15 minutes later.

Alice was still unconcious when Lara arrived at Bette and Tina´s house. She knocked and was let in by Tina. „Come in, Lara.“ Lara immiadtly spotted Alice laying on the couch and rushed over to her, stroking her forehead and kissing it. „What happened? Why didn´t you say anything?“ Lara asked concerned. Bette walked over to Lara and led her away from Alice and into the kitchen. „Lara, I think we need to talk,“ Bette started. „Alice told Tina that you two are having an affair. Is this true?“ Lara looked to the ground and nodded. „Bette, why don´t you pick up Angelica from next doors? Would you do that for me?“ Tina asked. „She is over there again?” Bette asked. “At the Shecter insane asylum? I really better get her,“ Bette continued while rushing out of the kitchen door into the garden and over to the next house. Lara’s head was still lowered. She started to sob silently. Tina rushed over to her and hugged her. „It´s okay, Lara.“ „No, it´s not okay, Tina! It´s not okay because I fell in love with her! It´s not okay because I should not be with her so shortly after Dana´s death. It´s not okay because I should be grieving over Dana. Because I should not be in love, feel love, again so soon after Dana´s death. It´s not okay!“ Lara replied and started to cry loud on Tina´s shoulder. „Lara, we can´t control when or with whom we fall in love…Since when do you love Alice anyway? Since when do you know?“ Lara looked into Tina´s eyes. „That´s the worst thing. Since the day Dana told you she would have to have surgery. Since the day Alice rushed into the hospital after I called her and she came to take care of Dana. Something I could have never done. Since then I knew what I fell for her. But it was long before that when I realized that I actually felt something for her.“

The Planet a year and a half earlier

Lara was in the kitchen when Alice arrived. She was on a high dose of her medicaments again. Or not. You could never say for sure these days. As she was busy with the vegetables, she did not hear anyone enter the kitchen, which was usually deserted at this time of the day. „So, there she is. The soup-chef.“ Startled to hear a voice Lara cut into her finger. She turned around. „Alice, what? What´s a soup-chef?“ Lara asked while trying to find something to stop the bleeding . „Dana thought it was soup-chef instead of sous-chef when you first met, you know.“ Without saying anything more Alice walked over to Lara and took the hand with the bleeding finger into her own hand. She pulled out a handkerchief and stopped the bleeding with it. „I am sorry, Lara. That was not my intention. I just wanted to….god fuck I don´t even know what I want these days. I don´t know if I want Dana back or not. I don´t know why I stalk her. I just don´t know.“ Alice started to cry and was about to fall onto the ground when Lara caught her and held her in her arms. „I am sorry for what I did Lara. So sorry. It´s just what I felt for Dana was so damn strong. But now there is nothing anymore. Nothing.“ Alice cried onto Lara´s shoulder who tried to calm her down. „Alice, it´s okay. It´s okay. We’ve all been through this. And I am sorry too,“ she said biting her lip while she stroked through Alice´s hair. „For what, Lara? You weren´t the one trying to keep her in chains so she stays with you and makes you feel something for her,“ Alice said. Lara closed her eyes and breathed in the scent of Alice. And suddenly she wished she could smell it everywhere. Just holding Alice felt right, just right. And nothing more. „Nothing, Alice just forget it.“

Present time, Bette and Tina´s house

Lara had stopped crying and walked over to Alice and sat down next to her on the couch, waiting for her to wake up. Tina gestured that she would go to Shane and Jenny to see if Bette was about to kill Jenny and mouthed ‘Take care of her.’

After a while Alice opened her eyes and smiled at the sight of Lara. „Hello, what are you doing, Alice? You made me worry about you. You gave me quite a shock.“ Lara kissed Alice´s forehead and stroked through her hair. „Alice just don´t say anything. Just listen. I know, what I’m about to say will come all of a sudden for you, but please, just listen. I don´t even know how to begin. Alice…I….I….I love you. I knew this for a while now. I already knew it when Dana was still alive. I’ve been having these feelings for you for a long time now. And I don´t want to hide them anymore. You can never say when you fall in love. Sometimes it hits you to the most inappropiate time. But Alice, I really love you. And I know you are scared of losing someone after you lost Dana twice. Like in Cyrano de Bergerac, like Roxanne. But please, Alice, give me a chance.“ Alice stared at Lara for a moment before she was able to talk. „Did you talk to the minister that ran away with Helena´s mother?“ Lara looked at her confused. „No, I didn´t. What minister?“ Alice shook her head „Nevermind, just forget it.“ Before Lara could say anything Alice kissed her. First the kiss was shy and sweet but it got deeper and deeper. Lara and Alice must have been kissing for quite a while when Bette coughed. They suddenly came back to reality. But this time no one ran away. They walked home together.