Collision Course 4.67

            Shane was sitting on the bed that she and Sam had shared for a few very short months.  First it had been sex, pure animalistic lust, and then as time had worn on, they’d each realized that it was far more than that.  They’d found more in each other than simply sexual partners, they’d found a partner for life.  Now, Sam’s life had ended.

            The tears were dried now; Shay was in his own bed, Lara having finally calmed him down.  He’d been hysterical, but Shane had just sat there, unable to do or say anything to comfort him.  In reality, Shane didn’t quite know what to say to her self, so what did she tell a child who’d just lost someone else that he loved. 

            Everyone had appeared after the news had broke that Sam had apparently died, the news reporters used words like, ‘seemed’, ‘apparently’ and ‘allegedly’ died.  But Shane knew, she knew in her heart that she’d lost Sam.  There was no denying it, Samantha Leigh Vance had left this world, and she’d left Shane. 

            All alone.

            Shane had never felt so alone in her life.  Even after leaving Carmen at the altar, Shane hadn’t felt alone, she’d felt as if she’d done something good for Carmen and herself.  Now, she only wanted one more day, one more hour, even just one more minute with Sam.  To tell her how much she loved her, how much she’d changed her life, how she saw the world differently since being with Sam.  But now, that world had betrayed her, it had taken Sam away from her.

            Watching the events unfold on TV had only driven it home, the sight of the train plummeting into the raging river below the bridge had looked like a scene from a movie, but it hadn’t been.  And Jo Wheaton had been there also, but she’d failed in her attempt to save Sam.  Bette had been beside herself with worry, not only for Jo, but for Shane.  Shane had moved around the house like a zombie going through the motions of life, only Carmen seemed to be able to make her talk, allowing the Latina, who might have been her wife if she hadn’t been such an emotional and relationship wreck, to lead her to the bedroom after everyone had finally been driven off.