After that, Shane didn’t remember anything.  She woke up soaking wet in Tina’s and Bette’s front yard all her things with her.  The rain had not stopped all day and it seemed as if it was going to continue into the night.  Looking more like a drowned animal than a person she rolled onto her stomach and looked at the house.  It was late but not too late, she had started pretty early, but still it appeared as if everyone inside was in bed.

Struggling to stand she managed to stumble to the front door.  Reaching in her pockets she pulled out a key and tried to open the door.  After fighting with it for a moment she realized that it was the key to Alice‘s apartmenther apartmenther destroyed home. 

Gingerly she tucked the key back into her jeans.  She knew she didn’t have a key to Bette’s and there really was no way in without waking everyone and having them be upset at how drunk she was.  Cursing under her breath, Shane slid down the door and curled into a fetal position.  Sleeping outside was not a problem for her, ***** she had lived on the streets for years, one night wasn’t going to hurt her.

It didn’t take long for the drunken woman to get comfortable enough to fall asleep.  She simply pulled her coat around her tighter and laid her head on the parcels from Anthony. 

******

Alice had been stunned when Shane left her standing in the hospital.  She felt that the younger woman had come a long way from the troubled teen she had hit with her car.  Why did Shane still refuse to talk to her?  Didn’t she trust her yet; hadn’t she proven to her roommate that she wouldn’t hurt her?  What would it take to show Shane the she genuinely cared for her? 

Well actually she more than cared for her, Alice loved her.  She loved her with every aspect of her being and wanted nothing more out of life than to make her happy.  Still that task seemed daunting if not impossible; the woman didn’t seem to want to be happy.  She had never seen anyone in her life fight so much against themselves and she couldn’t imagine what would cause someone to feel so worthless.  Regardless the blonde had taken it upon herself to make Shane feel important and loved.  No one deserved to go through life feeling they are unworthy, especially not someone who meant the very world to her.