“Ugh.  Don’t mention that.”  Dana got caught up for a short time in her celebrity.  There were a lot of women.  Some of them she didn’t even know their names.  She felt so lost for that time.   The cancer changed all that.

It was a fight and Dana was a fighter.  She came through it stronger mentally and physically and with a new maturity.  She also found out who her true friends were and what she wanted from her life.

She made a triumphant return to tennis and won Wimbledon.  She then retired.  The past six years had been the best of her life.  She did occasional color commentary and celebrity matches, but, otherwise put tennis behind her.  And she had Alex.

Harrison was right that Dana hadn’t had a date in what seemed like forever.  She could pretty much peg it based on Alex’s age.  The couple dates she had after he was born fizzled quickly when the other woman found out that now she was just a mom instead of an international celebrity.  She really didn’t mind.  She waited to have her little guy and any small sacrifices were more than worth it.  However, there were nights when she longed to have someone in her life.  It wasn’t even so much the sex – although some of that would be nice – it was just that connection she missed.  It was that closeness and just having someone to hold.

Harrison once again brought her out of her thoughts.

“Just give yourself a chance, hon.  You have a lot of life left and you should share that with someone.”

“Yeah.  I am sure there are a lot of eligible females looking for a middle-aged woman with a five-year-old son.”

Harrison shook his head.  He loved Dana, but, she could be so dense at times.  She couldn’t seem to understand everything she could bring to a relationship and was completely oblivious to the admiring glances she got.  She just needed to take a chance again.  The right person was out there.

He was prevented from grilling Dana further by Alex coming back and asking for some tokens.  Since he had been good all week, Harrison went and got him some and stayed in the game room to help him out if he needed it.

Dana remained at the table.  She was toying with her pizza and thinking about the blonde.  Maybe she and Alex should stop by the park more frequently…