“Well Fairbanks, that was rude See if I forgive you tonight” She started walking through the changing room with a huge smile hanging on her face. Too bad Dana could not see it and felt really bad for being late.

The cute woman observed them with amusement. The girl with Dana Fairbanks was such a tease And so sweet. From their interaction, she could have swore they were a couple.But then she remembered that there was another woman in the picture. She was not altogether a pleasant person, mean, loud, controlling She’s been seeing her with Dana for some time now. She almost felt bad for the tennis star. “Enjoy your game!” she called out.

Since both were properly dressed for the exercise, they spend no time in the locker room. Dana opened her bag and take out 2 rackets and a bottle of some fluid with strange color. “Meet me at the court entrance” she said while giving them to Alice and flied from the door they came in. Alice made faces of disgust and hate while looking at the bottle.

Alice tried to figure out what Dana had been pulling behind her. “Wow, is that a ‘ball throwing / pitching kind of thing’?” asked Alice. “Yeah, sure is” Dana answered while taking the lead to court number 20.

“Great So why do I need you for?” Alice playfully suggested. She hit Dana’s tushy with one racket.

“You’re right. Tennis is a very light & easy sport. I’ve been training for years now, 10 hours a day I might add But whatever Only if I had one of these pitchers sooner…”

“Hey cool off partner, just asking” Suddenly the word ‘partner’ sounded really weird.

“What did Tonya want?” Alice asked looking everywhere around but Dana.

“Nothing specific, usual stuff. Only that I think I might have told her that we should postpone our moving-in plans.” Dana stopped talking waiting for a reaction, any reacting from Alice. Alice just stopped walking, shocked with the news & happiness covered her entire body. She tried to hide her victorious face filled with joy now, started walking again. “What did she say?”

“She was sad obviously. But I held my ground. I said things are moving too fast and I wanted this to work with her. That I needed time” Dana continued walking. Her ponytail was dancing in its own rhythm. She glanced at Alice, saw her relieved condition. She could comment on it but decided to let it slide. “Am I forgiven for being late?”