She heard Tonya getting up from the bed they now shared upstairs. She
went to the bathroom, then came down the stairs as she always did. Dana
relished the fact that she knew just what Tonya was doing. She smiled
to herself and pulled her arms closer around her athletic body.

“Good morning snookems.” Tonya said, kissing Dana and Dana smiled; she
motioned to the chair next to her and said in a soft voice.

“Promise not to get mad.” Dana said, and Tonya gave her a grave look,
nodding. No good morning, just a sit down and we gotta talk look. Tonya
instantly began to worry.

“Ok.” Tonya pushed back the mass of curls and waited.

“No, say ‘Dana, I promise not to get mad no matter what you tell me.’ ” Dana said and now Tonya grimaced.

“I promise to not get mad at whatever you tell me, now tell me?” Tonya
said, grabbing her hand and kissing the back of it. Her eyes begging
her to tell her, and her body stiff as a board, petrified that Dana was
calling off the wedding.

“Alice was the one that came over the other night at 3am.” Dana began, and Tonya nodded as if knowing.

“Ok but.. why?” Tonya interjected. Dana’s friends didn’t like her very
much, but she loved Dana; they were going to have to deal with that
someday.

“Right, well she did something really odd, she kissed me.” Dana blurted
out and Tonya ingested the information; letting it sit like a bitter
pill in her mouth and then she said in a very cold voice.

“Well. I saw that coming from a mile away and I didn’t need binoculars
to see it either.” Tonya said, getting up and moving to the kitchen and
Dana made a goofy face,

“The who now?” Dana asked and Tonya chuckled at the Alice slang. She
pulled the coffee maker to her, looking in and seeing that Dana had
poured the coffee beans in, but hadn’t started it as of yet.

“Dana darling. I knew the moment I saw her looking at me that she
didn’t like me. She hated me for a reason, and I thought it was because
she might secretly have feelings for you. You know how lesbians are;
they think that being friends is a prelude to being a couple.” Tonya
explained and Dana laughed; it was just what she and Alice had once
said.

“So you knew? You could have told me! I might have understood what the
heck was going on.” Dana said, throwing her hands up in the air, not
having slept all night, worrying over this.

“Baby, listen to me really carefully. I love you. Your friends love
you, but we don’t have a common ground besides that. I’m in one world
with you, and you are in one world with them. The two worlds, they
don’t collide, unless it’s in a bad way. What did you say to her?”
Tonya asked and Dana shook her head.

“Nothing. She kissed me, and then she left. Ran away right off into the
night!” Dana said with a dramatic sweep of her arm and Tonya continued
to make the coffee. She adored Dana, who was playing up every dramatic
moment. Dana was so *****.

“I think you should talk to her, at least tell her that it’s not going
to happen again. Ever. Right?” Tonya asked and Dana grinned, quickly
moving over to her, grabbing Tonya around her waist and pulling her
close.

“Never. Ever, ever again.” Dana promised, holding up her left hand, then switching it to her right and Tonya smiled.

“Good, now with that said, we have to get dressed. We are going out shopping.”

Dana groaned, stomping her foot in a playful manner and Tonya smiled at
her, swatting her ***** lovingly and saying, “Go get dressed, I’ll be up
in a minute I have a phone call to make.” Dana nodded, rushing up the
stair and Tonya took the phone from the cradle and making the call.

“Do you have it ready?” She asked ominously into the phone.

“Yes, it’s all ready.” The voice at the other end said darkly.

“Excellent, she’ll never know what hit her.” Tonya said with a wicked grin.