“Well, gorgeous, it looks like it’s just you and me.” Bette looked over at her daughter and smiled as soon as the door closed. The baby looked up at her and drooled. Bette laughed and wiped it away. “That’s exactly what they do to me.” She picked the baby up and took her in the bedroom to get her dressed

“I hate to leave you, Al, but I really need to get up and go for some kind of workout.” Dana smiled as Al put on her pouty face. “I have a tournament to play in next week.”

“Really?” Alice said still finding it surprising that she and Dana had been alienated from each other for so long that Alice had no idea what was going on with her. “Where?”

“Miami.” Dana answered.

“Oh.”

Dana smiled. “I’ll cancel if you want me to.”

“Are you kidding me? Go. Gokick butt, do what you do.” She said happy with the fact that Dana’s offer had been sincere.

“You know you can always come with me if you want. I just know how much tennis thrills you so I don’t want you to have to come and be bored out of your mind just for me. But Howie’s coming to this one, so he might be able to keep you company. I mean if you decided that you wanted to come along.” Alice smiled knowing that this was Dana’s way of asking her to accompany her.

“I’ll check things out at the magazine and the radio station and see what I can do. Maybe I could come down for a few days or something. And besides you do look cute in your little tennis skirt. That’s always worth seeing.” Alice laughed as Dana blushed.

“Great. Now when I should be watching for the ball to come my way, I’m going to be thinking about how I look in the stupid skirt. Thanks Al.”

“Come on Fairbanks, get you ***** out of bed and get to work. Call me when your done and maybe we can meet for food later.” Alice got out of bed taking the sheet with her. Dana immediately pulled a pillow in front of her and glared at Alice.

“Thanks Alice.”