Bette pulled into the drive..

Unlocking the front door, she saw Shane laying on the sofa.

Bette smiled as she came in: “hey you, how you feeling?”

Shane: “yeah not too bad I think. Kit ok?”

Bette: “yeah she is fine, she told me to give you a hug and a kiss”

Shane: “you told her?”

Bette: “yeah, and she told me to tell you that she loves you”

Shane had a tear in her eye……

Shane: “right, can you give me a hand, I really need to have a shower”

Bette helped Shane to the bathroom, helped her out of her clothes, and into the shower…

Shane tried to lift her arms to her hair: “Shit”

Bette: “let me do it…”

Bette washed Shane’s hair for her….

After the shower, Bette helped Shane get dried, and put her back in Bette’s bathrobe…

Bette: “you’ll have your own clothes soon enough, Alice and Dana will be here soon”

Shane: “Do you mind if I go lay down till they get here?”

Bette: “go for it”

Shane: “oh I forgot to tell you, you had a visitor earlier”

Bette frowned

Shane: “Tina came by, she was acting all weird, I asked her to come and wait for you, but she said she had to be somewhere and fled”

Shane shrugged.

Bette watched Shane totter off down the hall like an old woman.

Bette was just checking the post, trying not to think of Tina, when Alice and Dana arrived.

They were only just in the door when Alice started

Alice: well tell us then what has happened”

Bette: “maybe you should see for yourselves, follow me. But take it easy, she has been through enough”

Bette led them down the hallway to her bedroom.

She knocked on the door and entered, Shane was still asleep, the robe did not fully cover her so Bette moved in front of her and covered her modesty.

Alice and Dana entered behind Bette, Alice and Dana gasped in unison.

Alice whispered: “what happened?”

Shane opened her eyes: “I fucked off one too many people”

Alice came forward and knelt on the floor by the bed, Dana followed suit, Bette went round to the other side of the bed and climbed on next to Shane.

Alice stroked Shane’s hair, as Dana held her hand.

Shane: “Bette will you tell them, I can’t go through it again”

Bette: “sure……..

Bette explained to Alice and Dana what had happened, Shane had tears in her eyes, as Bette retold what she herself had told Bette the night before. Alice and Dana’s tears were flowing freely, Bette’s weren’t far behind them. When Bette had finished, nobody spoke for a bit.

Alice: “I love you Shane, and if there is anything, anything at all that you need, I am here for you”

Dana: “ same goes for me to”

Shane looked at the 2 friends by her , then looked to Bette, and her heart swelled.

After a while conversations turned to the Planet.

Alice: “so what are we going to do about tomorrow night then?”

Shane: “ I’m still going, I am not missing that for anything”

Bette: “are you sure you’ll be up to it?”

Shane smiled: “of course I will be, I’ll have all of you there with me right?”

Bette, Alice and Dana all agreed that they would be Shane’s body guards for the night, not that they feared she would be attacked again, that was never going to happen again if they could help it, they were more concerned of Shane getting bumped into. What with all her bruises..

Bette: “I am sure we will be VIP’s anyway. I’ll ring Kit later, and let her know that your coming”

The four friends enjoyed a night of laughter and fun. Shane not thinking once of her ordeal and Bette not thinking of anything but Tina!