Paige gave Shane a short kiss before leaving with Jared.

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At the Planet

The gang was at the Planet to celebrate Jenny’s birthday. Alice introduced Tasha as her new girlfriend. The girls were glad to see her happy for the first time after Dana’s death. Bette grabbed Alice arm and pulled her to a corner where they had some privacy.

Bette: Alice, I’m glad that you have some fun, but would you please call Phyllis and tell her that it’s over. Tell her that it’s your fault. Tell her that you decided not to have sex anymore or I don’t know, but please ! Make her understand that it’s over.

Alice: Bette, I told her that it’s over, but she keeps calling me. There must be something irresistible that I have. She giggled.

Bette: Ok, this is not funny! Since you left her I hate going to work! And why do I hate it? Because Phyllis doesn’t stop talking about you, okay ? So please Alice!

Alice: Ok, ok. I’ll send her an e-Mail tomorrow.

Bette: Alice !!

Alice laughed: Jesus Christ! I’m kidding, Bette. Relax… Oh by the way. Jodie is hot! I heard she’s an artist. So, finally you got your perfect match, huh? Now we don’t have one, but to art freaks. Haha.

Bette grinned: Shut up, Al. Her grin fade away: I like her a lot. But it’s complicated and I don’t want to talk about it now. Hey look. Isn’t that Shane’s new girlfriend?

They looked over to Paige who wore a beautiful black dress. Paige joined the rest of the girls and gave Shane a kiss on the cheek. Shane who starred at Paige for too long blushed and introduced Paige to the group.

Shane: Paige, this is Jenny, my roommate and our birthday kid. Max, my other roommate. Helena, Kit, who is the owner of the Planet. Her boyfriend Angus. Papi and Tasha. And over we have Bette and Alice are over there. Guys, this is Paige. The mother of Shay’s best friend. We met at a reunion of Shay’s class.

Paige waved to them and smiled politely: Nice to meet you, Shane told me a lot about you already. Oh and happy birthday Jenny.

She gaver her a hug. She wondered why Shane didn’t introduce her to their friends as her girlfriend. She knew that Shane hesitated and that there was something Shane didn’t tell her. She was disappointed that Shane still didn’t tell her what was wrong with her, but nonetheless she wanted to be patient. Shane was special to her, so she didn’t want to do anything wrong by pushing her to hard.

Shane saw that Paige was contemplating and worried about her.

Shane: Hey…are you ok? If you don’t feel comfortable we can leave.

Paige: No, no. Don’t worry. I was just thinking about Jared. She smiled cheekily: Come on, let’s see if your dance skills are as good as your skills in bed.

She grabbed Shane’s hand and pulled her to the dance floor. They started to move to the beat. Paige took Shane’s hands and put them on her hips. They laughed at each other and enjoyed the music when all of a sudden Shane stood still as if she saw a ghost.

Paige looked to the direction Shane was starring to. She saw a young girl with black hair and golden skin who seemed to be observing them for a while already. She looked very angry and sad. Paige saw that her eyes were full of tears.