The following day I occupied myself by walking around London. I would have said I was shopping, but I didn't really. I was far too worried about just what was bothering Shane. We had been interrupted by Kian the day before, and when he was finished chatting none of us wanted to drag it up again. I was worried about him, why couldn't he share his thoughts? Something must be wrong. Maybe it was good we had decided not to go public, I couldn't do it until I-.

Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted when I spotted Shane. What? I thought he was supposed to be at an interview. My first reaction was to go up to him, but I stopped, my instincts said something else. Luckily, cos I suddenly realised he wasn't alone. A girl with blondish hair was walking behind him, looking in the windows to the shops. She was taller than me, about Shane's height, 5'7... or 5'8 rather, maybe. She was pretty enough, and I knew she wasn't part of the crew, I would have recognised her. I shrugged, maybe she was new...

Deep inside me I knew something was wrong, and it was confirmed. "Luce, come on!" Shane shouted, and the girl ran over. He caught her in his arms and kissed her. "Do you know how much I love you...?" I felt sick. I recognised every move he made with her from when I had been out with him. It suddenly dawned on me that he was cheating on me... and on her. I knew the girl, and as much for her sake as for mine, I knew what to do. It would be painful, but I had to break it. I knew for sure I had been dating him longer, so it was obviously me he didn't love... I felt the tears swelling up and turned around, heading for the hotel. I loved Shane so much, how was I gonna be able to do this? I hoped I would get time to calm down before Shane came, at least.

Two hours later I heard someone enter the room. I knew it was Shane. I sat looking out the window and didn't intend to move. "Nikki..." Shane said softly, came over and placed his hand on my shoulder, "What's wrong?" I looked up at him. How could he be so dumb? He knew what was wrong, and now he was trying to convince me that he cared about me! "Do you want to talk about it...?" I took a deep breath, here we go. Be strong now, don't give in. "Yeah," I said, and I could hear the defensive tone in my voice myself, and I knew Shane did as well. "For starters, who is the girl you were out in town with today?" Shane looked at me, and I knew the minute I looked up that I was right. His face expression said everything, he was cheating on me. "You're double-dating me are you?" "Nikki look-" I wouldn't listen, "You're cheating on me, how could you do this to me?" at this stage I was almost screaming. "Nikki, calm down, if you just let me-" "Shane, there's nothing to explain, it's a simple question, are you dating her?" Shane painfully looked at me, "Nikki..." "Just answer me, are you cheating on me?!" He sat down on the bed, and looked down on the floor. "Yes," he said quietly.