Shane: H… me and Carmen are no more…

Helena: oh dear… I’m so sorry Shane… do you want to talk about it?

Shane: uhm… no not really… maybe some other time…

Helena: how about we get in and finish out lunch…

Shane: Yeah… oh uhm… you don’t have to fire the person who did the story on Carmen… just give them a little warning… just no more stories about her…

Helena: deal…

The two of them walked back in like nothing happened. Now all smiling and laughing while walking over to the table. The girls were totally bewildered by the scene that just happened between the two.

Alice: Uhm… are you okay?

Shane: yeah… I’m good… why, what’s up?

Alice: No… it’s just that before you had a chat with Helena outside, you looked like you’re about to strangle her… and now you’ re back to normal….

Shane couldn’t help but laughed to what Alice said.

Shane: oh… hah… yeah… I just had some misunderstanding with her… but everything’s cool now…

Shane felt a buzz in her vest pocket and took out her cell. She didn’t feel like taking it but knows that it’s important not to take it.

Shane: Uh… excuse me girls…

Helena looked at her friend and Alice who had a look of disappointment in her face. Helena knows that Shane is a workaholic although she wouldn’t admit it, she knows that her friend is addicted to her job, thinking she’s only good at that… sometimes forgetting that there’s more to life than her work.

Shane: Hello…

Caller: Hi… Shane it’s me Scarlet…

Shane: Oh hi Scarlet!… sorry I didn’t look at the caller ID… what’s up?

Scarlet: I was wondering that if you could do my hair next week… I’m going to the L.A fashion week… so yeah…

Shane: yeah sure… so what time?… uh huh…. Yep…

Alice looked over at Shane who is dep into the conversation. Occasionally smiling and laughing to the conversation. She couldn’t help but felt a little jealous to whoever Shane is talking to. Alice saw Shane pulling out a blackberry from her front pocket, her fingers pressing away at the buttons. Part of Alice wonder if this how it’s going to be like with her and Shane. Nearly ten minutes later, Shane hung up her phone and walked back to the table. Alice saw this and quickly faces somewhere else.