Alice peered through the peep hole, “Dana!! You’re early!”

“By like a minute, Al.”

“Yeah, but I’m not ready.”

“Just let me in, Al. I’ll wait.”

“No. I want to be ready. Come back in five minutes.”

“You aren’t serious?”

“Do you really think I’m kidding? Five minutes Fairbanks, not a second earlier!”

Dana waited at the door for a few seconds before accepting that Alice was really going to make her wait. She leaned against the wall and slipped to the floor to wait. Five really long minutes later, she rose from the floor and knocked again.

“Who is it?”

“Al!?!”

“Oh Dana, come on in.” Alice said opening up the front door. “What’s in the bag?”

“Wow, Alice, you look great.” Dana made it no secret as admired Alice. She was wearing a simple skirt and shirt. But somehow to Dana, the way the shirt fell across Alice, it was enough to take her breath away.

“Oh, thanks. I wasn’t sure what we were doing, so I wasn’t sure what to wear.” Alice leaned in towards Dana and put her hands into the bag, “So what’s in the bag?”

“Not so fast. Keep your hands to yourself.” Dana said, pushing Alice’s hands out of the bag, “It’s dinner. I’m cooking for us tonight.”

“You’re cooking?”

“Yeah, well I was trying to figure out what to do and I realized that I didn’t want to go out. I didn’t want to share you with anyone, so I picked up everything we could need tonight and we’re staying right here. Is that ok?”

“So what are you making me?”

“Follow me.” Dana put both of the bags into one hand and grabbed Alice’s hand with the other and lead her into the kitchen.

She put the bag down on the counter, reached in and started pulling out its contents.

“First we have wine.” Placing a bottle on the counter, then pulling out a container, “Here, we have spinach and artichoke dip.”

“Mmm. I love that. Do you have the blue chips too?” Alice asked, her hands trying to get into the bag. Dana playfully slapped them.