Chapter 5: Like I Love You
January 2000
Dana stayed with her parents through the holidays, then returned with Bethany to New York. Though her mother bitched about the arrangement, she thought both her parents were more than a little relieved to see her go. At her age, she needed to be out of their house and on her own, even if that meant living with someone else. As long as it wasn’t with them, they were happy.
And being back with Bethany again, so was she.
They picked up right where they had left off, as if Dana had only gone home to visit for a weekend and hadn’t walked away without saying goodbye for a good month or so before Bethany came after her. There were some subtle changes, of course, things that only helped their friendship grow. Bethany started to stand up for herself at wo
