"No, we shouldn't." Shana said evenly.
"Why not?" Shannon whispered as she eyed Shana suspiciously.
"Because we can't." Shana said not taking her focus off the t.v.
Shannon stood up. "Sorry, but my conscience has been on the warpath since I saw them yesterday. So they're gonna find out."
"Wait!" Shana hissed as she grabbed Shannon's hand.
Shannon just brushed her off, and went to turn the t.v. off.
"Hey we were watching that." Zac said as he looked up at Shannon. "Oh, sorry." He apologized when he saw the serious look on her face.
They all sat up a little straighter and gave Shannon their full attention. Well, excluding Taylor. He was still watching Shana. He had been since the movie started.
"We have a confession to make." Shannon said softly. "Wait, I have a confession to make." She corrected. Taking a deep breath she exhaled it slowly.
"Yes, please continue." Isaac said eyeing her. He had a feeling her wasn't going to like what he heard.
Shannon cleared her throat. "Umm, Danny and I aren't exactly or really Danny and I." She explained avoiding eye contact with anyone.
Zac looked a trifle shocked, Isaac just stared at her with a little flame of anger spreading through his eyes, and Taylor looked like he was about to flip out.
"Care to tell us who you are then?" Taylor asked still looking at Shana a bit angered by this new revelation.
Isaac was getting angrier now. You could tell, because his face was turning a nice shade of red.
"Umm, well. Remember when you were in Hollywood a while ago? And you met 'Deciding Destiny?' Skyye and Izzy Sheyde?" Shannon questioned.
"Oh, my God." Zac said before he hugged her tightly. "Shannon!" He shouted happily.
Isaac and Taylor's mouth's dangled opened for a little bit before they quickly snapped them shut.
Shannon hugged Zac tightly and she looked at Isaac for a second. She couldn't read his expression, so she looked at Taylor and Shana.
They were in a major lip-lock at the moment. So she decided to leave them alone. She continued to hug Zac when Isaac got up. He went over to her and looked like he was about to hug her, but he held back, because he thought she wouldn't let him.
So Shannon stretched one arm out to him, and he joined in the hug between her and Zac. He hugged her closely and tightly to him. Stroking her back gently. Shortly after a while Taylor and Shana joined in the group hug too.
"God, I missed you guys." Shana whispered as she tightened her grip on whoever was in it.
"We missed you too." Taylor answered quietly.
"Most definitely." Zac replied. "We didn't have anyone to play tag with in the malls. And just having Ike and Tay there didn't make it work out right."
Shannon laughed and hugged him even closer to her. "It's great to see you guys again. I didn't think that we would see you ever again after we were taken away." She said softly.
"Why didn't you try and contact us?" Isaac asked hurtfully.
They all started to pull away, and lay in front of the t.v. on the floor. Not wanting to be separated just yet.
"We couldn't." Shana said gripping Taylor's hand. "We wanted to. But we had to run away again, and we had to hide out."
"What happened with Rob?" Zac asked as he looked up at Shannon with his gorgeous brown eyes.
Shannon winced at the sound of that horrible man's name. "He found us about a week after we came here. He had recognized us because we hadn't changed or anything yet." She said quietly.
Shana decided to take over. "He had forced us to perform in his restaurant. He took half our paychecks, sometimes more, then he would beat us when we disrespected him or did something wrong."
"We didn't always have food." Shannon added. "So water became a meal for us a lot. We couldn't handle the beatings he gave. We were too weak to fight back."
Isaac, Taylor, and Zac each looked exceptionally angry. Their faces were turning a light shade of red. And their fists were clamped tightly at their sides.
"Did he rape you?" Isaac wanted to know. He needed to know. He stared at Shannon with a look that simply pleaded 'please tell me that he didn't.'
Shannon quickly and venomously shook her head 'no.' "No. He never did that. All he did was beat us."
"And last night's was the worst. He heard us talking about leaving. So he got angry and just started kicking, and punching..."
"And throwing." Shannon finished. "We should've left the minute he had recognized us four months ago. We didn't, and I'm to blame."
"No, you're not." Zac said quickly.
"You can't blame yourself for staying. He threatened you." Isaac said as he stood up.
Shannon stood up also. "No, it was my fault. I could've gotten us out. I could've prevented all of this from happening."
Shana went and hugged her tightly. "Don't even try to blame yourself." She whispered fiercely. "You had no control over what he did. You did what you thought was right at the moment. And you were right. Something else could've happened that was twice as bad."
Isaac watched this and his heart fell. "C'mon." He said grabbing his coat and wallet. He had an idea to make them all feel better.
Zac and Taylor stood up. "Why? Where are we going?"
Isaac smiled at Shana and Shannike. "We're gonna go to the mall." He replied.
They all grabbed their money and their coats. Each started laughing as Zac started telling them a story of a dog he had met a few days ago.
Shannon pulled Isaac to the side. "I was afraid that you were going to get mad at me for lying again."
Isaac bit his lip for a moment. "Well, I kind of thought a lot about what happened in Hollywood. You had to lie, and I know that here is just the same."
"Thanks." Shannon said softly.
Without warning Isaac kissed her. It was quick. But it was sweet and soft, and just the right kind.
"Ooh." Zac cooed batting his eyelashes. "Someone's in love. La, la love."
Shannon grinned evilly at him. "Hey, Zac? Come here." She said stepping closer to him.
Zac smiled and started backing away. "Nu, uh." He said shaking his head.
Shannon grasped his arm and quickly kissed his cheek. "LA!" She sang loudly.
"Aww, sick." Zac said wiping off the kiss Shannon just gave him. "Now, I'm gonna get cooties." He whined.
"No you're not." Isaac corrected. "Girls don't have cooties." He said knowingly.
