And She Aches Just Like A Woman

Dani had set everything up for one last pool party before the end of the summer. There were cold drinks, inflatable pool toys and a stack of beach towels. Dani figured it would be a nice way to kick off the holiday weekend. She just hadn't counted on turning into a Chihuahua before she had a chance to take a dip in the pool.

[Expecting one person in particular, but open if anyone else want to enjoy the pool! Just don't expect Dani to respond since I'm going to be AFK.]

Dani had gone out to a club on the mainland Saturday night. She had been pretty inebriated when she stumbled back to her house, stripped out of her clothing, and fell into bed.

It was late when Dani finally woke up. Her first thought was that she needed water and aspirin. Her second thought was that, hangover or not, she really felt weird...


"What the hell?" she asked, looking down a very different body than what she remembered. Even her voice sounded a lot deeper than usual. She reached up and touched her cheek. To her horror, there was stubble under her fingertips.

"Dammit! I hate this island."

Dani was in the living and arguing with her brother on the phone. As usual when the Davis family had a discussion, things were getting pretty nasty.

"You self-serving, ungrateful jerk!" she yelled into the receiver. Okay, she may have used some stronger language than that. "I can't believe you're acting like this... You take that back! You can't get away with calling me a bi--"

Maybe the island was tired of all the name-calling, or it was just bored. Anyway, the argument was over at that point, because where Dani had been standing, there was now a female Chihuahua yapping at the where the handset had fallen.

[For the roommate, if he's around.]

It was the first Saturday in May, and Dani was nowhere near Churchill Downs. Before her falling out with the racing board, she would have been sitting in Millionaire's Row, wearing her best hat and dreaming of sending her horse to the Kentucky Derby.

Even if it looked rainy and miserable on the television, she still wished she was there instead of having to watch NBC's crummy race coverage. She'd even settle for sitting in the grandstand wearing one of those tacky rain ponchos just to be there.

Dani had poured her first mint julep at noon and was tipsy long before post time. At the rate she was going, she was going to run out of bourbon before the horses made it to the starting gate.

[Establishy, but definitely open for anyone who wants to watch the race with her.]

Dani was not missing Vince, now that he was gone, off to run around somewhere with his buddy and the money that Dani's father had given him.

No, she really did spend her days off sitting on the kitchen floor in her pajamas and eating a blueberry pie with her hands. If anyone asked, she was blaming her father for the whole mess.

She really hoped J,GOB delivered, because she wasn't planning on getting dressed and she was probably going to finish the entire pie.

[OOC: Establishy, but could be open with SP.]

Dani made the mistake of watching the news this morning. The latest news on that governor with the mistress from Argentina was getting her all riled up, and Dani found herself yelling at the small TV in the kitchen. "So, your mistress is your soul mate but you're trying to 'fall back in love' with your wife? For goodness sakes, just grow a pair already and get a divorce!"

She really wouldn't have paid attention if the whole situation hadn't been so similar. It's what happened to her dad, back when he left his pregnant mistress to reconcile with his pregnant wife. The discarded mistress later abandoned baby Dani with her father, forcing Ken to raise two children on his own when his wife left him, too. Dani didn't know anything about her birth mother except that the woman's first name was Marisol, she was Hispanic, and that she had worked in the stables at the Davis Ranch.

Dani wondered briefly if it was even worth taking another look to see if she could locate Marisol, but the thought of hopelessly searching for her mother again depressed her. She tried to shrug it off by brainstorming other ways to raise the extra cash she needed to purchase the new horse she wanted.

[Expecting one in particular, but Dani won't turn away other visitors. Up early for SP.]