The women were still lying on the couch when Alice‘s phone rang. She answered the phone that was on the coffee table, genuinely surprised that it was Tina. She thought Tina left a short while ago maybe twenty minutes earlier and to be advised that it was actually closer to two hours later, Alice was dumbfounded. Time flies when you’re having fun. Dana was still hovering over her, the tennis player’s arms quivering slightly. Tina was explaining the fine details of dinner and Alice was ignoring Dana’s attempts to garner her attention. Alice groaned painfully when Dana finally collapsed on her. “Sorry, T, Dana’s trying to kill me over here. No, I’m ok, so’s she.”
Dana rested comfortably on Alice as she talked. She proceeded to trace her fingers in circles on Alice‘s face and then her chest.
“What, T? No, I’m here.” Alice smiled at Dana, “You are so bad. Oh, not you, Tina. Well, I suppose you could be bad. Bette could be bad and if she could, you could, too.”
Tina laughed into the other end of the phone, “You are incorrigible, Alice. I don’t know how on earth Dana puts up with you.”
“Hey, hey, hey! She likes my company. What about me putting up with her?” Dana rose an eyebrow at Alice. Alice tousled Dana’s hair with her free hand. “No, I’m just kidding. I can barely stand myself at the end of the day. Props to her for coming back day after day and willing to hang out twenty four-seven.”
“I’m sure Dana doesn’t mind that.”
Alice noticed that Dana stopped touching her and was trying to sit up. “T, I gotta go. We’ll see you at six. Bye.” She hung up the phone and dropped it on the floor before reaching up and grabbing Dana’s shirt, stopping her from getting up. “Hey.”
“Hey.” Dana’s voice was low.
“What?”
“I don’t know why you talk like that.”
Alice released the shirt, “Like what?”
“Like you hate yourself.” Dana maneuvered herself so she was sitting.
“I don’t hate myself. I guess sometimes I do, butI don’t normally. Maybe more so lately. Sometimes I feel like I’m defective.”
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You were right. There’s a lot more to the situation. I’ve never actually disliked Dana – but there have been instances when I wasn’t very happy with things she did.
I knew it! lol. I’d rather prefer the bomb explodes now.