Surprisingly, the only couple that seemed to be doing more than great was Shane and Carmen, they spent time together and did some things together other than sex and Shane was delighted to have this kind of relationship, she knew that she could commit more in this relationship and she would do it but for now it was too soon, she enjoyed being love and have all the attention from someone who truly loved her and wanted to be with her.  She said to herself that Carmen couldn’t ask for more, she was faithful, caring and even had made a couple of things that easily could be catalogued as sweet, she had taken Carmen away to a romantic weekend, she had taken care of the details and even hired “mariachis” to serenade her.  Yes, she was giving as much as she was receiving and she was pleased with herself.

That Sunday Alice woke up nervously, when she opened her eyes her first thought was Dana and her imminent come back, “be cool” she thought.  She woke up and decided that she better had her mind busy until the meeting with Dana, so she started cleaning her department “who am I kidding” she said but she continued with the task.  Then she took a long burble bath which made her feel more relaxed, with that, she tried to cook something for lunch, she went to the groceries store, picked some ingredients and came back to her place where she made lunch and for her surprise it wasn’t bad.  She called Bette for reassurance but it was Tina who gave her the “hurra”, old sweet Tina she thought.  She called Yoda next but Yoda only came up with something like “if you feel like you need more time, then take it” what the hell she meant? That’s not a Yoda advice.

She was getting ready when the bell rang, she jumped up a felt a long shiver in her spine, and she knew it was now or never….

“Hey you big tennis star!” she said smiling

Dana blushed and hugged Alice, what a good start Alice thought to herself.  Dana came inside and they did some small talk about the tournaments, the other players, the foreign press and Barcelona which Dana had time to visit.  Then it was Alice’s turn and she told Dana how busy she had been with the magazine and the radio program, when the silence became awkward Dana moved to the next topic, “them”.