Hi, shall we go? Her stomach churned. What are we going to talk about? I dont I dont know anything about her. I dont know what Ill
She pictured Lara sitting across the table from her, smiling in the dim
light. In her minds eye, she imagined leaning forward to kiss her when
. “Pardon me! I hate to interrupt, the tall guy with the lying eyes and the too well groomed mustache smiled, but arent you Dana Fairbanks?

Why yes, I am, she pasted on her professional pro circuit smile.

I think youre the greatest, he reached out and touched her forearm too firmly and smiled too warmly.

Lara looked up at him, looked at Dana, looked at his hand on her arm. She looked more than annoyed. Tell him to ***** off,
she mouthed at Dana. Back in the real world, Dana grabbed her cell
phone and speed-dialed Harrisons number. Hed have to meet them there.
She couldnt risk . Harrisons number was busy. Before she could
repeat-dial, her phone chimed. Hey, are you there yet? It was Alice.
No, Ive got a few more blocks. Good, now what are you going to say
when you see her? Uhhi? Dana bit her lip. Is that all? Well, uh,
yeah, for the moment. No! You say Hi and kiss her and then tell her
she looks great. Dana reddened at the thought. What are you wearing?
Tell me you didnt wear that blue sundress? No, Im not wearing the
sundress, Alice. Good. Is your underwear *****? Alice! Good God,
Dana, you act like this is the first date youve ever had. I KNOW
youve had at least two others. Dana flipped a bird at the phone. I
saw that, Alice snickered. Now, when you. AliceAlice? I gotta go.
Im here. Call me. I wanna know. I dont kiss and tell, Alice.
Just get to the kissing part, Dana, thats all I ask. Dana hung up,
parked the car, walked to the door and buzzed Laras apartment. Lara
jumped at the sound of the buzzer. She smoothed her hair, smoothed her
dress, checked herself in the mirror, and practiced smiling without
looking absolutely terrified. Ill be right down. Dana took a very
deep breath and held it when she saw Lara. My God, youre so pretty,
she exhaled. Lara ducked her head and blushed. Thank you, she
answered shyly. She let her eyes play over Dana; her ***** looked SO fine
in those pants. I feel overdressed. Should I change into?” No, no!
Youre … youre just absolutely perfect. Dana rolled her eyes. Oh
God, now how geeky was that? Lara stepped forward, and kissed Dana
softly on the lips, her fingertips lightly brushing against Dana’s
hair. Then we make a fine pair of geeks, Dana Fairbanks. Dana grinned
and laughed nervously. Yeah. We do. She offered Lara her arm and
escorted her to the car, opening the door for her. She walked around to
the drivers side, smiling broadly to herself. She kissed me! Omigod, she kissed me, and got in, slid the key into the ignition, then stopped. Lara, I .