Dana thought Al would give her the hardest time over it but she did not. She should be happy about this but somehow she did not feel content at all. Why didn’t Alice have an opinion about this matter?

“Listen,” Dana stated with a soft tone in her voice. “Tonya really loves me & I need to feel that. After Lara, I felt so lost & desperate & she took care of me. I don’t want to spend my life alone. I want what you guys have” she pointed out Tina with both of her hands. “I’m not as restless as you are Shane & I’m not as confident as you are Al. I cannot explore my options & be fine with them. I need to settle down. And I think I like Tonya & we can be happy together. Just be supportive, Ok?”

“As long as you’re happy” Shane approved. “Yeah” Tina agreed. “Look, I need to go to CAC to feed Bette” said Tina as she stood up smiling. “Yeah I have to run, too. Cherie may come by the shop this afternoon Bye!” They walked out from Planet together.

“So” Dana nervously tried to talk. “So” Alice answered awkwardly. “You’re not gonna say anything Anything at all?”

“Nope” Alice stated coldly. “I can only wish you good luck & hope for the best. I’m not gonna say you’re rushing things or Tonya is manipulating you or, or You know what? Let’s change the subject.”

Dana nodded. Her cheerful mood was halfly gone now. Her best friend in the whole world might never like her girlfriend & this troubled her. The problem was she did not understand why Alice disliked her in the first place.

“So is the game with your new boss still on?”

“Totally” said Alice relieved that she liked the new conversation much much more. They’ve got to stay away from dangerous territories, right?

“I don’t quite understand why you have to impress the guy, you know? Why did you say you occasionally play tennis & challenged him on a match? You even can’t hold the racket right!” Dana made funny faces while talking. She admired Alice in so many ways but this time she held the cards. Alice needed her now with the one thing she was most confident about: the court, the ball, the racket Tennis! “Unless You like the guy? I thought you’re still seeing Andrew?”