“Sure, honey,” Alice replied, wrapping an arm around Dana.  “Whatever gets you to go home.”

Everyone else was desperately trying to keep a straight face.

“Okay,” Dana said suddenly.  “I’ll go home.”  She leaned in close to Shane.  “Cause me and Alice are gonna go have *****.”

“Good to hear,” Shane replied, patting Dana on the back.

Alice rolled her eyes at everyone and smiled apologetically before helping a stumbling Dana to the door.  “Goodbye everybody!” Dana shouted to the room before Alice pulled her out the door.

Everyone just shook their heads and burst out laughing.

When they stepped outside, Dana glanced at the sky.  “It’s raining,” she said in wonderment.

“Yes, it does that sometimes,” Alice replied, amused.

“Let’s play in it,” Dana said suddenly, breaking away from Alice and running out into the rain.

“Dana!  Get back here!” Alice called.

“Come play in the rain with me, Alice!” Dana exclaimed, opening her mouth to catch raindrops on her tongue.

“Honey, you’re getting wet,” Alice protested.

“C’mon in the rain and get wet with me,” Dana insisted, spinning in a circle with her arms out, her hair plastered to her head.  “Then we’ll go home and get wet again.”  She wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

Alice burst out laughing.  “Dana, you could get a cold,” she said, turning serious again.

Dana stopped her twirling and leaped gleefully into a puddle with both feet, sending water splashing across the already wet sidewalk.  “Alice, come out here with me.”

Sighing, Alice gingerly stepped out from the doorframe and into the downpour.  She squealed when the first freezing drops hit her skin.  “Dana, that’s cold!”

“I’ll warm you up,” Dana promised, grabbing Alice’s hands and pulling her toward her, spinning them both around in a circle.

“You’re gonna get dizzy,” Alice scolded, trying to drag her feet.

“Dance with me, Alice,” Dana said suddenly.

“But Dana, it’s raining,” Alice argued, water dripping into her eyes.  “And there’s no music.”

“There is music,” Dana insisted.  “Can’t you hear it, Alice?  Just listen.”  She stood still and took one of Alice’s hands, placing it over the wet shirt on her own chest.  “Do you hear that, Alice?  Do you feel it?  That’s all we need.”

Alice stared into Dana’s earnest eyes, feeling the loud thumping of Dana’s heart under her soaked clothing.  “I can hear it.  And I can feel it,” she said softly.

“It’ll be like the time at The Planet,” Dana added.  “When we danced in front of everyone under all the lights.  Only this time, we’re outside, and there’s nobody here but you, me, and the rain.”  She paused a moment before dreamily adding, “That was one of the bestest days of my life.”

Alice burst out laughing.  “Bestest?”

“Bestest, best, whatever,” Dana replied, waving her hand impatiently.

“You know, you’re kinda cute when you’re drunk,” Alice joked.

“Just cute?” Dana asked with a frown.

“No, you’re beautiful,” Alice said honestly.  “Both inside and out, you’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met.”

“Dance with me, Alice.”  Her tone was almost pleading, and Alice found she couldn’t say no.

Alice stepped closer to Dana, splashing water onto her already soaked feet.  “Okay, Dana.  I’ll dance with you.”

“Good,” Dana said, grinning and wrapping her arms around Alice’s shoulders.  Alice circled her own arms around Dana’s waist, decreasing the gap between them.  They swayed side to side to the beat of a song only they could hear.

“We fit perfectly together,” Dana murmured, pressing her forehead to Alice’s.

“We do,” Alice whispered back, not even caring about the cold raining beating down on her head anymore.  “We’re perfect together.” They danced closely together, wrapped in each other’s arms as the rain continued to pour down around them.