“After we got the tire back on the car..” Dana interjected as she batted her eyes,

“Right, after the tire! It fell off, can you imagine?” Tonya finished
and Alice’s eyes were wide, they were talking in twin too! Alice
swallowed,

“The island?” Alice asked and they went right off into the description
of everything, babbling back and forth, finishing each other’s
sentences and Alice was getting dizzy after an hour of the non stop
talk fest.

“So! Have you heard about Shane and Tina?” Alice asked and they both
shook their head in unison, mouths gaping in the same ‘O’ shape.

“They moved in together.” Alice announced, then she didn’t know what to say after that.

“Wow.” Dana said, nodding and looking at Tonya, who nodded too. Alice
shook her head in comical relief. They were just too much.

“What’s this?” Tonya asked and Alice pushed the mass of papers to her, snorting.

“My assignment, BDSM clubs in LA.” Alice made a face, wiggling her head and then propping her chin on her hands.

“Oh the Crimson Club is good. So is the Abbey, and St. Crofts. The new
club, The Lost ‘N Found, oh and Susan’s other bar, Petruccio’s is of
course the most popular of the places.” Tonya offered and Alice’s mouth
dropped; she was sure the chin had slapped the table.

“You know this how?” Alice asked and Dana and Tonya shared a secret
look and Alice shook her head. “Scratch that! I don’t wanna know!”
Alice scribbled the names of the clubs on the papers in front of her
and Tonya smiled broadly.

“You really should have someone go with you. Someone who knows the
lifestyle? It can be overwhelming to go somewhere like that alone.”
Tonya offered and Alice cleared her throat, licking her lips.

“No, I think I can handle it. I’m a big girl.” Alice smiled, her cell
phone ringing and she excused herself from the very odd conversation.

“Hello?” Alice said into the phone, and she smiled it was her editor, Maura.

“Alice, the D/s story? I’ll need it for the first week of next month,
can you have it ready by then? I was thinking a series over a month, a
feature?” Alice’s eyes lit up, a feature. Oh she was going to have some
fun now.