Shannon stealthily made her way down the hallway to room 212. This was so wrong... even for Shannon, but she figured it might earn her a cool nickname with the sisters. She smirked inwardly at the thought. 'Kick'em While They're Down' McBain. It was a bit long, but she would work on it.

She didn't even knock, slowly entering the room. "Hey , Nick," Shannon said. "You look better." Nick simply looked at her. "Do you feel better?"

"I'm tired" Nick said, trying to get rid of her.

"Wow, I could imagine," Shannon perched herself on the edge of his bed. "That must have been... so scary."

Nick raised his eyebrows. "Shannon... I'm tired, I want to get out of here sometime soon and the only way I'm going to do that is if you leave me alone to get some sleep."

"OK, on one condition."

"Anything if you'll leave me alone."

"I'll leave you alone if... if you have dinner with me." No point in coming at him right away.

Nick laughed. "You mean like a date? I don't do dates, Shannon. I've never done dating, I never will do dating."

"You just do sex," Shannon smiled.

It all ends up leading there anyway, right?" Nick said. "So I figure... why not skip all that crap in the beginning?"

"Why not?" Shannon smirked, leaning forward, pressing her lips squarely against his, letting it linger for a moment.

"Oh... my God," Jen had come into the room, not knowing Shannon was there. Shannon looked back towards the door and to where Jen stood. "Shannon...a minute... please."

Shannon rolled her eyes. "I guess you can have that sleep now, huh?" she said to Nick. She sighed, folding her arms across her chest and exiting the room. "What?" she said to Jen.

"What?" Jen said. "What are you doing in there... trying to make out with Nick?"
"Who's making out with Nick?" Marcie said over hearing the conversation.

"I was not making out with him." Shannon rolled her eyes again. "I kissed him."

"You kissed Nick?!" Marcie said. "Why?"

Shannon took a deep breath, sighing. "Because... I'm pledging. They want me to... well you know."

"The SDD?" Jen said seeing Marcie growing uncomfortable. Marcie couldn't stay there another minute, turning from them abruptly.

"What's her deal?" Shannon said.

"The sorority..." Jen said. "God, Shannon. You have no idea what they did to her do you?" Shannon just looked at Jen. "They humiliated her. They tormented her because of her weight. The degraded her and they made her feel like she was worthless. They almost killed her. Madison Kensington... I know you probably don't know her now, but she was one of the sisters. She... her and her boyfriend, they threw Marcie in a dumpster and she almost died. She got this infection and... she passed it Al."

"Her boyfriend Al..." Shannon said. Surprisingly listening to what Jen was saying.

"Al couldn't fight off the infection and he died." Jen said. "Marcie... it took her so long to accept his death. Not that accept is even the right word... she blamed herself. Sometimes I think she still does. But it was those girls... what they did to her... nobody deserves that. Nobody. And by joining up with them... it doesn't make you any better." Jen shook her head. "Remember that Shannon. You just remember that when you're trying to get into Nick's pants." She turned, starting to walk away. "You remember what that makes you."