<div class="floatright">(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JDean8AWqpA/Tf76q5ysgAI/AAAAAAAAD80/Os-NFHkW1OM/s1600/Melanie-Iglesias-hot-wallpapers%2B%25285%2529.jpg)</div><br/>Allison couldn’t help grinning when Kumiko came up to her so warmly.  She was quickly sitting with the other girls up on the bench.  “Well, I hope more people come, it‘s not much of a team experience when not even half of the team shows up.” She said, asking the bartender for a Cosmopolitan, then turned listening in to Alicia and Valerie’s conversation about volleyball.  She, herself, hadn’t played since senior year of high school, but she had been pretty good.  She didn’t want to ‘butt in’ on their convo, so she just leaned in a bit and listened propping her head up on her right arm as she looked to her left at her teammates.<br/><br/>“I used to play volleyball,“ she finally added, trying to ease into the conversation, “But I gave it up for soccer after high school. I go to the University of Michigan, just down the way“ she motioned vaguely with her head, “How long have you two been in the city?  You three.” she amended including Kumiko, but she seemed to be a little in her own world, so Allison didn’t really expect much of an answer from the erratic asian woman.  She took a little sip, covering her mouth a bit.