Alice
The next day Dana and I were at the airport waiting to fly home from London and I was desperately attempting to keep my master plan a secret from Dana. Every time Dana went away from a few minutes, just to the bathroom or to get some food, I was on the phone to Shane or Bette or Tina, trying to organize them so that a surprise party for Dana would be ready when we got home. It was not an easy task and I was still texting them instructions as we boarded the plane.

“Alice, you haven’t parted yourself from that phone for more than five minutes all day, who is it you’re talking to?” Dana looked at me in confusion.

“Oh just my other girlfriend” I said as I sent the text, before looking up and smiling widely at Dana to show that I was joking. Her expression was slightly startled and I placed a soft kiss on her lips. We then boarded the plane to endure the long flight home.

I was nervous as we pulled up in the cab outside Dana’s condo, concerned that things were not organized properly. I really wanted it all to go right for Dana and was annoyed that I had not been able to organize it properly myself.

Dana put the key into the lock and I heard nothing from behind it. My breath was held as she walked through the doorway and straight away a loud cheer erupted and heads sprang up from behind chairs and curtains. There were several loud bangs and streams of confetti fell down on Dana, who looked shocked and startled. It didn’t take long however for her dropped jaw to change into a beaming smile as people gathered round the hug the tennis champion. I was pleased to see that my friends had done a good job, there was a huge banner hanging across the wall saying “Congratulations Dana!!” with a lot of other doodles surrounding the wording, I guessed most of the scribbles had been done by Angelica, but I couldn’t be sure, Shane’s not the best of artists.

“Oh my God guys this is great, thank you!” Dana pulled Shane into a tight hug, almost strangling the poor girl.