“I babble on for about five minutes telling them about the vegetables on skewers that you made for me. I can see Shane staring at me like I’m some kind of alien. Girls are always just throwing themselves at her so she couldn’t possibly understand my insecurities. At least Bette and Tina were a little more indulgent.”

Tina: These skewered vegetable did she come up with them all on her own or did you order them?

Dana: No she just sends them.

Bette: But she hasn’t spoken to you.

Dana: No.

Shane: Ask her out.

Bette: No no Dana can not do that and it’s totally understandable. You don’t want to put yourself out there to someone who maybe is just being nice to you because you’re an important person at the club.

Dana: Exactly.

Alice: Please, don’t encourage her.

Bette: It’s OK Dana. We are going to take care of this.

Alice: You mean.

Bette: I mean.

Dana: What?

Bette: We are going to deploy a mission to ascertain the disposition and intent of one Miss Lara Perkins.

“You guys were so hilarious … I can’t believe you went through all that trouble.”

“I know but it was worth it. I got your attention didn’t I?’

“Baby you had my attention from day one. Remember that day in the locker room when you told me that Subaru was interested in you?”

“I was so flustered during that whole conversation I left my bag in the locker room remember?”

“I do. I was flustered too. I so wanted to kiss you. I would have but I didn’t want to scare you away. Then your friends did the whole spying on me thing and that made me realize that you were probably feeling the same way. Then when Shane came over and started hitting on me I didn’t know what to think. Was Shane like your secret weapon or something?”

“Yeah, I guess they figured if you could resist Shane hitting on you then you were definitely straight or a different kind of lesbian.”

“Well I guess I was a different kind of lesbian but not the straight kind. Just the kind that only had eyes for you and I still feel the same way.”

Suddenly Lara gets up and hovers over Dana for a few seconds as she gazes into her eyes. She kisses her sweetly on the lips.

“Just in case you were still wondering.” Lara whispers this softly then walks out of the room leaving Dana with the same goofy look on her face as the first time Lara did that in the locker room at the country club.

After that first kiss Dana had finally worked up the courage to ask Lara out on a date. They were so cute together. Their entire relationship had been carefree, fun, giddy, comical and refreshing at least in the beginning then fear took hold and Dana ended it. Now here they were the second time around. If she wasn’t careful fear threatened to come between them again but she wouldn’t let it or at least she hoped she could stop it before she drove Lara away again.