Alice smiled and felt herself blush, she moved her arm over so that Dana could sit on the arm of the chair, ” So What’s everyone doing out there?”

Dana shook her head, ” nothing”.

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Back outside in the living room, they were all huddled together, Shane asked, ” so did you set it up?”

Tina nodded, ” yeah, everything’s set up in the room, why don’t we give them another minute or 2 and then we’ll send Bette in”.

Carmen leaped off the couch, ” its about time those 2 get together!”

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Back in the room, Dana had been hanging onto the gift tightly, nervous as to how Alice would react to the gift, ” Al?”

“yeah?” Alice said without looking up from Angelica.

Dana lifted the gift so that Alice could see it, ” I got you a gift”.

Alice laughed noticing Dana had become shy all of a sudden, ” well I would hope you did, seeing that it’s Christmas and all, and plus I got you a gift too”.

Before Dana could even hand the gift to Alice, Bette walked into the room, ” hey guys, we’re about to open gifts” she said as she took Angelica.

Bette watched the 2 of them as she reached the door and once they were both in the middle of the room, Bette stopped them, ” hey well will you look at that”.

Dana and Alice both had confused looks on their faces, ” What?”

Bette pointed to the ceiling, ” Mistletoe, now you know what that means right?”

Alice and Dana both looked up at it at the same time, and as soon as they looked back to where Bette was, they noticed she was gone and that the door was closed.

Alice looked at Dana who was looking down at the floor, and then when she looked up at her, she looked away. Dana smiled as soon as she saw Alice blushing, ” it is tradition you know?”. Alice looked up at Dana surprised that she even said that, and before she knew it, she started to flirt with her friend, ” Does that mean you want to kiss me Dane?”

Dana, started to stutter not knowing what to say. Alice sighed and turned away, ” you don’t have to kiss me Dane”. ALice was disappointed, now she knew, Dana did not have feelings for her.

Just as she started to walk away, she felt Dana’s hand grab her softly, and as soon as she turned around, she felt the softest lips on hers. It was just a small kiss, but it said so much, but Dana knew she had to make sure Alice knew, ” I know I don’t have to kiss you Al, but I’ve wanted to for so long”.

The two women spent the next hour in the room, kissing each other ever so softly, wanting to remember the feel of each other’s lips. That night, before the party, Alice had figured out what to get Dana for Christmas. Alice was going to give Dana her love, but of course their friends had it planned out ahead of time so Alice didn’t have to work too hard at it.

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The rest of the gang sat outside in the living room waiting for the two friends to come out. Dana and Alice walked out, Alice had her shirt unbuttoned a few more buttons than she had when she arrived, and Dana’s hair was a mess, Shane smiled, ” well I guess they already opened their gifts”.