That evening after Bette and Alice went through Dana’s closet and decided the few suits Dana had just were not acceptable, Bette took Dana shopping at some of her favorite boutiques making sure that before they all went home that night Dana had five outfits that screamed hot and successful but classy at the same time.

VIRGINIA SLIM TOURNAMENT

Alice could not believe how great Dana was doing. As it turned out Dana was a natural in front of the camera. For what ever reason, Dana’s goofiness came across as childlike charm but in a very ***** way. The other anchors were as taken in by Dana’s charm as the audience was. Alice was trilled for her friend, as she sat back and watched as Dana once again become the center of attention. She would call her friends at home to see if Dana was as impressive on the TV as she was in the studio. The feed back she got from the ladies was that Dana kicked *****.

Every night after all the games had been played Dana and Alice would go eat, then come back to Dana’s room and prepare for the next day. Dana was excited about being back into tennis. She never thought she could enjoy the game as much behind the scene as playing the game. But as it turned out she was enjoying herself. She felt like once again her life had purpose, and even if she didn’t get the anchor spot on the sport show that ESPN had talked to her about, that was OK because she was discovering there really was life after tennis.

On the last day of Virginia Slim Tournament one of the producers from another network walk over to Dana asking if she would like to join her for an exclusive party that night. She let Dana know this was the party that anyone who was anyone would be at. There would be several top seed tennis player, plus the big wigs from the sport networks. She had even heard a few celebrities were going to be there. When Dana asked if she could bring her friends the producer wanted to know why she would want to bring her assistant? Dana just quietly declined.

THE PLANET AFTER ALICE’S AND DANA’S RETURN

The whole gang was sitting around the table talking to Alice about how proud they were of Dana. They kept looking toward the door hoping Dana would hurry and arrive so they could give her a hard time and congratulate her about her good job.

A young man walked over to the gangs table and asked if an Alice Pieszecki was there. They all pointed over to Alice. He then pulled out a small arrangement of wild flowers with a simple bow and note attached. Alice knew who the flowers were from because she remembered a conversation she had with Dana several years ago, back when they were just friends and Dana was still living at home. Alice had a boyfriend who she just couldn’t shake. He was consistently sending flowers and gifts to Alice trying to win her love. After about the tenth time that he sent roses to Alice, she had made the comment to Dana that flowers that he had picked himself would have made more of an impression on her then flowers from a high priced florist.

Alice could tell by looking at the flowers that Dana had picked them herself. She recognized them as the flowers that were growing around her condominium.

When she open the note Dana had written. “Thank you. Forgive me. Love Dana”

TBC

Not my best chapter. But I’m ready for a little romance, got a little depressed after seeing the clips on the media thread. So if IC won’t do it then I will, or maybe I should follow IC lead and ruin the best couple on the show. Alice/Dana or Alice/Joy or Alice/Helena or Alice/Piece of cardboard. Anyway the fun is about to begin. Deb