Shane was just walking in the back door of the house when her phone started ringing, she answered it impatiently after seeing on the caller ID that it was Chris “Yeah?” he was a great guy and all, but she really didn’t like spending all day with him especially when she was off work.

“Listen Shane, I hate to do this to you, but I need you to come in around 7 tomorrow morning, I had to reschedule all of your appointments earlier in the day because the big World Surf Competition is this weekend, and we need to get ready for the crowds that are going to be coming through the store. So, maybe you should just make it an early night.” Shane rolled her eyes “Yeah, I’m sure Carmen will love that.” She growled into the phone. “So I’ll see you tomorrow?” “Yeah, you’ll see me bright and fucking early.”

Shane snapped her phone shut before Chris even got a chance to say good bye. She hated losing sleep when she had to get up early, but she couldn’t let Carmen down, both of their schedules had been so demanding lately that they had hardly seen each other for the last two months, so she knew she shouldn’t expect too much sleep tonight.

Frustrated by the imbalance in her life she walked over to the fridge and grabbed a beer and then threw herself on the couch. She squinted her eyes shut for a few moments and then sat back up to get a cigarette off of the coffee table.

Carmen wouldn’t be home for another hour or two; she got delayed in that lovely LA traffic, so Shane just sat back, lit her cigarette, and opened her beer. She closed her eyes and started thinking about her day; she tried to remember all of what Sean had told her while she was cutting her hair, although how little it may have been, Shane had really started to relate with this girl, and she wanted to try and figure out what she was all about.

“So how long have you lived in LA?” Shane asked as she rinsed the shampoo out of Sean’s hair “About 7 months.” Shane would have asked where she lived before that, but she sensed that Sean didn’t feel like sharing that much information, so she just didn’t ask.