Alice and Shane were getting ready on stage when Mark came jogging towards them.

“You guys—we’ve got a problem.”

“What’s that?”

“We don’t have another guitarist.” He sighed.

“Why? Where’s Gomey?” Shane asked.

“He’s in the hospital. He got food poisoning or something.”

“What’s the big deal? We got two guitarists and a drummer, we can still perform right.”

“But not the songs that we wanted to perform tonight. We’ll have to perform our old songs before Gomey came a long.”

“I don’t think that’ll be such a big idea.” Shane looked at her friend. “C’mon just relax. We’ll do fine tonight.”

“So are we ready?” Alice smiled.

“Yeah, I guess.” Mark walked over to the drums. He got behind the set, and the curtain moved. The crowd screamed as they began to play. The rest of the group was in the crowd, watching them play once again.

“Hey, I wanted to get Alice a present.” Dana leaned over towards Bette. “But I don’t know what to get her.”

“Do you know what she likes?”

“Yeah a little. I mean—yeah I do.”

“If you’re not for sure, ask her. Whatever you get her, she’ll like it.” Dana nodded and turned her attention back to Alice. Carmen was in the front as she watched her girlfriend rock on her guitar. Shane saw Carmen and winked at her. Carmen smiled and bit her bottom lip. A girl next to Carmen screamed loudly and threw her arms up. She stared up at Shane, and Shane looked over at the chesty, red head. Shane smiled at her, and Carmen caught it. She looked at the girl next to her and then back at Shane. Shane looked at Carmen, and Carmen shook her head. She walked away and walked through the crowd. Shane watched Carmen as she walked through the crowd and then disappeared.

“Shane—you’re slipping!” Alice yelled as she continued to play. Shane hit the string on the guitar and continued to play.

            A few minutes later, the band finished two songs and then the next band was on. Shane sat her guitar down and went to look for Carmen. She knew that she upset Carmen and wanted to apologize. She saw the group and walked over to them.