Alice phoned Shane saying that she had to meet her that night at mainstream, a lez club that was throwing Jenny a party, at 9:30. That she had to be there, and she wouldn’t take no for an answer. So there Shane was trying to decide what to wear, her head was spinning, she could barely think. She didn’t know how to tell Carmen that she still loved her and she was far too scared of what Carmen would do.

   “Shay what do you think?” she asked him grabbing two different shirts, one red with some guy that Shay didn’t know. The other was a weird striped dress shirt that reminded him of the shirt his mom made him wear when they went to see his grandma. “Which one do I look hotter in?”

   “Ewwwwww gross. You’re my sister I don’t want to think of you as hot!” he made a disgusted face and ran out of her room.

   “Ok, yeah thanks Shay. You know what you said you wanted to help, so help or get the fuck out.” she yelled out the door, she knew he was just outside of the door.

   “I want to help, just as long as you don’t say you and hot in the same sentence.” he came in and climbed up on her bed. “So tell me sis, what’s Carmen like?”

     She just looked at him with a smile on her face.

   “She perfect, except she jumps to conclusions. Oh and she does this weird thing when she’s mad, she sort of makes this noise with her tongue.” she went into the bathroom to change shirts.

   “Why do you like her then?”

   “Because I still love that she does it, that she’s not perfect. That even her imperfections are perfect to me.” she was smiling at her reflection in the mirror. “I only wish that I could be half of what she is.”

   “I think your way better than her.” shay looked so serious that Shane started to laugh which caused him to blush.

   “You have to say that because you know that I would beat you if you said anything else.” he gave her a crooked smile.