“Seriously”

“What?“

“Alright, spill it, Shane. What’s going on? You’ve been acting really
weird for weeks and it’s even worse than when you and Cherie broke up!
And I know it’s not because of Jenny.”

“It’s NOTHING!” Shane said, her face darkening for a few seconds but it
lit up again as she continued playing with Angelica. “God, just drop
it!”

“I care about you, that’s why I’m aski” Alice interrupted herself when
she recognized two voices from somewhere behind her. Two voices that
she’d never heard in the same room before. She looked up at Shane who
was staring in the direction of the laughing voices, looking as if she
was about to cry. Alice immediately turned around to see Carmen
standing by the counter in the arms of – Gabby Deveaux.

“Oh *****!” Alice exclaimed and turned around again to stare at Shane
who was again playing with Angelica, trying to act like nothing had
happened. Alice lowered her voice.

“What the *****? Shane? That’s why you’re upset? Carmen left you for ***** Gabby Deveaux?!”

Shane shook her head, not taking her eyes off Angelica. “Stop swearing
when she’s around,” Shane said, still avoiding Alice’s stare.

“What? Why? Oh. You meant Angelica. Sorry.”

“It wasn’t Gabby,” Shane said absentmindedly. “Everytime I see her she’s with a different woman.”

“Alright, you need to tell me exactly what happened.”

Angelica grabbed Shane’s pinky with her left hand and squeezed it
tightly making Shane frown. “Hey, you’re a lot stronger than you look!”
Shane chuckled, ignoring Alice.

“Shane!” Alice excliamed. “I’m serious! Carmen’s turning into you and
the only person you seem to be able to communicate with is three weeks
old.”

Shane continued to ignore her and Alice shook her head.

“I don’t get it! You had ***** with her and aliens showed up and flashed
some green light on you and you like, switched personalities?”

“What?” Shane frowned at her like she was crazy.

“Okay, at least now you’re listening.”

“Look” Shane began. “I I just don’t wanna talk about it.”

“But maybe you need to talk. Get it out of your system.”

“Al, I don’t”

“Can’t we just hang out tonight or something? Watch some movie, have a
few beers, and if you feel like you wanna talk, then someone will be
there?”

Shane looked at her confusedly. “I figured this being Friday and all you’d be with Dane?”