Dana watched Alice, feeling a knot forming in her stomach. Something was off with Alice. When Alice sat down on the edge of the bed Dana noticed she couldn’t look at her. “Al what’s wrong babe? You’re really starting to worry me. I wish you would just tell me what’s on you mind.”

Alice’s reaction was sudden and shocking, she had her head between her knees and started crying violently. Dana was up and beside Alice trying to calm her down. “Al, what’s wrong? Please tell me what’s wrong.”

Alice finally looked up, with tears still falling from her eyes. “Dana, I’m so sorry. I love you, please tell me you know I love you. I don’t know what I was thinking. Please just tell me you’ll forgive me, please you have to forgive me.”

All Dana could think was please don’t tell me this is happening. “Alice, just tell me.” Alice summoned up the courage to tell Dana, knowing there was no going back. “I’m so sorry Dana, it was a mistake. I was trying to make her feel better, next thing I knew we had slept together.”

Dana was in shock, “You slept with someone Al? You’re telling me you slept with someone, who did you sleep with Al?”

Alice didn’t want to cause Dana any more hurt but she knew she had to tell the truth. “Dana it not her fault, I should have been stronger. I’m so sorry.” Dana was already putting the pieces together but she had to hear it from Alice. “Who Alice, who the fuck did you sleep with?”

Alice could feel her heart breaking, she could see the hurt and shock in Dana’s eyes, she hated this. At that particular moment Alice was wishing the ground would open up and just take her away. She hated what she was doing, she hated what she had done. “Shane.”

Dana didn’t know how to respond, she was numb. She never thought this would happen to her and Alice. When they first started to date she knew they both went through a stage of insecurity, but that was years ago. Dana had always thought she and Alice were different, and somehow they would never do this to each other.