“Yeah. Why don’t you do that.” Mark raised his eyebrows at the guy sitting with Alice.

“Ok. Who the ***** are you?” He asked, annoyed at the way the man spoke to him.

“I’m Adam. Who the ***** are you?” The stranger turned toward Mark, but Alice quickly stepped between them. “Adam, this is Mark. The guy that I came with. Mark this is Adam.”

Mark held his hand out his eyes never leaving Adam’s. “Alice?” He asked.

“I’ll be in in a second.” She said. Mark backed off and went back into the bar.

“I have to go.”

“I could drop you off.” Adam offered, trying to get Alice to stay.

Alice smiled in spite of herself and the way that this guy had just treated Mark and shook her head. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

The guy stood up and grinned at her. “Well, can I call you?” He asked nonchalantly, and even though Alice wasn’t entirely sure that it was the best idea in the world she recited her cell number to him as she walked back in to the bar to find Mark

Dana threw open her door expecting to find Lara on the other side, but gave a small smile when she found Leisha staring back at her. “Hey.” She said as she threw the door open wider to let her step in. “So” She said when they had retreated to the kitchen and each took a seat on one of the barstools that were lined up against the counter in the middle of the kitchen.

“So” Leisha echoed.

Dana broke eye contact with the beautiful woman and looked at the floor by her feet. “Look, Leisha, about last nightI just-I don’t think that-” Dana took a deep breath and started over. “It was amazing, really, but I don’t think that I’m ready for anythingheavy. You know. I don’tI can’t promise you anything.”

Leisha smiled. “I know that Dana.” She said, and then continued off of the surprise that had appeared on Dana’s face. “Look, last night was not a big deal for me, but I do know that it was for you. It wasincredible, but I know that you’re still hung up with everything that happened with Alice. But I really like you, I think that we have a good time together, and I don’t think that we should ignore the attraction between us.”