Jonathan zipped up the back of Alice’s sumo suit, “There, you’re all set.  How does that feel?”  He waited for Alice to answer, but the blonde was silent.  He stepped around and peered at her, “Hey, you okay?”

            Alice tore her eyes off Lara who was struggling to get her sumo suit to fit properly.  “Huh?”  She focused on Jonathan.  “Did you say something?”

            Jonathan shook his head.  “Not important.  You ready to get it on with your partner?”

            That’s quite a choice of words, she mused silently.  Aloud she answered with a tight smile, “Bring it on.”

            Only a few feet away, Lara heard the serious tone in Alice’s voice.  She swallowed around the lump that seemed to be wedged in her throat.  She forced a light smile and swung around to face Alice.  “Alright, then.  Not exactly how I expected to spend my morning break, but I’m all set.  Ready?”

            Jonathan grinned.  “My work here is done; I’m off to suit up the next pair.”  With a nod at Lara he continued, “In my long career as a camp counselor this is the first time I’ve had a camper ask the camp cook to wrestle.  You guys have fun.” He grinned again and headed towards Tina and Bette who were standing close to Jenny and Shane, much to Jenny’s obvious discomfort.

            Alice breathed deeply, trying to calm the flutter of nerves in her stomach.  When she had seen Lara walking by the fringe of the group she had blurted out her sumo challenge to the redhead without a thought.  Now suddenly her head was catching up with her mouth, and she was suddenly tongue-tied.

            They stood facing each other awkwardly. 

            Lara finally broke the silence.   Leaning forward slightly she winked and whispered, “I think we’re supposed to start bumping into one another now.”

            Alice nodded.  “Right.”  She took a step and giggled.  “Oh my god, I feel like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man.”  She jumped on the balls of her feet lightly and laughed as the suit jiggled around her.  With a suddenly serious look she continued, “This is really weird.”    

            Lara looked down at the sumo suit that engulfed her own slim body.  “I don’t know, I think you kind of get used to—ooof!” With no warning she was suddenly thrown off balance when Alice charged into her.  The unexpected attack left her unharmed, thanks to the suit, but breathless as she landed on her back, Alice on top.