Sam’s face was peaceful, and then an odd look crossed her face.  “Fuck, these drugs must be really good, I thought I heard you say you were fucking Helena PEABODY!” blared Sam, knowing that someone in the parking garage was looking around to find out what was going on, but Sam didn’t care.

            “I am,” said Jayden sheepishly wincing at the loud voice that Sam was using.

            Sam reached into her pocket, using her good hand to open the small bottle that resided in the blood stained jeans, shaking out two of them, tossing them into her mouth and giving Jayden a long look.  “You are gay?”

            “I’m rather sure of it,” said Jayden in an apologetic tone.

            “I’m going to need more pills,” sighed Sam dramatically.  “Just, talk to me in the car, on the way home….  Gay… and fucking a Peabody… Christ in a handcart that is going to hell on a rail…,” muttered Sam as Jayden got into the car and finally Sam got in, thinking life wasn’t going to get any worse, it certainly couldn’t.

****** 

            “Where were you all night?” asked Helena as Shane trudged into the house, looking tired and more disheveled than normal.

            “Out,” was Shane’s short answer.  Sam had snuck out in the middle of the night and Shane had awoken while she’d been gone, terrified that something had happened, but moments later, Sam had reappeared, telling her that she’d just needed to clear her head.

            Shane had known it was a lie, Tina had told her that Sam had been there in the middle of the night.  Why had Sam lied?  Was there something going on between Sam and Tina? 

            “How is Sam?” asked Helena for the second time.

            “Good, Tina is going to stay in my room for a few days, and I’m going to go bunk down in the shed, that cool?” asked Shane, her voice disconnected and sullen.

            “Of course that is all right, I’d adore having Angelica here for a few days.  Shane, are you sure you are all right?” asked Helena.

            “Yeah, I’m ok, I’m… a lil freaked by everything that’s been going on, you know?  Seems like we aren’t getting a break,” sighed Shane.