WARNING:  Contains violent scenes.  Sorry for all the warnings.  I just don’t want anyone to be blindsided by it.

Dana and Alice quickly broke apart once Jackie approached them.  Alice was pretty sure she had not seen the kiss.  If she had, Jackie would not have held back on attacking Dana.  As it was, Jackie pulled Alice roughly to her feet and told her it was time to leave.  Dana tried to stammer out the fact that there was nothing going on but Jackie was not in a mood to listen to anything this woman had to say.  Alice was completely cowed and just went along with her girlfriend as she guided her towards the exit.  Dana stood by the pool trying to digest everything that just happened.

Alice and Jackie quickly made their exit from the party.  Jackie gave the excuse that she needed to be up early for an international conference call in the morning.  The girls seemed upset that Alice was leaving so soon and Bette offered to drive Alice home later in the evening.  Jackie would have none of it and swept her out of the house and into the car.

Jackie was very quiet on the drive back to her place and Alice knew better than to speak up.  She had seen Jackie like this before.

By the time they reached the house, the tension level was through the roof.  Alice racked her brain trying to figure out a way to defuse it, but, was coming up empty due to her panicked state.  Once they were in the door, Alice pulled off her shoes and tried to head for the bedroom.

“So you and Dana seemed cozy.”  Jackie finally said in a tone that caused Alice to stop in her tracks and turn around.

Alice was well aware that she was walking into a mine field.

“We haven’t seen each other in a while.  We had a lot of catching up to do.  That’s all.”

“Hmm.  Do you miss her?”

“I miss all my friends.”

“I didn’t ask about all your friends.”  Jackie growled as she took off one of her own shoes and threw it roughly at the wall.  “Do you want to get back with Dana?”

Alice almost wished Jackie would yell.  She would yell when she was just angry.  Being quiet like this meant she was furious.

“No!  Not at all!  We just have a history.  I am with you now.  Just you.”  Alice slowly closed the gap between them and moved to stand beside her girlfriend.  “What Dana and I had was great at the time, but, it’s over.”  Alice stroked Jackie’s arm gently with her hand.

Jackie’s voice dropped dangerously low.  “That’s not the truth, is it?”  She swung around to look at Alice.  The look in her eyes made Alice’s blood run cold.

Jackie’s hand reached out and grabbed Alice by the hair on the back of her head.  She pulled her forward into a kiss that was forceful and possessive and completely lacking any love.

Jackie pulled back but kept her fist in Alice’s hair.  She was pulling a bit and it hurt. Alice saw that her eyes were unfocused.  She had to think fast.

“Babe?  Let’s just go to bed.  I know you must be exhausted.  You have had such a long week.  Maybe I could draw you a bath to relax you?”

“A bath isn’t what I need to relax me right now.”  Jackie said and she released Alice’s hair only to start roughly unbuttoning the front of Alice’s dress, causing several buttons to go flying.

“Babe?  Jackie?  Maybe we could just go to sleep?”  Alice almost begged.

“Would you still want to just “sleep” if your tennis player were here?  Huh?”  Jackie undid her belt, removed it from the loops and held both ends in her fist.

In the blink of an eye, the belt whistled down and struck Alice across the back as she turned to prevent the blow hitting her across the chest.  The force of the blow knocked Alice to the ground.

Jackie reached down and easily lifted the stunned Alice up into her arms. 

Jackie whispered into Alice’s ear “I’ll make you forget the tennis player.  You’re mine, Alice.”  Jackie marched through the bedroom door and kicked it closed it behind them.