Alice: Baby don’t sweat it, I know your running on empty and now that you and Tina are starting this crazy showcase thing I know it’s gonna get even busier with your schedule, we’ll make time to be together….in fact I was going to ask you to come to my place tonight and we will chill out.

Shane: Yeah but its not just us having alone time Alice, I know we need ALONE time. I know you were upset last night we haven’t hooked up since we’ve been together and its frustrating you, I can see that, its just.

Shane let her shoulders sag and Alice became concerned. She put down her sandwhich and rubbed Shane’s lower back.

Shane: Ever since I found Dash…and the whole reconnection with the church….and since I went to Bette’s gyno its like all I can think of is bad shit…shit that…all the fucking shit that happened to me when …. look its like I locked everything in a vault and the door is fucking open and all day and night its all I think about…that’s why I’m busy all the time cause when I slow down … when I stop it comes back.

Alice Grabbed Shane’s chin that was almost healed from her nasty spill and turned her head towards her.

Alice: Thank you.

Shane blinked back her tears that were threatening to fall.

Shane: What are you…

Alice: Thank you for letting me in, I know that was hard…and its gonna get harder, but thank you…and as for last night, all is forgiven, if you just tell me next time there will be no need for explanation….just say not tonight okay…sometimes I’m gonna need a night off to we just have to be honest otherwise we’ll go through the motions when are heads aren’t in it?

Shane: Deal.

Alice: Now are you on the rag?

Shane: Huh? No what made you think…

Alice: Nothing, I just mistook what you said last night…but there’s no pressure for tonight okay?

Shane nodded and leaned in to kiss Alice. They pressed their foreheads together and sat for a moment.

Shane: So are we okay? I’ve just been feeling weird cause I figured there’s so much expectations sex wise …you know…cause of my history so…