“Oh I do, do I.”

“Alice you know im always right”

“Oh silly me, how could I ever forget such a thing. I mean its not like you ever let me forget it.”

“That’s right, because you just cant accept that im always right and your always wrong.”

“Hey im not always wrong, I’ll have you know.”

“Whatever, so am I going to hear about this engagement or not.”

“Yes, Yes, god impatient as well as a know all.”

“Shut up, those are good qualities to possess and im not impatient, im curious. You’ve left me hanging long enough don’t you think. I want to know everything. Where she did it?, When? Did she get down on one knee? Did..”

“Joan, do you want me to tell you or do you want to stand there asking questions all night.”

“Tell me, please tell me.”

Joan and Alice head over to the couch and get comfortable. Joan leans in so closely to Alice as if she’s afraid to miss one word of what’s about to be said.

“Ok, so we got back here after leaving you and Helena to go to the beach. I’d been pacing about waiting for you to come home.”

“Ah, you were waiting for me?.”

“Yeah, now do you want to hear this or not?.”

“Yeah, yeah, sorry wont interrupt again. Cross my heart and hope to die.”

“Ummm I’ll believe that when I see it. Anyway so Dana was telling me to relax and come and give her a kiss.”

“A kiss eh.”

“Joan!”

“Sorry, go on.”

“Ok, so we were kissing and it was going further when she stood up saying we should move to the bedroom.”

“Ummm, cheeky Dana moving to the bedroom.” (Alice just stares at Joan)

“What, can I not make a statement now.”

“Whatever. So we head to the bedroom and when Dana opens the door, I see the bed covered in rose petals. There’s champagne and grapes on the dressing table”

“Grapes!”

“Yeah, we don’t like strawberries because of the seeds and all that. So we walk over to the bed and she sits me down on it. She pours me a glass of champagne and by this point im stunned. I go to ask her when or how she got all of this done when she puts her finger to my lips. She pushes my hair behind my ears and gives me a gentle kiss”