“would you look at that” Kit said everyone looked at Kit and then followed her gaze. They saw that she was looking at the sun lounger where there was a white dove sat watching them all.

Bette and Tina looked at one another then said it unison

“it can’t be the same one, can it”

“What do you mean” Al asked

“when we were leaving the hospital we saw another dove sat on the bench that we sat on in the morning”

“it’s got to be a coincidence” Bette said

“there is no such thing as coincidence” Al said everyone looked at her

“what there isn’t I believe that, I think our lives are mapped out for us even before were born”

“Al that’s a stretch even coming from you” Shane said laughing everyone else joined in as well

“fine laugh all you want but that’s what I believe and I’ll prove it”

“now how you going to do that” Kit asked interested in where Alice was going to take this.

“yeah come on Al I want to know how your going to prove it” Bette said with laughter in her voice

Alice shot Bette a smug look then said “by using you and Tina as an example”

“how can using us as an example help” Tina asked as she lent on the table intrigued as to where Alice was going to go with this.

“by using your coming out story Tina”

“what has our first meeting got to do with anything” Bette asked now also wanting to know.

“you think that it was a coincidence that you both meet at one of Bette’s parties, then it also just so happens that when you are both talking Bette you notice that T’s earring has fallen out, then later you find it again when you thought that you watched her put it back in, then when Tina comes back the next day to get it back, Tina also thought that she had put it in her ear, come on guys it was fate”

Tina looked at Bette lovingly remembering how they met, Bette smiled back at Tina “she does have a point”

“I know I have a point, fate bought you together the first time and fate intervened again to bring you both together, it was already written in the star’s that you two would be together you’ve just missed the sign’s and needed a little help is all” Alice said smiling

Shane pulled Alice closer so she could give her a hug

“Girl you made a good point” Kit said also smiling

“Al we love you” Tina said with tears in her eye’s

“yeah well I love you all as well” Alice said.  Alice then looked over to the sun lounger just watching the dove, she could have sworn that the dove was staring into her eye’s, she couldn’t shake the feeling that she knew something about the dove, smiling to herself because she thought she was being stupid she then broke the gaze and turned to her friends.

They then started chatting and laughing about anything and everything but each of them every now and again would look over to see if the dove was still there, every time they still saw it sat there for some reason they all felt reassured by it’s presence.