“Hey” Shane croaked “We were just following the orders of your girlfriend, you know how bossy she is, she’d kick our asses if we didn’t do it all right”. Shane playfully punched my arm and I smiled at her, returning the gesture by wrapping my arms around her in a hug.

“Oh so that’s who you were texting and phoning all the time! Aaw thanks baby” Dana placed her hands on either side of my face and gave me a light and lingering kiss.

“Ok you two, get a room” Tina chuckled and handed us both with a glass of champagne. I gratefully accepted the glass and held it out in front of me.

“To Dana, professional lezzie tennis player and champion of Wimbledon” I looked over proudly at my blushing girlfriend, grinning at her. “We’re all very proud of you”. The other ladies around us nodded in agreement.

Dana

It was so great to see all of the people I considered my family were there- Shane, Bette, Tina, Helena, Jenny and various other friends. It was so happy that everyone was there and I was overwhelmed and touched by their support. We spent the evening chatting, dancing- Carmen had set up her decks in my living room and eat the delicious snacks that Lara had made.

A while later, a slow song came on and I pulled Alice up and onto the ‘dance floor’ that they had created by moving the sofas to the edge of the room. I placed my hands on her shoulders and she had her hands on my hips as we swayed together, our eyes not leaving each other and I found myself getting lost in Alice’s hypnotizing brown eyes. But suddenly I saw a familiar face appear in the corner of my eye and I turned to look towards the doorway to see that my mother had just arrived.

“Mum! Hey I didn’t know you were coming how are you?” My mother wasn’t always my favourite person because most of our conversations consisted of her putting me down and ended in an argument. But it was still nice to see her.

“I just thought I would come and see if you were home, as you didn’t call.” Once again, I had done something to upset my mother but secretly I didn’t really care.