Intheory – trust me any scene with Shane will def be hot.

Maya thanks you’re brilliant

Janet M & Jscantling &- Master Yoda and Obi One, your guidance has proven most helpful in my battle against the force. I hope things are going well with you on the other sides of the galaxy…~Young Luke returns the light saber to its holster and sits down at the dell…he begins typing as smoke rises from the keyboard~…… tbc

ps JM Your Dana and Shane are amazing…I’ll never look at coffee ice cream the same



Misery By Pink ft. Steven Tyler
My First Night With You By Mya
Youre All I Need By Shakira Start the play list with the Queue for Misery and
And then let them run.

Chapter 11



When you deal a fast shuffle…love is in the cards. From The Lady Eve {1941 Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck}

Shane walked down the never-ending hallway till she came to the right door — The door that would block out the rest of the cruel world she found herself engulfed in. She unlocked the door and entered closing it behind her.

Shane flipped on all of the various lights and crossed the living room plopping down on the couch. She rubbed her bloodshot eyes. She exhaled deeply and got up and walked to the bedroom. Through the haze of yet another sleepless night, she could see the beautiful woman spread out in the bed before her.

Shane: What the ***** was I thinking last night… Ive really fucked things up this time..Why didnt I just stay with Alice?

Shane walked back to the living room, rather than climb in bed with the sleeping woman for some much needed rest. She couldnt sleep. Not after what she had done last night…what shed been doing almost every night.

She threw herself back down on the couch and looked around at the room which was a total mess. She began to clean up the empty bottles and dumped the ashtrays in the garbage. She brought a rag from the kitchen to clean off the table when she spotted a CD with a gorgeous woman on the front.

She stuck Pinks CD in the stereo and turned the volume down, opting to let the exhausted woman rest. She went back to cleaning the room until she finished. Spotless. Thats the way she liked things. She often found herself cleaning until the early hours of the morning. It had become more than a habit, it was becoming obsessive, especially when she had a night like tonight.

She heard the song ~Misery~ begin to come over the speakers.

The organ music flowed through the speakers and wrapped itself around her mind. It sounded like an old gospel hymn the way the artists let all of their pain fill the music. Shane thought of Alice and that final kiss before she walked out the door.

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Shadows are falling all over town…
Another night and these blues got me down…
Old misery, I sure could use some company.

Shane: I have to fix this.

Shane went to the desk in the corner and looked for a pad of paper. She was going to write Alice a letter to try and get out some of the thoughts that were running thought her head. It seemed like her mind was moving in warp speed and yet she couldnt put together a coherent thought. She couldnt really focus on one thing until she heard the lyrics of the song.

I carry the weight like an old ball and chain…
I guess its all meant to be
for love to cause me misery.

Shane began to write to Alice. She wasnt sure what to do other then try to explain how she felt about their night together. She wasnt ready to tell Alice where she was and what she had done last night. It would break Alices heart and she couldnt do that after everything Alice had done for her last night.


Oh misery, oh misery , tell me why does my heart make a fool of me..
Seems its my destiny for love to cause me misery.

As the words began to flow, Shane quickly became stuck. She had to lay her cards on the table. But then she thought back to Cheri… What if her heart was broken again

And oh Ive been down this road before.
Where the passion gets turned into pain
And each time I saw love walk out the door,
I swore Id never get caught up again.

But aint it true it takes what it takes
and sometimes we get to smart to let it in
one more heart ache for me
another night in misery

Shane knew it was time..She couldnt lie to Alice about last night. She deserved so much more than that. Shane turned her head and looked at the bedroom door. Shane knew that in one night she had made the biggest leap forward, and yet turned around and made the biggest mistake of her life.


Oh misery, oh misery
tell me why does my heart make a fool of me.
Misery, misery,
tell me why does this heart make a fool of me
seems its my destiny for love to cause me misery
yes its all meant to be…for love to cause me misery

Shane picked up the remote and put the song on repeat. She stopped writing and leaned her head back. She had to think of the right thing to say. She was stuck in the moment.

Meanwhile…

Alice lay in her bed snuggled up to one of her body pillows. She inhaled deeply and the scent of the previous nights exploits swirled in her nostrils, painting a smile on her face. She opened her eyes and rubbed the sleep out of them. She stretched and yawned like an wild animal from the nature channel.

Alice rolled onto her back and stared at the ceiling, while grazing her fingertips along her abdomen. She thought back to her rendezvous in the kitchen with Shane. She covered her forehead with her hand and blushed. She laughed out loud and sat up in bed. That last time she sat in that spot Shane was sitting next to her telling her she had to leave. She looked at the spot where Shane sat and rubbed the sheets that were still warm from her brief nights sleep.

Alice climbed out of bed and went to her dresser to put some sweats on. After a quick bite to eat and drink, she intended to spend the rest of the morning in bed fantasizing about her recent love affaire. She went in her closet, looking for her favorite college sweatshirt when she spotted something on the top shelf. Her guitar case.

Alice hadnt played her guitar in years. She carefully pulled it out and opened it. She ran her fingers over the strings and then snapped the case shut.

The guitar was her fathers and had become just as precious to her as it was to him. When he was alive, he would never let her touch it, but when he died during her second year of high school, he left it to her. Alice grabbed her sweatshirt and walked out into the hall. She heard music from the living room and laughed to herself, remembering that she had left the stereo running all night.

Alice: ***** I left all the lights and the stereo on …I hope Shane at least locked the door.

Alice came into the kitchen and grabbed herself a glass of water. She listened to the music as she leaned back against the fridge, imagining Shanes arms wrapped around her. She shook the thoughts out of her head put her glass in the sink and walked into the next room.

What she saw scared the ***** out of her. She nearly hit the floor when she saw the back of Shanes head on the couch. She tiptoed over to the couch and saw that Shane was sitting upright with her head all the way back and her mouth wide open.

Alice: (she gasped) Awww how cute.

She walked up behind Shane and was about to wake her when she saw a notepad in her lap, and a pen in her hand. Alice stood behind Shane and leaned in to read over her shoulder. She stood close enough so that Shanes warm breath caressed her ear. One false move and she would wake the sleeping beauty.

She couldnt help but notice Shane didnt make any noise when she slept. The same as when they were together that night…not a single sound. It was funny how she never really noticed how quiet Shane was until now. There were a lot of things she had never notice until now. Like Shanes beautiful penmanship. Penmanship that just begged to be read. Well thats what she told herself. She held her breath When she saw that the letter was addressed to her, but she continued on anyway

Dear Al,

I dont know where to begin. I guess the obvious is that I came back…as promised. Theres not much you know about me really. I know that. But one thing you can count on is that I always make every attempt to keep my promises.

Im not sure where to start with last night. Last night was amazing. I dont know where it came from … but when it did, it just seemed like it was right. Like thats what all the pain and suffering we went through was for. It almost seemed worth it…

Im writing to you now not because Im afraid to face you but because sometimes its easier to just get it out on paper…especially when the person isnt interupting you every other sentence.(cough )

Last night you said that we could live in the moment, and the next day if It felt right or wrong, we could just move on. Well I hope you really meant it, because Im ready to move on and face a new chapter in my life. But I need to be honest with you…

I think that last night was amazing, but I made the biggest mistake of my life…

Alices heart began to break as she finished the letter up to where Shane had fallen asleep.

Alice: I was the biggest mistake of her life.

Her eyes watered and she felt like she had to force herself to breath. She didnt even notice Shanes hand move back to the paper. When she finally did, she couldnt move She was scared if she moved she would wake Shane and get caught spying on this private moment.

Then the pen in Shanes hand moved to where the letter stopped and began to scribble more.

I think that last night was great but I made the biggest mistake of my life…..

Al, I never should have walked out that door.

A smile came to Alices face. She hadnt realized that Shane woke up and was watching her an inch from her very own face. She couldnt turn to face Shane just yet, she felt like a complete jackass. She kept reading as Shane wrote:

I should have climbed back in bed and held you in my arms all night til we fell asleep together….together as one. So I wrote this letter to tell you Im sorry and that my only intentions from now on is to try and make things up to you. Because I can tell I broke your heart last night when I left. But you need to know that it was just as hard on me.

Al we can stick to what you said, Even if today you want to move on…If this doesnt feel right…if you cant see yourself with me…I understand…I wouldnt want to take a risk on me either…Im an emotional catastrophe waiting to happen…

Alices eyes began to water and she held back her tears, but continued to read as Shane wrote on the paper. Both of them sat silently while listening to the haunting lyrics of the song.

But before you make a decision, I just wanted to say thank you…thank you for giving me the best night of my life. Even though it ended horribly, I swear, its the only time Ive ever really felt human. No ones ever catered to me, or taken the time to give me something that I need and you did that…several times over.

Alice started smiling again.

Anyway, I guess what Im trying to say is if youll have me Im yours …the question is do you want me?

Shane stopped writing. She sat staring at Alice, who just looked at the paper crying with a giant smile on her face. Shane went back to righting.

Im guessing by that big dumbass look on your face that its a yes???

Alice took the pen from Shane and Wrote a giant YES on the paper.

Alice turned to Shane and rubbed their noses together. She was beyond happy…so much in fact she couldnt kiss Shane they just sat staring at each other with big toothy smiles.

Shane: Youre such a ***** snoop.

Alice: Investigative reporter She said with a serious face.

Shane: hmmmm Ill stick with snoop…but you can be my little snoopy girl any day.

Alice: Youre girl? I think I kinda like the sound of that

Shane: Al?

Alice: Yeah Sha…

Shane: Shut the ***** up and kiss me