Palm Springs 2004

„Dinah Shore, and I can´t enjoy it!“ Alice thought bitte. „Stupid blood baths.“ She walked around the hotel to find Dana, who was obviously kidnapped by a robot. A bad vibe having robot. She didn´t care what the other´s said, but Dana needed to get rid of that thing soon. She walked into the room where a bar and restaurant was and sat down on an empty table. Which was easy because the tables where completly empty and she was the only one in there. „I might as well look for some scandal in the kitchen. Might be interesting the headline ´DINAH SHORE SERVES RAT FLESH TO VEGETARIAN LESBIANS´ oh damn yes!“ Alice giggled. While walking to the kitchen she looked around that the chance for that were rather thin as the restaurant as really clean. But that didn´t stop her from actually entering the ktichen. Which was, to her dismay empty. „Great, I was that close to a big story and than it goes poof. Maybe I should fake.“ Alice grabbed a sauciere with sauce in it and poured the sauce all over the floor and took some banana and put it on it and smashed it. To top it she took some ashes out of the garbage outside and put it on it and took a photo of the mess. „Gotcha!“ Someone yelled. Alice made a step forward and slipped out on the banana ash sauce mess she made and landed with a plop onto the floor. „Godamnityouassholewhatdoyouthink?“ The person who caught Alice looked confused at her „Ma´am what? Why did you make that mess?“ Alice looked up angry at the person, who turned out to be a rather attractive redhead who had just turned her back towards Alice. „Well, I am a reporter I wanted to report a report about this reportworthy thing on the floor here in your ki—-LARA??!!?“ Alice jumped up and hugged the redhead. „Alice, would you mind stop hugging me while you are covered in banana jam and sauce bernaise?“ Lara said and started to wipe off the mess off Alice. „So what are you doing here Alice? Expect making my kitchen look like a mess?“ she asked while still cleaning off the mess off Alice „You´re head chef here, Lara? Who quite a career. Oh well I am here with Tina, Shane and…..uhm……Dana.“ Lara smiled politely at Alice „I am over her Alice. It´s okay. What are you doing tonight?“ „Going out with you?“ was the confused answer from Alice. „Just don´t tell anyone I am here Alice. Especially not Dana!“ Alice nodded. „Lara, just tell me when and where I should be. This will be our getting to know each other date.“ They parted ways and left the kitchen. Later that evening Alice was alone in the groups apartment and thinking. “What if she finds out? She will not find out that Lara is here. Just go out with her and that´s it. You just get to know her better. That´s all. Alice, just relax. Dana is out with her robot tonight.” Alice argued with herself for a while until it was time to get ready for the date. Lara met Alice halfway down the way to their date location. Which turned out to be a little romantic restaurant. They were seated on their table and started to talk. Lara was impressed how Dana came out. Alice told her about the fallout with Dana´s parent´s when she came out to them. And it continued like that for hours, till they realized that is was almost dawn and they both would have to be at the hotel soon. One to work one to sleep. “Can we continue this when I am back in LA, Alice?” Lara asked carefully the blonde. “What you mean back in LA? Are you giving up your kitchen here? I mean your position must be well paied.” Lara sighed and looked at Alice. “Yes, well paied, but I miss you…..I mean I miss everyone in LA. My family, my friends. Everyone lives there. I have to go back. Alice, lease don´t tell anyone about me coming back to LA. Promised?” Alice smiled and knew it would be hard to keep the secret from everyone. Yet she felt like she owed it the redhead. “Yes, I will keep this secret. For once.” They both walked back in silence to the hotel, and again they had to part ways. They were now standing at the backdoor of the hotel. And Lara hugged Alice good bye. Good bye for now.