As Shane walked out of the bathroom stall at the Planet, she saw Tina
staring into the mirror with a far away look in her eyes.

“Tina? Everything okay?” Shane asked.

“Oh hey,” Tina said as she pulled herself out of a trance. “No, no.
Everything is fine. I just” Tina frowned. “How long do you think I’m
going to be able to hide this?” Tina exclaimed as she pulled open her
oversized jacket.

“Well Tina, I think you’re going to have to tell everyone soon. Or did
you think that they wouldn’t notice when you start hauling a crying
baby to breakfast in the mornings?” Shane laughed.

“Funny Shane. Very funny,” Tina smiled. Her face quickly became somber
as she began to speak again. “What do you think Bette is going to do?
Who am I kidding? She doesn’t want this child! What am I supposed to
tell our baby? I’m sorry, mommy’s not here right now. She’s out *****
the carpenter!” Tina’s face was now flushed with anger and her
breathing was becoming more and more labored as she continued to rant.
“*****, how did this happen?”

“Tina. You need to calm down, it’s not good for the baby.” Shane
whispered as she rubbed her hands over Tina’s arms in an attempt to
calm her down. “Tina you know me better than anyone, right?” Shane
asked.

“Yeah” Tina replied sullenly.

“And you know I don’t trust people. I doubt everything, but if there is
one thing I’ve never doubted, one thing I’ve always trusted init’s you
and Bette. I’ve never seen love between two people so strong. It’s in
every look, every touchit’s practically bursting out of you.” Shane’s
calm face began to contort in anger as she began to speak again, “What
she did to youI ***** couldn’t believe it. I hated her..”

“Shane don’t” Tina interrupted.

“Tina, I never told you this, but I went to see Bette a few weeks ago.”
Shane said quietly as Tina gasped. Shane stared at the floor and began
again, “I had too. You hadn’t left Alice’s house in days. You were so
brokenso destroyed. I had just spent an entire night outside your door
at Alice’s and listened to you cry all night. I couldn’t take it
anymore. I wanted to hurt her. I wanted to make her feel as much pain
as you were feeling.”