Was that…?? Yes… Alice Pieszeckie was flirting.

The brunette did a double take at Alice’s words, but there was no doubt a small smile underneath all her embarrassment.

"Um.. thanks, I think," the brunette replied quietly, looking up to smile at Alice. "I’m Dana by the way, Dana Fairbanks."

"Alice Pieszeckie," Alice stated as she shook Dana’s hand, surprised by the strength of her handshake. "Don’t take this the wrong way but you shake like a guy… shit that came out bad. You’re just strong…"

"Tennis," Dana stated simply, grinning at Alice’s slip-up. "I play it quite a bit."

"Right… Tennis, that sport…" Alice replied, making no attempt to hide her distain for the sport.

"Not a fan," Dana commented correctly with a small laugh. "I wont hold that against you."

"That’s good news, otherwise I may have lost sleep over it."

"Not that you’ll get much thanks to me," Dana chirped in lightly, although there was obviously still a sense of embarrassment on her part for the entire scenario. "I really am sorry about waking you up…"

"Don’t be. I was already awake." Alice shrugged at Dana’s confused face. "Insomnia, or something along those lines… so really all you did tonight was relieve me of the boredom that was sure to surface eventually."

"Well in that case you’re welcome," Dana replied with a goofy grin. "And for the record, I have the exact same thing… taking a run always helps me though."

"Hmm problem being I do running about as much as I do tennis," Alice explained grimly before smiling back at Dana. "I’m not an ‘exercise’ person as such… In the sense that I don’t do it… ever."

"Well you should, you may actually get some sleep occasionally," Dana said simply. "That’s actually what I was doing before I decided to bang your door down with my hands."

"At two in the morning?" Alice’s expression was one of shock horror. Why would a person do such a thing? "You really are insane, aren’t you?"

Dana nodded in agreement before laughing quietly. She took a deep breath, glancing back down the corridor and then at Alice, an expression of… almost disappointment on her face; "I guess I should get going. Don’t want to keep you up anymore than I already have."

"Are you sure?" Alice asked too quickly, kicking herself on the inside for appearing so eager to have the company of a stranger. "I mean… I’m not really sleepy and you seem… an interesting person to get to know. I know that sounds really weird but… I’m just going to shut up."

"I really should get back to my room," Dana replied sadly. Alice nodded slightly and turned around to close the door, mumbling a deflated ‘Bye’ as she went.

Dana quickly grabbed the blonde’s hand, making her turn around suddenly; "But do you think we can have a rain check on the getting to know each other bit? Maybe tomorrow, same time? Considering you wont be sleeping and I’ll be running… If you don’t want to you just have to say though…"

"Tomorrow then… if you remember the door number," Alice replied with a bright smile before closing the door.