“God, Dana, what are you….a fucking dog?” Al wiped away the water. “No, dogs hate cats. I happen to love pussy.” Dana bit her bottom lip with a mischievous grin. “Get up, you’re getting in the pool.” Alice looked at Dana like she was crazy. “No can do, babe.”

“Why not?” Alice chuckled and pulled Dana close to her face. “Cause I have hickeys and bite marks all over me, I’m not stripping down.” Dana giggled. “So what?” She pulled Alice to her feet, and dropped to her knees, smiling up at her. She pulled down her shorts and put them on the chair Al was sitting in, as Alice gave up the fight and pulled off her tee shirt.

“Good, now that that’s over with..” Dana picked Alice up and walked towards the pool. “Dana, don’t you dare.” Everyone smiled as a shrieking Alice was thrown into the pool, and came up laughing. “That’s it. You’re not getting any tonight.” Dana’s face went from laughing to dead serious. Everyone laughed at their antics.

“Aw, come on, baby. You’re joking right?” Alice laughed and ran her fingers through her soaked hair. “We’ll see how joking I am when you sleep alone tonight.” Alice stuck her tongue out at Dana and splashed her a little bit. Dana stuck her bottom lip out as Alice walked up the first few steps out of the pool when Tina yelled. “HOLY COW ALICE!”

Alice was facing Dana now, away from the group as she squinted her eyes and mouthed “told you.” She turned back to Tina. “You calling me fat, T?” They all laughed at this. Tina used her arms to keep her up in the water as she spoke. “No, I was just admiring your battle wounds.” Tina and Shane high fived and giggled. Bette’s jaw was slack.

“Blame it on Dana. That..” Alice pointed to her back and shoulders “..wasn’t my fault.” Alice climbed the last few stairs and stood face to face with Dana smirking. Dana was shaking her head. “Uh uh babe, you did that thing that you know I can’t take. So therefore….your fault.” Dana quickly pecked Alice on the lips and jumped in the pool splashing her.

Alice just laughed and shook her head. “Hey, Dean Porter, us holy cows need to eat. So feed me.” Dana got out of the pool and walked over sitting on Alice’s pool chair with her. Bette laughed from the pool and goes. “Dana’ll feed you.” Alice smirked. “Not today she won’t. Teach her to throw me in the fucking pool.” Alice scrunched up her nose and winked at her girlfriend, whose head was now resting on her stomach.

Everyone got out of the pool, and made small talk while Bette got the entire dinner ready to go. They all sat at a picnic table and ate, laughing a making jokes at one another’s expense. Dana and Alice sat at opposite ends, stealing glances at each other that didn’t go unnoticed by the gang. When dinner was over, everyone started leaving. Alice caught Dana by the wrist as she was walking by her pool chair.