Shane’s booming voice thundered again in the next room. Her exasperation was coming through sharply as she yelled, "Dane! Come on, man. We’re gonna be late and Roger said if they were sold out there’s no way he can get us in!"

Dana grabbed her purse before thinking better of it and dropping it back on the counter.

At the door, Shane pulled on a pair of shades and said in a tone Dana knew well from Sharon, "You’ve got everything? Fake ID, money?"

 The fake ID was a recent acquisition that came courtesy of a pimply-faced young man that Shane had evasively identified as an old skateboarding buddy.

Dana nodded, patting her pocket unnecessarily for effect and pushing Shane out the door.
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Moonshiner’s was a medium- sized club about twenty minutes from campus. Far enough away that most nights, the usually ecclectic crowd was devoid of anybody but serious drinkers and serious music lovers. It had the reputation of being the club where the coolest of the cool hung out and Dana knew the moment she saw it that if she wasn’t with Shane, her entrance would be quite doubtful.

As it was, Shane strode up to a door on the side of the nondescript, brick building and was waved right inside. Dana followed, her hands shoved in her pockets as she walked closely behind Shane. The club was already near capacity and smoke hung in the air like dense fog. Dana coughed miserably and Shane turned, lifting up her glasses to flash Dana a look of disbelief. "What, are you asthmatic?"

Dana sniffed peevishly and knocked Shane’s glasses back down on her nose before shoving her way over to the bar to grab two empty stools. Dana heard Shane laugh and had time to order two beers and two shots before Shane had mosied on over.

Dana took a small, experimental sip of the shot before saying to Shane, "So tell me about the band again. And your friend, Annie, she’s the drummer?"

Shane looked at Dana appraisingly, wondering if the tennis player was playing around or if she really did let things go in one ear and out the other.

Dana broke into laughter and Shane grinned, relaxed to find Dana was joking. "It’s Alice; and she’s been a really good friend of mine for about three years. And the band is unbelievable, but especially Alice. They’ve been touring all over the states this summer, actually. Just opened for the Indigo Girls at some festival out in Indio."