"What in the world is going on here?" said Joan as she put her bag on the floor and began to walk over to the couple.
Kevin and Grace quickly released each other and wiped their tears away.
"Nothing Girardi," said Grace quickly.
"Oh my God, you were just kissing! How long, hey? Have you been going behind Luke's back. Is that why you wanted to break up?" asked Joan with fury in her voice.
"No," started Grace.
"Yeah, sure. Just go and shag my brother, behind my other brother's back. Yeah that is classy Grace," said the distraught girl.
"It wasn't like that," tried Kevin.
"SHUTUP!" screamed Joan.
Kevin did shutup, but passed Joan the photos with a look of defeat and humiliation.
Joan stared at the photos of Kevin in the hospital. She suddenly realised why the two were hugging. She went and sat next to Grace. She looked up and yhen looked at Kevin.
"Have you over seen these?" she asked quietly looking up at him with sad eyes.
"No, you?" he replied.
"Yeah. Just once. I just guessed you had too." "Nah. I didn't even know I looked that bad," said Kevin wiping a hand over his face.
Joan walked behind Kevin and gave him a hug. She rested her head on his strong shoulder, and said quietly, "I'm sorry," to both Kevin and Grace.
"That's OK, Girardi. I can assure you that I would never cheat on Luke. It's just not me," said Grace very monotonously.
"Yeah, I wouldn't dream of scamming on my little brother's ex-girlfriend," exclaimed Kevin.
"Yeah, I guess I jumped to conclusions too fast. Well I'm off to have a milkshake. Here, I'll put away these albums," offered Joan as she grabbed up the pile of scattered books.
"Thanks a million Joan," said Kevin.
Joan finished her small job and went to make her milkshake. Grace announced she was going home, and Kevin rolled up to the stairs. Although they had parted ways, they know Joan was right to jump to conclusions. They hadn't been cheating, but whatever had happened that afternoon, they had felt a connection, and that night the only person they could think of, was each other.