Kit walked up and placed a cup in front of each of them, overhearing their conversation.

“No- you guys remember the Dinah Shore weekend when we were all amidst the thousands of women and you almost got trampled by fans, Dana?” Shane said, laughing then sipping her coffee.

Dana laughed a little. “Yeah.. one of them asked me to sign their underwear.”

“Oh god, that must have been a nightmare,” Bette pushed Dana’s shoulder a bit.

“Ah, the wonders of being a *****. I should have gone to that!” Kit said.

“Yeah. So.. Dana… whats going on with you and Alice?” Shane said, then was pissed at herself for asking.

“I don’t know,” Dana whispered, and looked over at Alice, on the other side of the cafe, playing her guitar.

“You did ask her back out, didn’t you?” Tina said, looking at Alice too.

“Yeah.. but that was weeks ago, and I still haven’t heard anything from her.”

“She’s probably confused, let her work it out herself. As for you, you gotta quit beatin’ yourself up. Its not your fault,” Kit said, touching Dana’s shoulder.

“How do I know that?” Dana hung her head. “The other day.. I saw her arm… she’s got these dark red scars up and down the inside of it.. it just hurts me to see that, you know?”

“It hurts all of us, but that doesn’t mean its anybody’s fault,” Kit replied.

Bette sighed. “I think its no one’s fault- she’s got her own demons to handle.”

*******

Alice strummed the guitar, trying to block out if Dana was talking about her. She loved Dana so much but she didn’t know what to do- she had been making a good recovery and then Dana’s voicemail message threw her off track and mentally tripped Alice- she knew that Dana hurt her and she wasn’t sure it wouldn’t happen again. She had been through this before. She had a girlfriend, they were dating for a month. The girl broke up with Alice- then two weeks later they were together again, but only for a month. Her girlfriend cheated on her and tore her heart out. Two months later, they were together for a week- then the girl broke up with Alice again. That was her first love, and it took months to get over her. But Alice knew she was in love with Dana. She didn’t know whether to let her go or to be with her again. Either way, there’d be pros and cons. But she still didn’t know.