Inner Smile

Shane and Carmen met up and headed to the Planet later that night. They met up with the gang around 9 at night thanks to Kit who made them promise they'd come for a few hours that night. No one knew why, but someone was playing there that brought in a huge crowd. Shane and Carmen had to shimy their way through dozens of women just to get to the doorway and into the Planet.

Carmen left to find Alice and Dana while Shane stayed behind to order two beers. Grabbing them, Shane smiled at the looks she recieved from women around her before working her way over to Carmen, Alice, and Dana. Imediately Carmen grabbed one of the bottles and drank from it. Out of the back came Tina who pulled Bette by the arm to get her out of the crowd.

"What's up everyone?" asked Shane.

Tina smiled back lightly. "Who ever's playing tonight must be big."

"Yeah, the Planet was only this packed when Peaches performed, remember?" asked Carmen. "I don't think its her again though."

"Wouldn't put it past Kit," said Bette.

Alice waved down Jenny and Max who were tripping over women in front of the stage. Jenny sat down next to Dana and Max stood near Shane. "Hello, hello you two."

Max scratched his chin, "What's going on guys? Why is it so packed?"

Dana pointed to Kit who just got up onstage, "I'm sure she'll tell us."

The audiance slowly lowererd their voices once they saw Kit get in front of the microphone. Kit smilled at the crowd, then at Bette and everyone, then she shifted herself before speaking. With a sigh she began.

"What's going on ladies?!" Kit said happily with a loud roar from the women. "Alright well I have a treat for you tonight because these two don't perform very often for little clubs like this, ok. Tonight only I bring you the smooth rhyming, God-Des, and the lovely, She."

The lights adjusted and Kit stepped back to let God-Des and She walk out, music already playing 'Love You Better' when they got the crowd going. The gang roared just as loud as they listened to them. Even the women still waiting outside trying to get in could hear it and could be heard screaming. Kit stood off to the side of the stage and got into the rhythm of the music.

Shane offered Max a swig of her beer and he took it willingly. Once it went down, Max looked over to the otherside of the room, past the stage. He nudged Shane to get her attention and she looked two. Over on the otherside were Tonya and her sisters October and Ally. They looked at eachother before Shane surrendered her beer to Max and headed over to them. This didn't go unnoticed by Alice who called everyone's attention to Shane.

As Shane made her way over, Tonya got a glimps of her and headed toward the bathroom. Shane snarled under her breathe, but headed over to the other two. Unlike Tonya, October and Ally seemed to welcome Shane more so. She sat next to Ally and smiled at both. "Hello, how are you?"

Ally smiled back and scrunched her nose, "Hi. Good, good and you?"

"Not bad. How about you?" asked Shane to October.

"Alright."

Shane smiled. "I could help, but notice you two across the room. Remember me from earlier today?"

Ally kept that smile and shook her head, "No I don't really."

October rolled her eyes. "Ally, she's the les Tonya keeps bitching about. Geez."

"That's one way to identify someone," Shane said.

"Oh I remember, yeah," said Ally.

Shane licked her lips and held back a laugh. "Would any of you like something to drink?"

"Yeah, but I'm not sure what," Ally replied, "what do you drink?"

"Beer," said Shane.

October stepped in. "She doesn't drink, do you really think she needs it? I'm good too." Shane nodded at her. "So... your here why? If your still trying for Tonya, fat chance."

"Hell no I'm tired of her mouth," said Shane, "... but you two are different from her."

"Right, but not like that." Shane and Ally looked at her puzzled. "I'm not a les, I just support them because I think gay people are cool."

"I'm not a les either, but they're better than regular girlfriends to hang out with, ya know," said Ally.

Shane just smilled at her blankly, and then turned to October. "Neither of you are gay. Ok cool."

October smiled. "Are you dissapointed? Please say you are, I feed of that."

Shane sat back and then stood up. "Um ok, I'm leaving. Have a good night."

October nodded and Ally waved her goodbye. Shane headed back over though the crowd. It was harder to get back this time because the women outside made their way inside so the place was packed very tight. As she came back, she tried to go as slow as possible to avoid snood remarks from her friends. Unfortunately you can't go that slow without people looking at you funny. Making it back in less time then she had planned, Shane awaited a comment from her friends. Cocky looks from Carmen, Bette and Alice while Max, Tina, and Jenny gave her a curious look with Dana hanging on with a shocked expression.

Shane shrugged and said, "None of them are gay. What am I supposed to do now? This bet isn't exactly fair."

"You still have the younger one," stated Jenny, "you could try to get involved with her."

"What if she's straight too? What then?"

"Then we find a different way to challenge you," Alice said. She looked at Dana and then back at her with a smile. "If you do get involved with her, let us know. I know a way we can twist this into something good."

Shane smirked, gave her the finger, and headed out. On her way out, she passed Helena and exchanged smiles. Once outside, It was just as hard finding her car as it was getting back to her friends; women everywhere, packed in tightly. Eventually, Shane made it out of the crowed and walked down the side walk closer to her car. A few seconds past and she had got lost in her thoughts. A car door opened in front of her and made her jump slightly. Walking around it, Shane stopped for a minute. Stepping out of the car came Jules who looked back at Shane a little shocked.

"Hi," said Jules lightly. "How's it going?"

Shane shook her head. "Not bad. What are you doing here? Your not old enough to get in there yet are you?"

Jules shook her head. "No, I'm 16. You are?"

"Yes, I'm... old enough," said Shane with a smile. "Your just hanging outside?"

"Yeah, because none of my siblings wanted to drop me off somewhere I'd enjoy," Jules closed the door and leaned against the car. "I think Tonya likes it when you drive her crazy, she did nothing, but complain about you all day."

Shane laughed. "Does she do that for every lesbian who she meets?"

"No your just special."

"Aw I'm glad, I have a purpose in life."

"Keep that up, maybe you can permantly remove her from my life."

"Thats kinda cruel isn't it?"

"Uh... have you met her?"

Shane just giggled back hard. "That demon doesn't sleep does it?"

"Throw her a bone," said Jules, "she may not like it, but if a dollar is stapled to it she'll fetch."

"You've had experiance with this?"

"I'm a pro and playing fetch with her, I almost wish I could enter her in dog shows."

"I don't think she could pass the show off, where they make the dogs walk around in front of the judges; she might complain about having to move."

Jules buckled under in laughter. Shane joined her briefly. They laughed for a few minutes before silence came in between them. Shane scratched her head and leaned against the car, next to Jules. "So what would it take for me to pursued one of your sisters?"

Jules looked at her questioningly. "You have the hots for one of my sisters? Ew."

"What? Your not gay either?" asked Shane.

"What do you think?" asked Jules. They looked at eachother before Jules giggled and stared at the ground. "Yeah I'm gay. They don't know that though. Its not like I'm hiding it from them its that, they just don't acknowledge it."

Shane sighed. "That must suck." Jules just shrugged. "You don't care though."

"Nah."

"So what does it take?"

"Well..." started Jules, "if you want to be with Ally just get her drunk or drugged, she's way to easy. With October, try and get intrested in gothic type stuff, maybe even death metal or anime."

Shane scrunched her nose. "Not big on death metal and never heard of anime. However I do know how to get drugs and booze so, Ally is the obvious option."

"If you want Tonya, the first thing you could do is apologize to her even if you did nothing wrong. Then treat her like she's a goddes, she's right all the time. Then add in a bit of charming; chocolate, flowers, maybe even beer. After that, give it three days and she's yours."

"Do you have a set dating schedual for them?" asked Shane.

Jules shook her head. "No I just know them way to well."

"How about you then?"

"Just have a sense of humor that isn't too immature and we're probably cool." Jules smiled back at Shane. "And what about you?"

Shane didn't say anything she just smirked back. After a moment of silence, Shane pushed herself away from the car and looked back at Jules. "I'm heading home. Catch you later ok?"

Jules nodded. "Yeah sure, later."

"Hey, I'll buy you a leash for your dog show!" Shane said back at her and got a smile in return.

Shane got in her car and drove off. After about five minutes, she headed over to a flowershop and picked up a few roses. Then she took a detour and took five minutes to pick out a Cradle of Filth, Slipknot, and Child of Bodem cd. Once she got all this, she headed back and unlocked the last remains of her acid stored away in her drawers. She smiled to her self and said, "One by one until I get them and end that stupid bet."