“Are you okay?” Helena grabbed Shane’s hand and nodded.

“Yeah I’m fine—,” she laughed and let out a little snort. Shane cracked a smile as she got Helena on her feet.

“What the hell is going—oh…” Alice looked at her two friends. Helena let got of Shane’s hand and ran her fingers through her hair. “What’s going on here?” She smiled softly.

“Nothing—I was just helping her up. She fell.” Shane nodded, and Helena nodded.

“Y-yeah, I went over the couch.”

Alice nodded. “All right—should I be helping or should I leave you two alone?”

“Actually,” Shane looked at Helena. “I’m going to leave. Yeah, I’m going to leave.” She began to walk away from Helena. “I’ll give you a call tomorrow. She looked back at Helena. “Good night,” Shane walked towards the door.

“Night,” Alice watched her friend walk out of her apartment. Helena plopped down on the couch and sighed heavily. “Did I ruin something a minute ago?”

Helena shook her head. “No—you didn’t ruin anything. I just need to go to bed.”

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“Hey Vanilla spice,” Shane rolled her eyes as she sat her cup down on the table. Papi walked towards the table and pulled out the chair.

“Can I help you Pops?” Shane licked her lips and sighed. Papi looked at Shane and clasped her hands together.

“So what happened to you and Helena?”

“Nothing happened between me and Helena last night. I took her home and that was it all right.” Papi laughed and leaned back in her chair.

“Vanilla—I can read you like a book right now. You’re lying—something happened between the two of you.”

“Why do you want to know?”

“Because—I hate to see you out of the game like this.”

“I’m not out of the game.”

“Oh really,” Shane nodded.

“Yeah.”

“Well tell me this Shane—when was the last time you actually got some, and it was really good?” Shane went to speak, but stop. She sat back in her chair and began to think. “It’s been that long, wow…”

“Whatever Pops—I’m just trying to find the right person.”

“The right person? This doesn’t sound like you man. You need to come back to the light.”