“You’re a good friend. Good friend.” Alice said quickly, pulling away from a very worried-looking Helena, who stood gazing at her through the dingy car window for a second before turning with a sigh and walking to her car, completely thrown by the transformation her new friend had undergone since the breakup. She decided to just let it rest for now, as she knew Alice wouldn’t accept her help for the time being. At least, not with the pills.

“Fuck,” Alice muttered as she started up the Mini, watching Helena walk to the Mercedes. She was honestly really touched that Helena was making such an effort to help her, when all her other friends acted like she’d dropped off the face of the earth or something. She realized that wasn’t exactly fair, but it really stung that they all seemed to be rallying around Dana since the breakup, even though Dana had moved on like it was nothing to her at all. Hell, the thing at the Planet earlier confirmed that…Lara was practically part of the family now, and Alice was just the drug-crazed laughingstock. It hurt, and even though she knew she was being irrational about it (because even she couldn’t deny that the pills made her more nuts than the breakup did) that didn’t lessen the pain.

As she made her way to Bette and Tina’s, Alice could feel the mouthful of pills she’d swallowed start to take effect. She knew it wouldn’t last long; she’d been honest with Helena when she told her that was only good for five minutes on these pills. Still, any respite she got lately was a good one, so she decided to just go with it. And it was working out pretty well until some bitch decided to cut her off. Yelling at the cunt felt pretty good, although cutting someone off on an LA freeway probably wasn’t the worst offense on earth. Alice tried to force herself to calm down; she was trying to set a good example for Angie, and raving like a lunatic probably wasn’t going to help matters.

Of course, at the exact second she felt her nerves start to settle a little, she looked to her left only to see a car as familiar to her as the one she was driving. “Hi!” she called. It earned her a look, but no response…other than Dana speeding up to get away from her. Alice followed, yelling all the while, her mood going from one extreme to the other as she chased her ex down the freeway.