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Lest I Forget (18)
I looked at her and shook my head. “As like, a friend thing?” I asked, completely confused. “I figured it was after you two got together.”
“It was.”
“But you guys weren’t together when Charlie was born! I remember when you told us all, at that barbeque thing. Charlie was probably eight or so then. I can’t remember exactly, but he was definitely older than a newborn when you two got together,” I said, trying to figure out which one of us was having a senior moment.
“Just because we told you at the barbeque doesn’t mean we’d just gotten together that day,” she said, and it seemed like she wasn’t going to say anything else. She even got up to leave and picked up the plate for my toast before I stopped her.
“Wait wait wait. Shane, that doesn’t make any sense!” I said. “My head hurts.”
“You want the Tylenol?” she asked, already turning toward the bathroom to get it. It made me laugh.
“No, you idiot, it doesn’t really hurt. I’m trying to process this! I thought you guys got together when you were in your forties…” I trailed off, having no idea how to finish the thought.
“Maybe we didn’t want to make it a public thing. Did that ever occur to you? You’re the one with Alice, not me,” she replied.
“Hey!” I said indignantly.
“I’m kidding. But really, it wasn’t something we needed to broadcast to everyone.”
“But she was fucking other people when you were supposedly together! And you were even after you guys announced it! I don’t get it!” I said, exasperated.
“That’s part of why we didn’t want to make it public. We didn’t want to hear all the shit from everybody that we knew we’d get. We just wanted to be together in the way we saw fit. We didn’t need any of you guys telling us it was wrong or not good enough or something – "
“I wouldn’t have –" I started, but she held her hand up.
“I know. You wouldn’t have judged us because you don’t do that, but you have to admit that some of our closest friends sort of have that habit,” she said, a little sadly. “I wanted to protect Jenny from all that shit. We knew it wouldn’t be a secret forever, but I wanted her to be happy and not worry about what people would say about her.”
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Another great chapter, MT! You are really on a roll with this one. I am glad Charlie helped Dana understand that she really needed to get herself healthy and take better care of herself. Love all the ShaDane in this chapter. They have a great rapport. The toast thing was pretty funny. And it seems like a very “Jenny” peculiarity. It seems realistic and a little sad that Shane and Jenny felt the need to hide their relationship when it first started. Dana already seems to be doing better. A little more rest and she should be ready to see Alice again. And I sure it will help Alice to see Dana looking rested. Thanks so much for the quick update!!
hey, sorry I have not left a comment in awhile…just got caught up on the last 4 chaps and they have been brilliant!!!
LMAO, Jenny and her toasts. Can you be more humorous? MaGoose pretty much summed it all up. I thank you for yet another excellent post in such a short time. What a nice surprise! I hope you got the sleep that you so deserved. Looking forward to D going back to see A again. THANK YOU!
ok i need to stop slacking on the comments for this story. by the time i read the last chapter you had already posted this one so i figured id just comment here. the last chapter was really beautiful. i was enthralled. i liked this one too, theyre all great. okay that concludes this session of ass kissing :)
You rock. Like really. But you know I think so (and I’m gonna tell you anyway). How much am I gonna have to pay you to get you to write Shenny fics?
Loved the conversation between Shane and Dana
I just got to read this and I loved it! You know how stupid my comments are, so I’ll stop now…