“Okay, keep it on!” Carmen warned, her voice keeping the happy lilt it always had when she was with Shane. Shane smiled mischievously as her fingers toyed with the edges of the blindfold, though she never lifted it. Carmen moved around the living room grunting from time to time like she was lifting something. Shane would smile and raise an eyebrow but her silent questions would never be answered. Carmen insisted on keeping her plans a secret. She was lucky enough to have the main house to just themselves. Jenny was working, Moe was hanging out with Alice and Dana, and Drew was back in Jenny’s room, the old studio.

“Okay are you ready?” Shane nodded and felt Carmen’s fingers around her temples. “Taadaa!” Carmen sang and removed the blindfold. Shanes smile widened even though she was confused.

“Wha-”

“I’m going to teach you how to DJ,” Carmen waited for a beat but Shane just kept smiling at Carmen’s familiar DJ equipment in the living room, where it usually was, with a wide smile. “I sense that you have rhythm, I wasn’t too sure until that night at Milk,” Carmen’s voice purred and she bit back a smile as she remembered their hot dancing. She wrapped her arms around Shane from behind and her girlfriend still didn’t say anything. “Plus I think you need help with your taste in music.” Carmen finished softly as she tucked her head under Shane’s arm and leaned into her back. She craned her neck up to peek at Shane’s happy face.

“What do you think?” She practically whispered.

Shane looked down at her and beamed, then sighed and looked back up. “I think your ***** amazing, and I think-” Shane’s voice unexpectedly hitched and she blinked and cleared her throat, smiling widely again and continuing, “I think this is the nicest thing that anyone has ever done for me.” Carmen was touched by Shane’s appreciation as much as Shane was touched by Carmen’s thoughtful gesture. Carmen blushed and quickly stood up and gave Shane a peck on the cheek, grabbing her hand and dragging her around to the back of the table.

“Okay, so these are the turntables. We can practice scratching first, since that’s really the fun part, and because I don’t think you’ll need to learn anything else more for right now. K so, stand here,” Carmen put her hands hesitantly on Shane’s hips and slowly steered her to the middle of the two slowly spinning discs.