Shane walked out of the shower room, a towel hanging loosely on her hips and another in her hand rubbing vigorously at her hair. She glanced over at the radio clock, 9:00 it read in digital font. That gives her a good ten minutes to get ready and get to the beach. Carmen would have been there by now. She had never imagine herself to be a morning person. Carmen was never a morning person too. But she must really loved the beach to go and take a walk early every morning..

Shane threw on a white long sleeved cotton shirt and a pair of jeans. She crossed from the closet space to the writing desk and picked up the dark glasses and huge beanie. After placing the beanie on, she looked at herself in the mirror, satisfied that she was not recognizable. She picked up her keys and her wallet and strolled confidently to the door. The minute she opened the door. She gasped.

Carmen stood right outside the door, hands hung tensely on her hips, eyes, in a form of a frown, stared angrily at Shane.

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To see Shane here. To confirm with her own eyes what she had suspected for a week now. It felt strange, it felt good, it felt like shit. Shane had so evidently broken her promise to stay away, to give her her space. And Shane had been stalking her, following her around, making her feel like she was paranoid. But Shane, who loved her so much that she couldn’t stay away, who cared for her so much that she had to be here. Shane. She didn’t know how much she had missed her girlfriend until this moment, when she laid her eyes on her. But this wasn’t the time to make nice. Carmen was angry. Carmen was very angry, she was fuming in fact, fuming because the one person that she trusted the most, was the very person that betrayed her trust.

Carmen had rehearsed this speech, this confrontation for the entire morning, and the words came flowing out, “How long have you been here?”

She saw the guilty look on Shane’s face. Saw how she shifted her feet around uncomfortably. Carmen knew Shane loved her, and that was why she was here. She knew exactly what Shane would say, what she would do. But she wanted to hear it from Shane. Surprisingly, Shane didn’t offer any explanation, instead, she tried to grab Carmen and pull her into the room.