All of a sudden Alice jumped up, “I have the best idea ever!!!!” She ran over to the TV, “Come on Miss Tennis Player, I challenge you to a tennis match, right here right now.” Alice held her Wii remote like it was a sword.  “That’s where I recognise you from!” Carmen almost shouted, the cartoon light bulb almost visible above her head, “You’re Dana Fairbanks!  Wow, you’ve had a great season so far”.  Dana blushed, “Thanks, I’m working pretty hard”. 

Alice looked a little confused, “So you’re a big pro tennis player?” Dana blushed again, “I guess I am, come on Pieszecki, I accept your Wii Tennis challenge” trying to keep the conversation away from her thriving tennis career.

“Loser chugs a beer” Shane chipped in.  “Deal!” both women said at the same time. 

As Alice passed Dana the controller their fingers grazed over each other, Dana whipped her hand away from Alice’s almost like she’d been shocked as the chills jolted up her right arm.  She covered it well, pretending to do warm up stretches, her mind reeling from the strong attraction she was being to feel for the blonde.  Be careful Fairbanks!

Twenty minutes later, Alice was 2-1 up and Dana was becoming more and more frustrated not to mention drunk having chugged two beers and the bonus shot Alice had forced her to do after losing two games in a row.  “I’ll take you on the court Pieszecki, these things don’t even come close to tennis rackets, it’s all wrong.  I’m trying to get some top spin and it’s giving me nothing here!!”

Everyone burst out laughing, Alice took Dana’s controller off her, “I think I should go pro you know I just beat a ‘professional tennis player’” Dana rolled her eyes and grabbed another beer. 

They squeezed themselves drunkenly into a comfy chair made for one.  Alice and Shane’s apartment had trouble accommodating all their friends and this was the first time Alice had been glad of this fact.  Dana’s body was squashed tightly against hers; her entire left side felt like it was on fire where it came into contact with the brunette.  Dana was fighting hard get used to the feeling as the chills slowly took over her whole body, she was battling hard not to make it obvious.