Shane: What the hell is your problem?

Bette: What’s my problem? I was up all night worrying where Alice was and you couldn’t come over or even call to say that she was over here and that she was okay?

Shane: Maybe if you went after her yourself then you would have known. Maybe when I found her and when I brought her back she wasn’t okay. Maybe she did exactly what I said she was going to do. You don’t have the right to take care of her cause you don’t know how to do it correctly.

Bette: How dare you say any of that stuff to me. I care about Alice just as much as you do and you know that I just want to know she’s okay.

Shane: Fine…at this moment she’s okay. You got the information that you needed now get off of my property. Shane turned around and shut the door in Bette’s face.

*In Shane and Jenny’s house*

Alice was sitting on the couch when Shane came in. Shane had her back against the door with her eyes shut taking deep breathes. She had never yelled at Bette like that before. Bette was like her mother or big sister. It jsut wasn’t something that she did.

Alice: I’m sorry. All of this is my fault.

Shane walked over to the couch and pulled Alice into a tight hug making sure that she knew Shane was serious about what she was about to say.

Shane: None of this is your fault…Dana doing what she did, me being mad at Bette, even you doing those drugs. You were hurting and it was the only thing you could do to feel a little bit better.

Alice: Bette didn’t betray me you know. She did what i told her to do.

Shane: But she should have known the state of mind that you were in. She should have looked in your eyes and knew you were hurting. She should have been worried before last night when you didn’t come home. She should have been worried about you as soon as she found out what Dana was doing to herself.

Alice: Not everyone has had the same experiences as you have had Shane. Not everyone knows to react the same way as you. It may be for the better but most people don’t know if they should do what they person asks for or what the person needs. You care more about there needs and the big picture and Bette cares more about the moment that we are in.

Shane: You’re right about that.

Alice: How did you know?

Shane: Huh?

Alice: How did you know to come after me?

Shane: I know what it is like to be in the kind of pain where you don’t know what to do and you feel like you can’t move and you would do anything to stop it.

Shane got up and walked over to the window. She looked lost in her own world. She ha her back turned to Alice. Her shoulders started to shake. Alice got up and went over to Shane. She put a hand on Shane’s shoulder and as soon as Shane felt the contect she turned around and burried her head in Alice’s neck.

Alice: Shane…shhhh…it’s okay. Shane who was it?

Shane *sniffles a few times*: My mom.