Series 1 Episode 2 The Manchester Show
The first scene we see after the incident we see , Chloe with a black eye due to the punch last week from Shannon . she is seethering about the incident and we see her ringing up someone on her phone saying "get revenge for me" , meanwhile at Shannon's flat , it has been a bad week for Shannon as she lost her job and found out ex boyfriend is now dating her ex best friend , we see Dionne and Jess try to cheer up by offering a make over but Shannon isnt in the mood and decides to head out for some fresh air to try and clear her head.
after a walk in the park , she is feeling a bit better and decides to head to the co op to get some alochol for the girls to thank them for comforting her over the last week and we see her head into the store , about 5 minutes later , we see her coming out of the store with 2 bags filled with beer and cider , and she seems in happier sprits , she is walking back to her flat when suddenly she is attacked from behind and we quickly see it is Chloe's best friend Rachel Marsden who is the attacker , she pushes Shannon to the floor , punches her and kicks her in the side and takes her phone out of her pocket and says "dont ever mess with Chloe again" and walks away.
Shannon is left shaking and gets to her feet and walks back to her flat , up head we see Reece walking in the other direction and notices Shannon has been attacked " oh my god" Reece says in a worried voice " what happened? . Shannon breaks down and begins to cry , Reece puts his arm around Shannon and says "let me take you home" and offers to carry her bags for her , when they get to the flat , Shannon and Reece find a note from Jess and Dionne saying they have gone for make over and will be back in a few hours , Reece doesnt want to leave Shannon on her own and offers to stick around for a while , Shannon smiles and agrees.
Reece heads over to the kitchen and gets the beers and cider out of the bags and places them on the mantlepiece , Shannon comes into the kitchen and thanks Reece for helping her, Reece smiles but notices Shannon's nose is bleeding and hands her some kitchen roll , Shannon then offers him a beer and heads into the living room
Whilst in the living room , Shannon and Reece are drinking beer and reminsing about old times they used to spend together when they were kids , Shannon seems much happy than she was when the attack was happening until she gets a text from Megan , another one of Chloe's friends saying "dont tell on Chloe or we will kill you? Shannon looks at the text and begins to cry again as a result , Reece notices her upset and heads closer and puts his arm around her , Shannon overwelmed by the day misreads the signals and tries to kiss Reece , Reece backsaway and decides to leave and heads to the door , Shannon is left wondering whether she has lost a friend in Reece.
