After Dana finished getting dress she walked back toward the living room. She noticed Alice was watching reruns of Friends and even though she knew Alice must have watched each episode at least 20 times, she was still sitting there laughing at Chandler and Joey. When Alice finely noticed Dana watching her she turned the TV off. “So Dana, what can you do as far as your knee goes. Can you walk around a little, or do we need to do something that requires no walking at all?” It really touched Dana how Alice was always thinking about her. “Alice the Doctors said I could start walking a little as long as I don’t over due it. I have a brace I can wear to take pressure off my knee and we can take my crutches.” Alice jumped up and rubbed her hands together trying to keep her excitement to a minimum. “OK go get your brace on and we’ll head out, I’ve got a few ideas of things we can do.”

SANTA MONICA

Alice had taken Dana to an incredible nice and expensive restaurant off the Santa Monica Bay. The view was out of this world and the food was indescribably wonderful. “Al I know you wanted to do something to let some steam off, but I know this place is expensive let me pay for it.” Alice looked at Dana like she had a third head. “You think I’m paying for this?” All of a sudden Dana started to get flustered, she knew this wasn’t a date, she figured they would be pay for their own food. But then Alice started ordering from the menu like she was going to handle everything. And now Dana wondered if Alice thought she was make assumptions that she really wasn’t making. “No I mean I knew I would pay for mine, but look at everything you ordered I don’t know what’s my part, so I thought I could just pay for everything, and then you could get the next meal.” Alice just loved to make Dana squirm. “So you don’t think I can afford this place is that what you’re saying.” Now Dana was really flustered. “No I didn’t say that. I think you can afford it. I just think it’s too much for you to have to pay.” Alice started smiling at her friend. Then she did her finger in that come her so I can whisper in your ear. “You’re right I can’t afford this place. But I’m not paying LA Times is paying, my next article is Best 10 restaurants on the Beaches of Southern California so you can relax I’ll be able to pay my bills and take my friend out in the style she has become accustomed too.” Dana replied back to Alice. “Don’t worry about what I have become accustomed too, all I really want now is to hang with my friend, and if that means a salad at Chile’s that is fine with me.”