“Thanks,” Alice rolled her eyes, and Shane smiled. “No—I haven’t had any food for a few days.”

“What’s a few days?” Alice hesitated. “Alice?”

“Four or five days I think.” Shane hit her in her arm. “Oww! What the hell Shane?”

“Are you nuts? Do you want to end up in the hospital?” She got up from the bed. “Get up—I’m getting you some food.” Alice lay back down.

“I’m not leaving my apartment—I’m staying here.”

“I said get up.” Shane smacked her on the butt.

“Oww! All right fuck! I’m up!” Alice climbed out of bed. “You’re very aggressive today.” She walked over to her closet and grabbed some clothes.

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                Alice and Shane went to a small diner instead of the Planet because she didn’t want to deal with any of her friends today. She just wanted to be somewhere that she knew that she wouldn’t feel like she was being attacked. She took a small bit out of her hash browns as Shane took a drink of her coffee.

“Do you feel better?” Alice nodded as she took another bite.

“Thank you for this Shane truly.” She took a drink of her juice, and Shane nodded.

“You don’t have to thank me—I just want you to be healthy.” Shane sighed and grabbed her cigarettes out of her coat pocket. She pulled one out and put it to her plump, crimson lips. She lit it and took a drag.

“So how are you and Paige?” Alice took a bite of her eggs.

“We decided not to see each other anymore.”

Alice shrugged. “Why is that?”

“We were only together for a month and half maybe two, and I guess we got bored with each other. I guess we got everything that we wanted from each other.”

“And that was?”

“Sex,” Alice smiled as Shane exhaled the smoke from between her lips. “I don’t know if I’ll ever settle down.”

“The one for you will come. You’ll see,” Alice ate the last bite of her hash brown.

“I want you to come out with me tonight.”

“Why?” Alice scrunched up her eyebrows.

“Because—you need to go and have some kind of fun.”

“I am having fun—right now with you.”