“Well Al, you could just say that to her and apologise,” Shane said while sighing over the phone. This problem was so typical of Dana and Alice – such a small thing which both of them took to heart. She had already had a frantic call from Dana in the morning asking for her advice. “Dana isn’t going to like you any less because you say you made a mistake Al. Just talk to her.”

“You’re right,” Al said as she looked down at her watch. “***** Shane it’s 5:30, I’m late. I’ll call you later. Thank you,” she almost yelled down the phone as she grabbed her stuff and ran out of the office.

“She’s going to think I’m ***** agro,” Al said to herself as she walked down the street. She stopped by an old Chinese restaurant to pick up some dinner she had preordered that morning for the two of them, as well as quickly buying some flowers for Dana. Alice got to her apartment at 6:02, an hour after she had told Dana she’d be back. She quickly fumbled for her keys and opened the door to her apartment in a hurry, only to find the entire place filled with small candles, almost identical to the ones she had bought for Dana’s birthday. She walked slowly through the hallway, her hands laden with Chinese and roses, her eyes wide in amazement, until she found Dana, who was putting the finishing touches on the table for two that she had set up in the middle of Alice’s lounge room.

“Dana, I – “Dana turned around in surprise, her face suddenly turning a crimson red.

“Alice, ***** this was suppose to be all ready, I-I just had trouble with the food and-”She stopped talking when she saw the giant smile form on Alice’s face.

“It’s beautiful,” Alice said quietly as she walked towards Dana and placed a single kiss on her cheek. “Really it is. All I bought was Chinese.” Al looked down at her hands in spite, annoyed with herself for not putting more effort into her idea.

“Al you didn’t have to do anything, I’m the one who had to make it up to you,” Dana stuttered as Alice handed her the roses she had bought.

“I over reacted Dane,” Alice said slowly. “You came all the way out here, you bought back my guitar, you you came and visited me. And I treated you like *****.”

“Shut up Alice,” Dana laughed as she sat the blonde down in her seat and took the Chinese from her. “Where’s that no-nonsense smart ***** that I have grown to love? Missing in action I see.” Dana walked into the kitchen to put the Chinese into the fridge, completely oblivious to what she had said. Alice meanwhile, hadn’t missed anything, and her heart was thumping in her chest as Dana came back into the room and sat down.

She loves me?

“I’m the one who’s sorry Alice. I rang up my manager today and cancelled the tournament. You were right, I came here for you and I’m going to prove it.”

“Dana you can’t do that!” Alice almost yelled surprising Dana. “I won’t let you do that. Please, please compete in the tournament, I-I’ll come along.”

“You’re just saying this, aren’t you,” Dana replied uncertain. She knew Alice wasn’t exactly a tennis fanatic.

“No really,” Alice said, her voice reflecting pure honesty. “I haven’t seen you play for ages and it would be fun.”

“Alright,” Dana said smiling. “If you really are ok with it, I’ll do it.”

“I insist,” Alice retorted, and with that they settled down to an intimate dinner, both parties glad to have overcome the small problem that had preoccupied their thoughts for the entire day.