Alice was at the Planet with Gaby delivering a speech she had prepared earlier. ‘The thing is Gaby, i’m a little tired of you, and i don’t want to be tired of you because i think we have really good ***** together’ Gaby nodded at Alice, and smiled as if she’d just said something exceptionally complimentary. ‘So my idea is this’ Alice continued taking a breath, ‘I see you when I want ***** and only then, if i start to enjoy your company on a more reaching level then our relationship gets an upgrade’. ‘An upgrade?’ Gaby asked without masking her confusion. Alice smiled and took out a notepad from her bag, ‘I have it all here you see?’ she pointed at the page with her pen ‘Level 1 is where we are now, ***** buddies level, no emotional attatchment whatsoever just…well you know, enjoying each other on an unreaching level. Level 2 is dating level, still having ***** but this time with a little connection, but no commitment to each other is involved at this level. Now level three…allow me to be honest, it’ll be a hard one to achieve. Level three is a ‘committed relationship’ level…’. Gaby stopped Alice’s deliverance and placed a finger on her mouth. ‘Let’s just get it started then’. Alice’s mouth hung open, ‘You mean you accept the terms?’ she questioned amazed. ‘Yeah, I accept. But if we’re ***** buddies what are we doing sitting in the planet having a conversation?’

Dana was back at the door of Lara’s apartment. ‘How the ***** do i keep getting myself into these situations. ‘Lara, please honey. Open the door, i know you’re in there.’ Dana continued knocking on the door when suddenly, she heard a thud from the staircase. ‘Ow’ Lara groaned, lifting herself to her feet with the palms of her hands. Dana ran to the stairs and began helping her up, ‘Oh God, you’re hammered!’. She remarked directing a reluctant Lara to the door of her apartment. ‘Yes, Yes I am!’ she slurred before chuckling. ‘And you, you’re not’ Lara added attempting to shrug Dana’s hands from her shoulders before realising she didn’t have the power to stand up by herself. Dana eventually managed to  fish Lara’s keys from her jean pockets and lay her on the couch in her living room. She made Lara some tea and sat down beside her, stroking her face as she did so. ‘You kissed someone else’, Lara commented with a confidence only existant in a drunk person.  Dana frowned, sad that Lara would believe that she would be unfaithful and angry that she had put herself in that position with Tonya in the first place. ‘No Lara, I didn’t. She kissed me. And I swear i never for one second reciproacted. But you’re drunk so we’ll talk about this in the morning’. Dana went to lift her body from the couch when she felt Lara’s hand close around her wrist. ‘No please’ she began. ‘I need us to talk now’. ‘Ok’ Dana began, ‘Just let me get you to bed first’. Lara wrapped her arms around Dana’s neck and allowed the athlete to lead her to the bedroom. Once there Dana gently lay Lara’s body on the bed and began to undress her. She removed her t shirt and picked out her favourite sleeping shirt from her wardrobe before removing her jeans and tucking her in. ‘I know it wasn’t your fault’ Lara began as Dana sat on the bed beside her, ‘I kind of used it as an excuse to back out of telling you something’ Lara admitted, with a tear trickling down her cheek. ‘Dana moved her legs up on the bed and embraced her lover in a hug. ‘What is it Lara? You can tell me anything honey.’ Lara looked up into Dana’s eyes and knew that she had never felt such an overwhelming feeling of love. She stroked her cheek and placed a soft kiss on her neck before admitting to a confused Dana. ‘I have cancer’. Dana was stunned. She looked directly at Lara for what seemed an eternity contemplating every affect this revelation would have on their lives. ‘Oh…oh God’, she managed stuttering. ‘I know this is a surprise Dana but can you do something for me?’ Lara’s voice managed filled with more emotion than Dana had ever heard. Dana nodded towards her lover and awaited instructions ‘Just for tonight, can we just avoid this topic. Can you just hold me?’ Dana followed Lara’s instructions and held her tightly. The two lay like that for the remainder of the evening, locked in each others arms. Dana lay awake the entire time, holding her lover and avoiding contemplating a life without her. She listened to her breathing and stroked every millimetre of skin on her face, kissing her eyelids and preparing herself for the ‘serious discussion’ that would no doubt follow a night filled with love.