Previously

“I’m sorry, did you just say Marina?”

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“Yes Jenny. She’s” Shane was cut short as the bell above the Planet rang clearly.

“Back,” Shane whispered as she looked up at the door. Jenny looked as if someone had cut a hole in her and her innards had fallen out. She made a choking sound and Shane’s eyes stung for her friend. She could feel the heartbreak there still, it was palpable in the air. Marina took off her brown tinted shades and looked around, not really noticing anything. She hadn’t seen Jenny or Shane yet, Carmen was with them but Marina would have no reason to recognize her as they ‘d never met.

“Shane! Why didn’t you-”

“I just found out hun.”

“How?” Jenny rushed, their conversation happening in only a breaths time.

“Some how Al knew, but she didn’t say how, all she said was that she’s the only one that knew, she was on her way here, and she called me and told me while you where in the bathroo-” Shane made the same choking noise Jenny had just made as she saw who came in behind Marina.

“What? Guys what? Who’s that? Who are we talking abo-” Carmen asked, her voice starting off playfully and turning to horror. She had been completely oblivious to Jenny’s pain, but found some of her own as she saw her standing beside the one that Shane and Jenny had been so worried about moments before.

“Oh my god Shane,” Carmen gasped as Shane reached protectively for Carmen who was sitting slightly behind her on another chair (for once).

“Shh, baby. She -” Shane’s voice became inaudible to Jenny as she strained to hear the words of comfort she was whispering in Carmen’s ear. Jenny scrunched her eyes thoughtfully, momentarily forgetting her need to crawl under a rock or become invisible. She crossed her fingers, huffed out a breath she had been holding and quickly turned back to the door. She hopped Marina wasn’t looking. She wasn’t. She was able to take her in quickly. To drink in her figure, her body language, as if maybe it would answer the millions of questions Jenny had in her head. Her eyes darted to Drew and Moira as they walked in, all smiles and laughs.