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Oh god! Shane had left the tv on again. That girl, one day, shes gonna cause an electrical fire. Hello? What was going on here, she saw a pair of familiar shoes near the couch. Had shane brought one of those ***** home? Wanting to sneak a peek, alice tiptoed to shanes room door, and peeked in.

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!! WHAT THE ***** ARE YOU TWO UP TO????

Hearing the yell, both dana and shane jumped out of the bed.

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Hey Al, its not what you think.trust meshane had her hands in the air, as though surrendering.

You dont know what Im thinking right now, but HELLO! WHERE ARE YOUR PANTS? Alice pointed at shanes bottom half. Looking at dana, she widened her eyes in anger. And what do you have to say for yourself, missy? Oh god, my two good friends have been hanky-pankying around behind my back. God, just come out with it already, Im fine being the odd one out, really!!! frustrated that they hadnt informed her of their relationship, alice stormed out of the room.

Dana felt awful. She didnt know what to do next. She gave shane the oh ***** look. Wow, alice did jump to conclusions really quickly. Or did they look just that sexual? She wouldnt know, well, coz she was new to how people should look like after *****. She figured they would look like themselves, wouldnt they? You wont exactly turn into Frankenstein after a *****, would you?

hey dane, dont worry. Ill explain it all to her, ok? You just lie down. Get some rest. Youve had a rough time already as it is. just, dont go to alices room. Ill sort this out. No matter how long it would take me to get that drilled into that little nuthard head of hers, thought shane to herself.

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Tina sat, still holding onto that photograph of eric and her. They had happy moments, but that was the past. She was looking forward to a million times more memories with bette.

*RIIIIINGGG*

Tina? Baby, Im glad youre still up.

Oh, speak of the devil, tina smiled to herself. oh, I was just doing some stuff. You know, couldnt really sleep. Is there something wrong? Wait, before you say anything, Ive been doing some thinking. About alice. I think, maybe I should talk to her.

There was a moment of silence. Bette didnt know if she should tell tina that alice had just been to see her. Well, she would have to meet alice sooner or later, and if tina heard the truth of this night from alice, it would be a rather unpleasant surprise.

ok, tee, alice just left my home not too long ago. Truth is, she came over to clear up a fewerminsecurities of hers. Hope you dont mind. I passed her your number, I guess shes going to warm right up to you, and well, shes a real darling. I told her to be nice.

Tina was rather confused. Alice had been at bettes? ok, she wants to find out what really happened, without putting bette in the spotlight. bette? Youre gonna get alice to call me? Shes kind of..loud.

dont worry!!! Her bark is a million times worse than her bite. The only person she bites would be the person whos in bed with her, and I highly doubt that would be you, would it?

tina could just picture the mischievous grin on bettes face. Oh well, it was worth a shot. Anything, she would do anything to make bette happy.

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GET OUT SHANE!!! I dont wanna here any excuse, explanations, ex-.WHATEVER! just get out! alice had her back to shane, but shane knew she heard a hint of a sniff.

Al.come on, if there was really something between us, one of us would tell you. Really. I mean, if you or dana ever have anything going, you would tell me, right? So same concept here. But dana just came over because that girl screwed with her mind. Shane edged closer towards the bed, where alice still had her back turned.

So much had happened tonight. She had already cried once. But that had been in front of bette. And that had cleared matters up. But, now, why were the tears coming now? In front of shane of all people, the one with the reptilian heart. Shifting her body, so she now sat cross-legged on her bed, with chin in her hands she spoke slowly.

dont come near me shane. Just go. Ok. I dont feel like knowing what the two of you have been doing. Its not natural to just hug one another to sleep. Just go. Let me just take in all in.

shane couldnt handle alices crazy ideas anymore. What could she do, but go up and hug her from behind! Surprisingly, alice didnt recoil. She just let shane hug her. Forcing alice to face her, shane saw a tears trickling down her face.

dont cry Al, see, Im your friend, and I love you. This was what I was to dana earlier. Love, thats how strong our friendship is. you watch my back, and Ill watch yours.

I feel so stupid now. The heartless woman telling me she loves me. Where did you get such wisdom from? God! Sorry shane. Am I always like this?

shane laughed. Always. Theres nothing to apologize for. Except maybe, well, you better apologize for scaring the ***** out of dana! I think she almost peed in the bed!

alice and shane laughed heartily. The good ole times were back. Alice was just glad to have such good friends, people who actually understood her, in her life right now. And she hoped they would stay forever. She hugged shane tightly, one more time. It felt so good to be hugged.

arent you guys forgetting about me? dana stood at the door, putting on a pissed look, before diving onto the bed, joining the other two in a rough and tumble game of tickling. After cheering one another up immensely, the three of them settled into alices bed. (how do 3 pple fit on one bed? Hey, their all skinny! Ok, it was a queen.)

you know, I love you guys immensely. There I said it. Sue me!

gd night Al. love you too. Good night dane. I really need the sleep. Shane was really tired, and she hoped the two chatterboxes would really shut it.

ok, me too. Thanks for everything shane. And alice, thanks for the sleepover. Good night.

hey! I havent said good night yet! Anyway, are we all gonna ride in my car to the planet tomorrow? Im really game for some bagels..

oh god, shane thought, its never going to end now.

Me too! Oh alice, youre making me hungry now..im so hungry I could just

Wet the bed? shane knew that would shut dana up, and alices giggling would be silenced with a hit from dana. Ahhpeace at last.

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Good morning bette.and? Marina gave a warm smile to the couple walking in. Bette gave a brief smile and just walked past her. Finding her rude, Tina went up to marina and introduced herself.

Morning, Im Tina Kennard. Nice to meet you.

Marina Ferrer. The pleasure is all mine. Would you like some croissants? Marina offered the shy tina some breakfast.

This woman was gorgeous. Why had bette never introduced her before? Tina was in distinct awe of marina.

Oh, what do you like to do in your free time? Do you read?

ooh, yes. I love to read. But well, work gets in the way. What about you?

oh, I love to read. To explore those literary worlds. Have you read anything by anne Carson?

before tina could give her an answer, bette dragged her away. I dont want you Talking to her again. Not when Im not there. Understood? If you want to know why, then maybe you should ask alice. Because I never want to speak about it ever again. Bette looked furious, but tried to suppress her again when they went to meet alice, shane and dana. tina just gave her the what-the-***** look, before saying her hellos.

Tina!!!! Just the person I wanted to see!!!!! Alice got up and pulled her into a huge bear hug. Oh my god, alice was a nutcase. One minute she could freeze ***** over with her gaze, the next she was warming up the Antarctic with her hugs. Tina was a little afraid of this woman. Make it a lot afraid.

Heyerm, hi alice. Tina patted alice on the back.

Free for lunch today? Ill come pick you up, maybe we should try out that new place on in town. Game? tina nodded rather reluctantly. She was afraid to say no though.

Bette seemed to be in a much better mood when she heard her 2 girls were going on a lunch date. Excellent, she thought. I really hope they get along. Life couldnt get any better than this.

Have fun at your lunch today! Pick you up for dinner at 7, ok tina? saying her good byes, she walked out, not before giving a dirty stare at Marina. The nerve of that woman.