Coming home from the hospital was worse than going in, Nick thought. His body ached, he had never thought that he would need the drugs as much as he did. What happened on the field had scared him, shaken him a bit, but he was still not swayed. He had felt the edge. He liked it, he yearned for it. There was no chance that what happened to him on that field would happen again. It would be like lightning striking twice.

Thanks to his quick thinking, Nick managed to get his hands on some more of the juice before going with the rest of the Crew back to the Cottage. They entered and saw Mark sitting with Ron, going over some of the plans.

"This isn't good, huh?" Julie said. Mark sighed looking up at them.

"Are those the plans? We're not going to be able to do this are we?" Jen asked.

"This all depends on your Triangle of Expectation." Ron said.

"Our who?" Shannon said.

"The Triangle of Expectation" Ron said again. He took a piece of paper and on it drew a triangle. At the left angle, he wrote 'GOOD'. At the right angle, he wrote 'CHEEP' and at the top angle, he wrote 'FAST'. "You have three options here." he said "we can do it Good and Cheep," he followed the side of the triangle. "but it won't be Fast. We can do it Cheep and Fast, but it won't be Good or we can so it Fast and Good, but it won't be Cheep."

"Cheep and Fast is out of the picture then" Riley sighed.

"We have a few months before the ground freezes." Hudson said. "I think we should go with the first option. Try to save ourselves some money."

"We're going to be working on this forever" Shannon complained.

"It's either that or you can do the stripping next time"

"We should leave that to Jen, she's a pro" Nick said.

Riley took a defensive stance. "Just get out of the hospital or not," he said "Don't think I'll think twice about kicking your ass."

"It's OK" Jen said holding back Riley's arm. "We're used to it by now. It's OK"

"You guys are never going to get anything done getting ready to kill eachother." Ron said.

"We need to really just think about this" Riley said. "We need to take a day and really plan this out. Plan it out around everything, around everyone's schedules because if this doesn't get done... we all fail. Remember that."

"We should give it a break for today" Marcie said. "Collect ourselves. We need that much. We can pick it up tomorrow."

"I'll be by in the morning" Ron said. The group broke, Shannon grabbing her wallet and heading out of the cottage alone. Ron was close behind her. "Not one for group activity I see" he said.

"I'm the one they blame for having to spend the year here anyway" Shannon said. " They still think I trashed the site."

"It's hectic." he said. "Everyone's on edge. I know how it can get with a big project like this."

"Yeah I bet you see this all the time back in Jersey." Shannon said as they walked, coming to a stop in Angel Square. She took a seat at the base of the statue. "This is not... my idea of fun. Not at all."

"You have a place to stay" Ron said. "People to stay with, something to do to keep you busy... it's not so bad."

"It's just not my thing" Shannon said. "I don't have a 'thing' I never did. I mean... Nick has football, Marcie's got her book, Mark's got lit review and the swim team... I don't have anything."

"Oh come on, Shannon" Ron said. "You're a smart girl. You've got to have something you like to do. Maybe you just don't know what it is yet."

"Let's see" she said "I got thrown out of two schools before coming to LU. I live with my Aunt because before he died, my father was a sleaze. The only person I was ever really close to was my mom and... I didn't even get to spend that much time with her. What do I have? Not much."

Ron felt for her. His heart ached, seeing her truly open up to him. He was reminded of his own mother, having only a few years with her as well. He knew how Shannon felt. "You have your friends." he said "You have me. I know you must hate when people tell you this but... I do know how you feel, Shannon. I'll listen." Shannon looked over at him and Ron smiled softly. "I'll... Come on I'll buy you lunch." Shannon smiled. "On me."