“Um” Nikki looked at Shane “is Jenny with you guys?  I thought I saw her earlier at the starting line.”

“Yeah she’s riding up with Tina and them.  Are you okay?”  Shane thumbed behind her as she watched Nikki look out in that general direction.

“Yeah I’m fine I just need to talk to Jenny.” Nikki said but realized she didn’t know what she was going to say to her ex.

“I understand, um do you want to wait here with me?  They should be rolling in soon.” Shane said looking for her team mates.

“Sure.” Nikki smiled at Shane then her eyes went back to the next pack of riders that came in.

“Cool.” Shane went back to people watching as she took another drink from her water bottle.

“Does she ever talk about me?” Nikki asked not looking directly at Shane.

“Um, yeah she says that you got screwed out of your character” Shane nodded then said “she told me that you did such a great job with Jesse and that Adele’s directing just killed it for you.”  She hoped the white lie would brighten Nikki’s because she never heard any of this from Jenny.  In fact she hasn’t heard her best friend mention Nikki’s name since the whole Adele fiasco.

“Oh” it disappointed Nikki to see Jenny carry on with her life as if they never were.  “Does she miss me?”

“Oh, um yeah” Shane felt like she was digging a ditch.

“You don’t have to lie to me Shane I can handle the truth” Nikki chuckled then looked at the stuttering hair stylist.  “Listen I gotta go, don’t tell Jenny I was here looking for her” she walked away to search for her celebrity crew.

“Okay, bye Nikki” Shane said grateful to be out of that awkward situation.

“Hey Shane” She heard then kicked herself for her presumptuous thought.

“Molly” Shane greeted back.

“Was that Nikki Stevens?” Molly thumbed at Nikki’s retreating form.

“Yeah she was looking for Jenny.” Shane nodded.

“Where is the rest of your team?” Molly looked around.

“Ah bathroom breaks and coming around the corner right about now.” Shane nodded toward the restroom and thumbed her hand toward the road.