It was nine thirty in the morning and Shane was asleep in bed when her cell phone went off, startling her awake. She grabbed it off the night stand and saw a number she didn’t recognize; groggily she answered it “Hello?” “Hey Shane? It’s Sean, Chris gave me your number, I hope that’s okay.”

Sitting up more under the covers she rubbed her eyes and answered “No that’s totally cool. So, what’s going on?” “Well I was wondering if you were going to the World Surf thing today.” “Umm, no, I didn’t plan to at least. Why? Are you?” “Well, I’m competing, actually, and I thought maybe you and Carmen might like to come, or something. But if you don’t want to that’s fine, I just thought I’d put it up there to offer.”

Looking at the clock by the bed she thought for a second “Let me talk to Carmen about it alright. What time is your event?” “My first heat is at eleven thirty.” “Alright, well I will talk to her, and I think we will probably see you there.”

Slowly but surely Shane crawled from the bed and padded down the hallway pulling on a pair of jeans as she went. She found Carmen cooking some eggs at the stove and Jenny reading the news paper and drinking a cup of coffee at the kitchen table.

“Morning sunshine.” Jenny said smiling at Shane from behind her paper. Shane took a seat at the table, and Carmen came over setting down a plate of food in front of Shane and giving her a kiss on top of the head, and then returned to her cooking.

Shane cleared her throat and then informed the two about Sean’s competition “I think we should go, it’s not like she’ll have family there to support her, plus I’d really like to see her surf.” Carmen sat down next to Shane “When is it?” “Eleven thirty.” Jenny put her paper down and got up to put her cup in the sink “Well I’d like to go, I’ve never seen a surfing competition, and I’d like to meet this infamous Sean.”

Shane assured Jenny that she would love it if she came, but then turned to Carmen “What about you?” Carmen lovingly glared at her girlfriend “I will go under one condition; you have to teach me how to surf before the summer ends.” Shane reluctantly agreed to this and left the Kitchen to go shower and get dressed.