She turned onto the driveway of the dimly lit bungalow.
There was a beat up jeep parked there already, and Dana slowly began to wonder
why Alice didn’t just
meet her at the club.

“Why oh why did I agree to picking them up?!”
Dana groaned to herself. “I could’ve just made an excuse and bailed.”

Wanting to give herself time to put her thoughts in
order before she announced her arrival, Dana turned off the engine and sat in
the dark, comfortable silence of her VW Golf. She thought of why she even
agreed to going tonight – it was because she wanted to have fun, meet new
people, go out, have a few drinks, do some dancing… then it came to her, the
one catch to her driving Alice to the Grind.

“Oh, Alice, you *****!
I’m gonna have to be the designated driver!” Dana flung her arms in the
air in frustration and slammed them down on the steering wheel, accidentally
pressing on the horn. The second she heard the sound, she regretted her
outburst. Opening the driver-side door, Dana got out of the car and leaned
against the side of it to, trying her best to look poised.

——————-

Alice and Shane nearly jumped at hearing a car horn from
outside. Shane had been rummaging through Bette’s walk in closet. As soon as
she heard the sound of the car, she started rummaging out of the closet,
pushing and throwing aside whatever garment of clothing or pair of footwear
stood in her way. Alice, who was observing herself in the floor-length mirror,
watched Shane’s reaction and would have freaked out herself if she weren’t
prevented from doing so by the sight of the other girl’s antics. Shane was
knocked out of her scared daze by Alice‘s laughter,
which she surreptitiously stopped by way of a thrown pillow in the blonde’s
direction.

Remembering that it was probably Dana coming to pick
them up, the pair walked through the house to the front door, the laughter
still evident on their faces, leaving them unprepared for the sight of one hot
Dana Fairbanks clad in club-wear.

Shane’s mouth was the first to hang open.

“Well, well, well… what do we have here?” Shane mused,
recovering quickly and walking ahead of Alice towards
Dana, not bothering to hide the tasteful once-over she gave the brunette. Dana
couldn’t help but blush at this new girl’s boldness. She reminded herself to
remain calm during the appraisal. If she could trust Alice, then she
could trust her friends …right? Then again, she wasn’t very happy with the
blonde at the moment either, since she’d tricked her into being their
sober-chauffeur for the night.