“Hey Shane.” Shane looked up and saw that Dana had just jogged up to the doors of the Planet and discovered her standing there like an idiot. Dana looked at her friend for a minute and then decided that there must be something wrong with her. Anyone who didn’t know her wouldn’t be able to tell, but Dana had known her for a long time and she wasn’t always as clueless as everyone thought that she was. “Hey are you okay?” She asked as she stepped in closer to her.

“Yeah, Dane, I’m fine.” She replied automatically. “How about you? How are you doing?”

Dana grinned widely just as Shane had expected her to. “Never been better.” But just as she was about to add her reason for happiness Dana caught a fleeting look in Shane’s eyes that she had never seen before and it caused her brow to crease in concern. “Are you sure you’re alright. You look nervous or something.”

“Look, Dane, I’m not trying to bewhatever, but I really don’t think I want to talk about it.”

Dana backed away. “Okay.” She answered trying not to be hurt. She knew what it was like to want to keep things from everyone around her, so she tried to respect that from Shane, but she was really worried about her friend. She had never seen Shane look so troubled before.

Shane thought for a second and then decided that she needed to talk to someone. “I’m supposed to be meeting Carmen’s friends and her sister today.” She confessed.

Dana’s eyes widened and then she grabbed her cell phone out of her pocket and punched number one on her speed dial. “Hey, Al, it’s Dana.”

Shane started to freak out, “Dana I didn’t tell you so that you could call and ask Alice for help.” She didn’t want Alice to know that she was this scared about the situation. Or she didn’t know if she could handle anymore of Alice telling her how important this meeting was. She was already freaking out on her own.

Dana blushed and bent her head for a second at whatever Alice had said and then cleared her throat. “Actually, I was calling to tell you that I am running a little bit late, and I just ran into Shane, who says that she was supposed to be meeting Carmen. So I was just calling to tell you that we were on our way and we should be there in about twenty minutes.” Dana hung up the phone and looked at Shane. “You were saying?”