Shane and Bella walked into the high school, hand-in-hand. Shane was looking through the halls and watching everybody whispering and looking towards her. She felt uncomfortable and sighed. She squeezed Bella’s hand and continued to walk to her locker. Shane and Bella stopped in their tracks when Bette and Tina were standing in front of them.

“Thank god we found you.”  Bette put her hand on her chest, catching her breath.

Shane looked at her friends. “What’s wrong?”

“This,” Tina shoved a sheet of paper in Shane’s hand. Shane brought the paper up to her face.

She read and looked the pictures on the paper. In front of her in big bold letters, ‘Shane McCutcheon: School’s player. Sleeping with Mrs. Hill Vice principal. Using girls for sex.’ Shane looked around and crumbled the paper in her hand. “Who did this?”

Bette shook her head. “We don’t know there’s also one going around about Alice. But no one has seen her.”

Shane sighed. “Damn, I don’t think I should be here. I need to get out of here.”

Bella looked at Shane. “What’s going on?”

Shane looked at her and shook her head. “It’s a long story. Can I use your car?”

Bella nodded her head. “Yeah,” she grabbed her keys out of her purse and handed them to Shane.

“Thanks babe. I’ll see you guys later.” Shane started to walk away from them and out the door. But before her hand touch the knob, someone came over the intercom.

“Shane McCutcheon, come to the office please.”

Shane stopped in her tracks and dropped her head. “Shit”

            Alice was sitting in Helena‘s back seat sniffing and going through tissues. Helena was rubbing her back trying to console her.

Alice pushed her hair out of her face. “What did I do to deserve this? I wasn’t always like this you know.”

Helena sighed. “Alice you made this happen. I hate to say this babe, but you just made yourself look like a slut, and you became easy.” Alice shot a cold glance over at Helena. “I don’t mean to say this, but you put this upon yourself. You’ll just have to live through it until it’s over.”