It had been a couple of days since Carmen had come
out to her mom and still there was no sign of communication, comfort,
or understanding. She spent most of her time with Shane when neither of
them were at work or busy running errands. The best times were when
they never saw each other the whole day, but managed to make up for
lost time when seeing each other in bed.

It was a little past twelve, and Shane hadn’t
come home. Carmen didn’t want to feel clingy so she left Shane to it,
trusting that she’d be home soon to hold. She heard the bedroom door
open and peaked to only see a slender shadow. Pretending to be asleep,
Carmen wondered if Shane would say hello, or if she was just going to
go to bed. After getting ready for the night, Shane approached Carmen
who had had her back facing her. She made little noise and managed to
rest her arms around Carmen while placing a soft kiss on her shoulder.
After the signs were good, Carmen turned around and began to have a
little fun, sarcastically posing as an angered wife.
“Where were you?” Shane let out a humorous smile not believing that Carmen had been awake the whole time.

“I was out with friends.”

“FRIENDS!” Carmen let out a soft smile, the kind of smile that made Shane quiver.
“You smell like perfume. I cant do this anymore Shane!” Carmen
quickly sat up and put her arm over her head like a typical drama
queen. But by this time Shane had enough and managed to break Carmen
through a little tickle. Eventually calming down, but very awake, the
both of them digressed into a simple conversation.
“How was your day? Anything from your mom?”
“No, not yet, I don’t even know if she’ll give me the light of day now.”
“Look at me Carmen.” Carmen hesitated but gave in. what was to lose?

“Your mom just needs time, she’ll come around k.” Carmen couldn’t help
but think that Shane had no one she really came out to, but it was
enough to reassure Carmen. And it meant a lot that Shane cared so much.
Looking into Shane’s eyes, she went in for a hug which Shane was more
then happy to give.
“You’re pretty good as acting as a mad wife.” Shane was helpless,
she thought of what it would be like if she actually were to marry
Carmen. “Whoa, whoa, calm down Shane. One step at a time.” Was all
Shane thought to herself from that point on. But still, the thought
made her smile. She looked at Carmen intensely which scared her a
little.