"Holy shit… Shane what the hell are… how did you get… " Mark stumbled in surprise… he was happy to see her but at the same time hoped he was seeing things… everyone else was still wondering if they were hallucinating… even Alice finally shut up..

"i.." but before she could explain a women yelled her name from down the hallway…. mark smiled when he saw who it was… while the others snapped out of their daze and tried to get a better look at the women coming towards them..

"Shane damn it what did i say… you stick with me, I’m so gonna lose my job" Katie exclaimed.. trying to catch her breathe… when Shane took off in the parking garage she did the only thing she could think of… chase after her… she had to admit Shane was fast.. it only took her about a minute to get up to the 8th floor….

"Katie please… you took like 30 minutes just parking… i had to get up here" Shane said with a smile… Carmen looked the women up and down… Shane saw this and her smile only got brighter, knowing what Carmen was thinking, before trying to put Carmen’s mind at ease " guys this is my doc.. her name is Katie.. after you guys left me on the phone, she bailed me out but only for an hour.. and Katie, you already know mark"

"yes i do" she said grinning mischievously at him… Shane rolled her eyes.. and Carmen laughed realizing she was jealous for no reason..

"and these are my friends…" she continued, pointing to each of them "jenny, Alice, Dana, kit and my girlfriend.." Katie interrupted

"Carmen right" she asked sticking out her hand… which Carmen took politely…

"ya.. how’d you know" Carmen asked looking from Katie to Shane.. her mind was still recovering from Shane saying girlfriend…

"Shane told me all about you…"

"she did" Carmen asked surprised… walking over to Shane and wrapping an arm around her waist.. Shane bent down and kissed Carmen which sent them into overdrive but soon got kicked back into neutral when Alice cleared her throat..

"ya…i had to sedate her to get her to stop talking about you actually"Katie stated in a very serious tone, causing everyone but Shane to laugh… Shane on the other hand was turning bright red… no one, but Carmen, had ever seen her blush before so it added to the laughter..

"oh I’m sorry what was it you said… Mark is.." before she could finish Katie had her hand over Shane’s mouth… raising her eyebrow as if to say shut it..

But the fun was cut short when Bette entered the waiting room, holding the new baby… her smile grew when she noticed Shane… she was curious how Shane was able to get there but decided all would be explained to her later…

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After everyone had taken their turn holding the baby, Shane excused herself to the restroom and splashed some water on her face… she didn’t hold Angie for as long as the others… her body was shaking so much, she was scared she might hurt the child… her world was spinning and her vision began to blur… but being as stubborn as she was, she tried to shake it off and rejoined the group..

When Shane came back into the room.. everyone notice her shaking and how her skin turned from its normal peach color to being white as a ghost..

"Shane are you feeling OK" Carmen asked touching Shane’s cheek only to pull it away after feeling how hot she was "god Shane your burning up.."

"I’m fine" Shane said… it was a reflex and she knew no one believed her…

"Shane.. i think we should be getting you back to the center.." Katie said.. they had already stayed long then she had intended..

"but…"

"no ‘buts’ Shane… you need sleep and if I’m luck I’ll still have a job tomorrow…" Katie ordered as she walked over and began to pull Shane out of the room..

"fine.. by…" but before Shane could finish, her world flipped upside down and the last thing she heard was Carmen’s voice calling out her name before the lights went out….    

 TBC

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