Shane’s POV

When I woke up I wasn’t in room but on the couch on the living room. I must have fallen asleep when we watched Grey’s Anatomy. I looked on the watch an saw that it was 1:45 a.m. When I stood up I felt a stabbing pain in my leg.

“Damn it. Stupid broken foot.”

I grabbed the crutches and walked out of the house into the garden to smoke a cigarette. When I sat down I heard noises in Bette’s garden. I ducked so that the person couldn’t see me and got closer to see who it was. When I was next to the fence I took one of my crutches and held it like a baseball bat ready to smash a head in case it was a thief.

“Hey! What do you think are you doing there!!”

I was about to attack the thief when I saw that it was Bette who already covered her head with her arms.

“Fuck you Shane. What the hell was that for?”

“I…I’m sorry I thought you were a thief. What are you doing outside in the middle of the night?”

“I was just…wait a minute…what are you doing here in the middle of the night?”

“What the hell is going on here? Why were you screaming Shane I thought somebody attacked you. You scared me.”

“Well I’m sorry…I just wanted to smoke a cigarette and then I heard strange noises and I thought it was a thief. But it was only Bette.”

“Okay the next time you plan to attack somebody with your crutches just take a close look at that person.”

“What are you doing outside anyway? It’s 2 a.m.”

“I couldn’t sleep…”

“Well, neither could I.”

I looked at Carmen who was shivering.

“Hey you should go back to sleep.”

“Are you coming with me?”

“Well I…I think I’ll stay here with Bette for a while.”

“Alright…”

She gave me a little good night kiss and I watched her leave. Then I looked at Bette and although she didn’t say anything I could see it from the look of her eyes that something was wrong with her.

“Will you tell me what’s wrong or do I have to force you by using my cratches again?”