“What can I say?” Shane replied. “She had her heart set someone else.” She smiled at Dana.

“Alright, alright, thats enough.” Dana said, blushing slightly.

Shane laughed. “So, what are guys doing tonight? Because Jenny and I
were thinking about checking out this new club” She thought about it
for a second, but couldnt remember the name of it. “What was it
called?”
Jenny looked at her. “Liquid,” she replied.

“Right, Liquid.” Shane turned to the rest of the group. “Its supposed to be totally tit. You guys want to go?”
Bette leaned back in her seat. “I dont know Shane…”

“Come on Bette,” Jenny said. “It’ll be fun.”

Shane nodded. “Yeah Bette, it’ll be good for you.”
Bette let out a sigh of resignation. “Okay, I’m in.”

Shane couldnt help but notice that Alice hadnt said a word since they
sat down, but she was fairy certain that though she appeared to be
completely enthralled in her magazine, she was still listening to their
conversation. “Al, you interested?”
Alice looked up at her. “I dont think so. I have some, things to do, so…” her eyes dropped down again.

“Well I’ll be here all night workin,” Kit said. “So ya’ll go and have fun for me.”
“That shouldnt be a problem,” Jenny assured her.

Alice took a deep breath and glanced at her watch. “Okay, well, I gotta
go. I have a meeting with Mimi from KCRW in like half an hour.” She
rolled up her magazine and stood. “I’ll see you guys later.”
Shane sat quiet and motionless while everyone else at the table said
their goodbyes to her. She wasnt sure what was worse, the fact that
Alice seemed to be avoiding her, or the fact that she had no idea why.
Last night was last night. Shane thought they would probably need to
have a talk, but this whole lack of words, lack of eye contact thing on
Alices part was really throwing her.
“Shane?”

Shane jumped a little. “What?”

Jenny looked at her, concerned. “Dana asked you a question.”

Shane glanced around the table, everyone was staring at her. Looking
out the window she could see Alice walking towards her car. “What the
fuck am I doing?” she thought. She shook her head and motioned for
Jenny to get off of her. “I’ll be right back.”
To everyones surprise, Shane took off running right there in the
middle of The Planet. “Wonder what that was all about,” Dana said as
they watched Shane throw open the door and go sprinting down the
sidewalk.