Alice found herself in the car park of Malibu Tennis Club for the third day in a row.  How did I get here?? she thought to herself, three days in a row!, I’m a fucking stalker, I should really stop listening to Shane, I think she’s losing her touch.  Right at that moment she drove round a corner and a blue BMW came into view, Dana’s blue BMW.  I fucking love you Shane, she thought with a smile.

Alice pulled into a parking space and dialled Shane’s number. 

“Alice! Is she there?”  Shane answered by the second ring sounding uncharacteristically excited.

“Yes she’s here, well at least I think so.  I’m pretty sure that’s her car.  Now what Shane?  I can’t just roll in to Malibu Tennis Club and ask if I can rent a pitch for an hour, they’ll arrest me!”

“Alice, it’s a court and no, you can’t, just go in and ask about the yoga class or something.  You’re good at this, you’ll know what to do.” 

“Ok, yea, you’re right, I am good at this.”

“Go for it Al”

“I’ll call you later…”

Alice hung up, feeling psyched, ready to accidently bump into Dana the Goddess again and subtly probe her for personal information.

Alice got out of her car with authority, striding towards the reception of the club.  As she neared the door a little boy came running out and banged into her leg, he wobbled unsteadily on his feet before falling backwards, Alice caught him just before he fell.  She picked him up, “Hey little fella, are you ok?”  He looked at her cautiously, seeming a bit unsure of her, “Sowwy” he lent into her shoulder covering his face with his hands.  “Aww it’s ok, where are you running off too so excited?”

The door opened behind them and the little boy wriggled to get down, Alice set him down so she could take him back to his parents safely.  He ran off towards the door just as Dana came through, she saw him and swept him up in her arms, “Charlieee where did you go? You can’t just leave like that, it’s dangerous.”  Charlie looked over at Alice, who was wearing a look of panic mixed with disappointment.