“Thanks Dane.”

“Welcome.”

Then both looked at everywhere except to each other and took a swig of their beers. Ever since that faithful night at 4pm one year ago they had been behaving that way. They never talked about it after that as if nothing happened, although Dana did call off her wedding with Tonya. But they never mentioned about it again, not even once. And each of them had their own partners; Alice was with Andrew and Dana was with Lara.  Both pairs looked very happy and contented with their lives, at least to their friends.

“So how’s your training?” Alice initiated the conversation.

“It’s great. I have a tournament two weeks from now. I have been training hard two months ago.” Dana said.

Alice nodded and smiled at her best friend. They were so busy with each others life that she and Dana seldom have the chance to sit down and talk anymore. Coffee at the Planet was very rare now, as all of them were indulged in their own relationships. And both were basically still avoiding each other, each fear that one might brought up the conversation about the kiss one year ago and ruined the friendship. They thought it would do them good if they see each other lesser, so that it would not stirred up the old feelings.

 “How’s Andrew?” Dana asked.

“He’s fine. He couldn’t make it today he went to New York for business trip.”Alice replied looking down at her feet.

Dana nodded. She could tell Alice was sad from her face expression. It was something that didn’t go away she could still read her like a book.

“How’s Lara?”

“She couldn’t make it also she’s attending a cooking course in Italy.”

Something in Dana’s voice told Alice that Dana was disappointed that her partner couldn’t make it. She really felt bad for her. Then both were snapped out from their thoughts when Tina interrupted.

“Hey guys dinner is ready. Come on.”

With that all the friends went to the dining hall and chatted happily throughout the night. It was something that all of them treasured, it reminded them of the good old days.

Alice slumped onto her couch feeling tired after the dinner. She looked at her watch, hmm 12.30am. She contemplated for a while before walking towards the desk and opened the lid of her laptop. A smile crept across her face as soon as she clicked onto the msn. She quickly typed a few words.