At the Planet

Alice: “Holy shit!”

Bette: “What?” She turned around and saw Carmen standing in front of Shane and Paige who stopped dancing. “Oh god. Welcome to Drama Island.”

Everybody is electrified, they don’t dare to say anything. Kit is the first who regains her countenance.

Kit: “Hey Carmen! Come here babygirl. We missed you so much”

She gives Carmen a hug and notices that Carmen is shaking. As Carmen realizes that all of her friends are around her she stops looking at Shane and gives her friends her attention.

Carmen: “Hi ladies…Well, I’m back.” She smiled faintly. “And I missed you, too.”

Carmen hugs everybody. It’s the first time since the non-wedding that Carmen sees them. One day after the wedding she left Canada and returned to L.A with her family. Her mother wanted her to move back with them, but Carmen didn’t want to move back to her mother’s house. She just wanted to stay with them until she was ready to face Shane again.

Bette: “So, where have you been the last three months?”

Carmen:” Oh, I staid at my mother’s house, you know to digest what happened. I’m sorry that I didn’t gave anyone of you some news about me, but I had a very hard time. I needed to be alone.”

Paige and Shane are still at the dance floor. Shane didn’t say anything. She just keeps looking at Carmen. Paige couldn’t define Shane’s emotions now. She doesn’t understand the situation but she knows that something must have happened between Shane and the girl, who was now talking to the rest of the group.

Paige: “Hey…Is everything okay with you ? You know that girl, don’t you? Did she do something to you?”

Shane looks at Paige with sad eyes: “No…actually I’m the person who did something to her…”

Paige: “Okay, don’t you want to tell me what happened? Because even for me who doesn’t know her it’s obvious that there is something wrong.”

Shane: “It’s a long and complicated story.”

Paige: “Is she your ex-girlfriend?”

Shane: “Yes.”

Paige:” And…do you still love her?”

Shane didn’t answer. Instead she kept starring at her shoes. She knew that the silence would hurt Paige, but she couldn’t say no just to make Paige feel better, because she knew that it wasn’t the truth and she didn’t want to lie to her.