“Let me get us a drink, then we can go outside,” she screams above the music. I nod and let myself fall in the couch. I breathe out slowly, my cheeks all flustered. When I open my eyes, I see Shane looking at me. If I am not mistaken, I see something in her eyes that I have never seen before: a mixture of anger and jealousy. When she notices that I’m looking at her, she smiles broadly and comes over to me.

“Hey,” she says, sitting down next to me. I feel a bit uncomfortable.

“Hi,” I reply. What if she gives me a lecture about coming into her life and messing things up? What if she tells me I have to stay away from her and her friends and she’ll never see me again.

“So, you and Carmen, huh?” she asks.

“I don’t know,” I nod. “It just… happened.”

“Does she kiss good?”

“I guess.” The kiss was fabulous.

“Oh! Have you…”

“Never been kissed,” I nod. “Not something I’m proud of it. Keep it to yourself, please. I don’t want anyone to think… you know.”

“Yeah, no problem,” she winks. I see Carmen approaching with a drink or two. God, she looks amazing in a flaming red dress that shows off al the right places.

“I better get going,” Shane says when she sees what I see. She gets up and is away before I have the chance to say something.

“So, let’s go outside,” Carmen says.

I smile shyly. “Sure.”

We get through the crowd, to the front door. We go and sit on the small fence surrounding the front garden.

“So,” Carmen says. “That was pretty amazing, right?”

“Yeah,” I grin goofily. “I guess it was. Wow, Carmen, I’m just… you know… I’ve never been with a girl before,” I admit. I know I can trust her.

“Doesn’t matter, Bette. I’ll teach you how.” She winks and I feel how I blush. I am about to say something when I hear the sound of someone puking. I turn around and the soft streetlights show me the figure of a familiar blonde.

“Is that Tina?” I ask Carmen. Carmen looks at the figure and nods.

“I think so.”