Carmen thought for a minute before nodding her head. “Yeah I understand.”

“There’s something else.” Shane paused. “I let him sell the footage, well you know the ***** and stuff. We used the money to pay for Jenny’s doctor’s. It was the only way that I could think to help her.”

Carmen’s head spun at the last part, but she really did understand everything that Shane had just told her. “I get it. I’m glad you told me.” Carmen leaned closer to Shane and kissed her. It was slightly unsettling to her that there would be copies of videos out there with her girlfriend having ***** wit other women, but she understood that Shane had needed to help Jenny. And that out weighed her jealousy and discontent. She knew that she would have done the same thing to help Jenny if she had the opportunity.

“Is it really alright?” Shane asked when Carmen pulled away from her.

“Yes.” Carmen said sincerely before rolling over Shane and claiming her mouth again

A stranger looking in their direction never would have been able to recognize the fact that Bette was a nervous wreck, but standing next to her and knowing her as well and as long as she had Tina could feel the anxiety running off of her in waves. Tina and Bette were standing in the airport next to the stroller that held their daughter, waiting for her family to arrive. Bette had barely spoken a word for the entire drive to the airport and Tina knew that it would remain this way until they were standing here again dropping her family off. Tina had tried to comfort her earlier, tried to let her know that they would be alright, but she knew that Bette had not heard her. And even standing here Tina could feel the distance that Bette had put between them. Tina wondered how they were going to make it through the week without being able to connect. Tina reached out to Bette again, laying her hand on top of the darker one holding onto the stroller loosely. Tina smiled reassuringly when Bette met her gaze and this time Tee was relieved when she saw the small curve in the corners of Bette’s mouth. Bette gripped her hand momentarily and then dropped it because looking back at her were Mr. And Mrs. Kennard

Dana woke up and groaned. Her mouth felt sticky and her head felt like it was going to explode. She climbed slowly out of bed and walked toward her bathroom. Dana stumbled into the bathroom and made her way to the sink with her eyes closed. There was no way that she should have drank as much as she had the night before. But at least this time there had been no table dancing or other such ridiculousness, Dana thought gratefully. Dana turned on the cold water and began rinsing her mouth continuously with the cool water until the stickiness in her mouth was gone and then began splashing the water over her face and her eyes. When Dana could finally open her eyes she looked up into the mirror and winced at her reflection. “*****.” She whispered as she reached for her toothbrush and started brushing her teeth just as her head started to spin. Dana swore again as she finished washing up and then wandered slightly off balance back to her bed. It was only when she rolled back over that she noticed the note left on her pillow. On a crumpled piece of paper was a note from Alice asking Dana to call her when she woke up that they needed to talk. Dana crumpled it further and looked over at the clock. It was already three in the afternoon. She couldn’t believe that she had slept so long. She couldn’t believe that Alice had been there and left and she hadn’t noticed. And she dreaded the talk that Alice wanted to have with her. Dana still didn’t know what to say to Alice to make her understand that everything that had happened with Lara had all been a sick mistake. And right now her head was too foggy to think seriously about any of those things. Dana squeezed her eyes shut tightly before deciding that she should get up and get some aspirin and a shower and she might start to feel better. That way her head would be clear before she went over and talked to Al.