Chapter 19

It was a couple of hours later when Shane walked into the hotel. He made his way upstairs to Matt and Amy's room. He needed to talk to Matt. He knew what Jeff would say. Jeff would say that he hadn't given Destiny a chance, that he was an idiot for not finding out the truth before running off and getting drunk and falling into bed with some girl. And Jeff would be right. He knocked on Matt's door. He waited as he heard movement in the room.

"Shane! Where in the hell have you been? I was fucking worried sick man!" Matt said when he opened the door.

"Can I talk to you Matt?" Shane said.

"Yeah, come in man." Matt stepped back and let him in. Amy sat up on the bed and flipped on the light switch. Taking in Shane's disheveled appearance she swore.

"Gregory Shane Helms! What the fuck have you been doing?" Amy vaulted off the bed and approached Shane. It was then she noticed the hickeys on his neck. She felt sick.

"Shane! Tell me you didn't..." She said.

Shane hung his head in shame. "I..."

"You fucking pig! You lousy, no good bastard!"

"AMY!" Matt screamed "Stop it! Shane was our friend before her!"

Amy whirled around looking at Matt. "I don't care! I don't believe for a second that Destiny did anything to deserve this! Damn it!"

"Besides screwing Shannon? Fuck Amy! I've been thru this before! I'm not doing it again!" Shane screamed right back at her.

"Go to hell Shane!"

"Amy, I mean it. Stop." Matt said.

"Fuck you both!" Amy slammed her way into the bathroom. She stayed there a long time.

Matt turned to look at Shane. "Man, I'm sorry, I don't know what her problem is. I don't know what to say..."

Shane sat on the bed, "It's ok, Matt... she's right. I shouldn't have... I was just so hurt. I can't believe this is happening to me again...and Shannon of all people!"

Matt put his hand on Shane's shoulder. "I know man, I'm sorry."

~In Jeff's room~

Jeff had fallen asleep waiting for Destiny or Shane one to show. He heard the knock and looked around, Shane hadn't made it back yet... that couldn't be good. Jeff answered the door. "Destiny. That was fast! How many tickets did you get?"

"None, Jeff. I was careful. Where is Shane?" She walked in and sat down.

"I don't know where Shane is Destiny. He took off last night and I haven't seen him since."

"Well have you got these pictures? I wanna see this."

Jeff picked them up off the nightstand and handed them to her. She started going through them. "I don't see anything here that would make him think that. Shannon comes over all the time, yeah. But it's because he has a huge crush on my neighbor Cheyenne."

Jeff laughed. "Good for him. Is she nice?"

Destiny paused and looked at Jeff. "She is very nice, and pretty. I think she likes him too."

"Good. He deserves it." Destiny nodded and went back to the pictures. She came to the ones from the club.

"So? We went dancing... Nothing wrong with that is there? I was hoping Chey would be there" Jeff knelt next to her looking at them with her.

"What about that?" He said indicating the one of them leaving holding hands.

"It was slick... Shannon was helping me... I had on heels. As a matter of fact I ended up spraining my ankle really bad." Destiny pulled up the leg of her jeans showing Jeff the ace bandage wrapped around her ankle. "By the time we got back to the apartment, it was so swollen I couldn't walk." Then she saw it. "It was this one wasn't it?" Destiny stared down at the picture of Shannon carrying her into the building. "I can see where this one looks kinda bad, but it was nothing Jeff! I swear! I couldn't walk."

"Oh Destiny! Who would do this...?"

"Mandy! That's who! I had a run in with her the day you guys left."

"That bitch! Why didn't I think of that!" They heard screaming from next door. "What the hell?" Jeff said. He went and knocked on the door.

Amy flung the door open, "Jeff I'm moving in with you! Matt can stay with that no good, two timing..." Amy stopped short as she saw Destiny sitting on the bed. "Destiny!" She exclaimed. Now she really felt sick. There was no getting out of this now. Destiny would see the hickeys on Shane's neck...

"Hi Amy."

Matt watched as all the color drained from Shane's face when he heard Destiny's voice.