Carmen stretched and looked down at where Shane had been sleeping under her. She frowned. “How the hell did she… I was right on top of… God, that woman’s like a damn cat. I swear to God, I’m gonna make her wear a bell.” She mumbled, getting up and walking over to her coffee pot and finding a folded piece of paper with her name written neatly and plainly on the front of it stuck to the pot. She pulled it open and quickly read it.

Dear Carmen,

I had to go to work, and I didn’t want to leave you, but I’ve missed too much work already. I’ll come by afterwards (around 7:00). If you don’t want me to, that’s fine, just call my cell phone and let me know. But, I think we should talk.

Love,

Shane

Carmen grinned at the fact that the words “Dear,” and “Love,” were both obviously erased several times, and also the “If you don’t want me to” part looked smudged, as well. She started chuckling at Shane’s inability to express herself in words. It was so cute! Frustrating, annoying, and probably one of the main causes of their breakup, but, somehow, so endearing! She stopped short. “Wait, WHAT?!” She pondered out loud. “I’m turning into a fucking love sick teenager.” She sighed and shook her head. “Well, that’s just fucking great, Carmen.” She went into her room to get dressed. She was late to her job at the Planet, anyway.

10:00 AM

Alice mumbled something urgently under her breath as she tossed and turned one more time. Dana would’ve cared if she hadn’t spent all her energy on tending to a homesick Angelica last night. She finally managed to gather up the energy to look when she heard a loud thud. She looked up over the edge of the bed and saw Alice lying on the ground.

“Ow.”

“Are you OK, Al?”

“Yep. I’m just gonna go back to sleep.”

“All right.” Dana murmured, letting her head hit the pillow again while Alice slipped into an uncomfortable slumber on the floor.

As Carmen walked towards the planet, she saw a group of people standing around the entrance. When she got closer, she realized that most of them were employees that were on the schedule for today.