Shane, Carmen, and Mark’s apartment.

Mark is awake and in the kitchen.  Carmen slept on the couch and is still there, her eyes just as closed.  Mark eats toast, walking by the couch as Shane enters, trying to be as quiet as possible.  It does not work.

Carmen ”Did you fuck her?”

Mark looks at Shane.

Mark ”I’m…gonna go for a walk.”

Mark is thankfully already in clothes for the day and only needs his keys.  Grabbing them, he hastily exits, knowing that this is not a time to be an observer.

The Planet.

Billie and Kit are at work.  There is no Lara today as she is tending to Dana.  Dana is headed off to the California Hospital Medical Center.  Back at The Planet, Mark arrives.

Mark ”Hey, Kit.”

Kit ”Hey, what’s goin’ on?  Flyin’ solo today?”

Mark ”I think Shane and Carmen are having some sort of discussion.  About sex.”

Billie ”And not sticking around for it, are ya?”

Mark ”Hell no.  Not this one.  All I want is ignorance and coffee.”

Kit ”Oh shit.  Don’t tell Shane’s bein’ Shane.”

Billie ”Excuse me, what?”

Mark ”Yeah…coffee.  Coffee would be good.”

Kit finds herself annoyed at Billie’s curiosity.  Mark on the other hand only wants coffee and to hope that Shane and Carmen can iron out their issues by the time he returns.

Shane, Carmen, and Mark’s apartment.

Mark is well away at The Planet.  Shane and Carmen meanwhile argue over Shane’s tryst with Cherie.

Carmen ”…You should have no fucking problem with me going out and fucking whoever I want!”

Shane can no longer hold it in.

Shane ”…Including Lara?”

Carmen’s eyes widen.

Carmen ”…What?”

Shane closes her eyes, exhaling in a huff.

Shane ”Nothin’.”

Carmen ”No.  What…did you just say?”

Shane ”I said, ’Including Lara.”  Okay???  You like bein’ around her so much!  You give more of a shit about her than you do the rest of us!”

Carmen ”How the fuck can you say that???”

Shane ”Because I know!!!  The way you look at me sometimes is the way you look at her!!!  When you’d come home late during that gig with Veronica, it was because of Lara!  Wasn’t it!!!”

Carmen ”We talked, Shane.  We bonded.  We became friends!  You know what it’s like to have friends, right?”