“Why don’t you just take Lara to the movie you want to see?

“What?”

“It’s obvious she’s who you came here to see.”

“Huh?” Dana was confused by Alice’s allegation.

“You couldn’t wait to talk to her about the photo,” Alice whined.  “You even spoke to her before you spoke to me.”  The minute she said it she wished she hadn’t. 

“C’mon Al, she was closer to the door.  I talked to her for two minutes…I’m going to spend the whole evening with you.”

“Why are we even bothering when you want to be somewhere else.”  Alice continued, wishing her mouth would just slow down.  It was way in front of her brain, which kept telling her to relax and stop overreacting.

“Why are we going through this again?” 

“Because it’s there.”

“Lara and I are just friends.”

“You and I were just friends.”

Dana began to shift in her seat, getting uncomfortable.  “You don’t see Tina and I getting bothered because you’re friends with Bette.”

“That’s completely different.”

“Yeah, because I trust you.”

Alice didn’t have a quick and witty comeback.  She just stared into those deep blue eyes, which seemed to need something desperately.  But Alice found herself, this time, without any words.  She couldn’t settle Dana’s eyes staring.  They seemed to grow restless waiting for Alice to bring them calm.

 ”Admit it, you don’t trust me,” Dana pressed on.

 Alice lowered her gaze from Dana’s watch, unable to bare it any longer and looked down at her paper. 

 Dana squeezed Alice’s arm.  “I don’t know what more I can do to assure you…” 

“I think we should see other people, so you can get your closure with her,” Alice interrupted.

“What are you talking about?  I don’t need you to tell me I need closure.  It’s closed, the damn thing is closed.”

“Okay, then just take some time and be sure that you want to be with me.”

“Al, why are you going on with this?  I don’t want to see other people?”

“How about this, we take a break for a month and see if we want to be together afterwards.”