Dana laughed aloud, "the guy must have died on the spot!"

"He looked he was about to spontaneously combust!" Lara said.

"Wow, you had a lot of fun at that cooking school," Dana said.

"I did," Lara said, "and I come back and things are different. Kit owns the ‘Planet,’ Shane’s in an actualy relationship, and you’re dating your best friend."

Dana blushed, "yeah it’s funny how Alice and I got together."

"Who made the first move?" Lara asked.

"Alice did," Dana said, "but it’s not like I stopped her."

"What did she do?"

"She kissed me."

Lara chuckled, "damn Dana that kissing thing seems to work on you, no need to flirt or anything, just kiss!"

Dana flushed, "no!"

Lara laughed, "I’m kidding, I’m kidding."

Dana looked at her watch, "oh hey, I’m supposed to go pick up Alice at the ‘Planet’ since she volunteered to bounce with the new bouncer and she let me borrow her car."

"Oh, of course, let’s go I already paid the bill," Lara said.

"Hey no fair!" Dana laughed.

"I’ll walk you to the car," Lara offered.

They walked side by side out of the restaurant talking about everything that happened since their breakup since the car was parked nearly a block away. When they reached the car Lara said, "I would love to do this again."

Dana smiled, "absolutely."

"Have a good night," Lara said pulling Dana into a hug.

Dana returned the hug gently. The hug lasted for a short while and when they parted Lara leaned forward and pressed her lips against Dana’s.

"Whoa," Dana said backing up, "Lara, I have a girlfriend."

"You’re telling me you didn’t feel a spark when we hugged?" Lara said.

"I-uh, n-no I-I," Dana’s babbling was quieted down by Lara’s lips pressed firmly against hers, but this time she didn’t back away.

+

"She hasn’t come yet?" Tasha said sitting beside Alice on the sidewalk. The ‘Planet’ had closed for the night and Alice, Tasha, and Kit were the last ones there.

"How could Dana forget to pick you up?" Kit said sounding angry.

Alice shrugged sadly, "I guess she was having fun with Lara."

"She was out with Lara?" Kit said.

"Who’s Lara?" Tasha said.

"My chef," Kit said.