come on.  Youre not sleeping on the couch.  The two women climbed under the covers.  Alice was used to not being able to sleep.  She looked over at Dana who was sleeping soundly and she felt a twinge of jealousy.  Why did she have all the problems when Dana seemed perfectly fine?  She climbed out of bed and walked to the chair by the window.  She stared out into the sky until the sky turned pink.