“Dunno,” she answers. “She’s in her room.”

Jenny nods and walks to Carmen’s door. She knocks softly and hears Carmen grant her approval. She opens the door to see Carmen putting on make up. “Hey, you almost ready?”

“Yeah.”

“You look good.” Carmen gives a halfhearted smile. “I need to get an iPod or something.”

“What?”

“Nothing,” Jenny laughs. “Just filling the silence.”

“Oh…” Carmen says, still confused. “Is Shane out there still?”

“Yeah, we’re all going together.”

“Oh okay,” She says standing and checking herself in the mirror again. “Do I look good?” She turns giving Jenny the over-view.

“Beautiful,” she says reaching out to grab her hand. “Now c’mon.”

She drags Carmen into the kitchen where Shane is once again trying to tread her way through the newspaper. “Joke of the day,” she starts without looking up. “The all American optimist was discovered: a man jumped off the top of the Empire State Building and window washers on the 42^nd floor say when falling passed them he yelled, ‘So far, so good!’” They all laugh and Shane finally looks up to see Carmen. Her laughter stops as her eyes study her figure from top to bottom. She looked unbelievable. Her clothes showed every perfect curve in the most modest way. Her breasts revealed only slightly, toying with anyone who looked at her. Her hair fell down, perfectly straight. Her lips were full and glistened. Finally her eyes moved to Carmen’s and she noticed she’d been staring. “Hey,” she stammers.

“Hi,” Carmen replies with a small smile.

Shane smiles back and gets up to go to the fridge. “You want a beer before we leave?”

“Yeah, sure,” she answers. Shane grabs one and undoes the cap. She walks over to her, standing closer than necessary. Carmen places her hand on the bottle, making sure to graze her finger along her hand. Shane smiles as she takes a sip. “Thank you.”

“Your welcome.”

“And thanks for setting up my bed,” Carmen says appreciatively. She takes a small step forward and places a hand on her stomach. “It was really sweet of you.”

Shane half smiles, Carmen’s hand making it hard to concentrate on the conversation. She had to keep reminding herself they were only friends. “It’s – no problem…” They hold each other’s stare and Jenny pretends to be occupied with the sink.

A knock on the door hastily disturbs the moment and Carmen and Shane break away from each other. “I’ll get it!” Jenny says, taking the chance to excuse herself from the kitchen. She walks to the door. Shane smiles awkwardly at Carmen who blushes and bites her lip. “Hey Kelli.”

Both Carmen and Shane immediately look to the door, where Kelli stands. She’s wearing a jean mini skirt with a brown poofy vest that had fuzz around the hood. Her blonde hair was done the way Shane showed her and her blue eyes were lined with a light brown eye shadow. She smiles innocently. “Hey, you guys ready to go?”

“Yeah, I am,” Jenny answers looking to Shane and Carmen.

“Uh – ” Shane glances over to Carmen who crosses her arms and forces her smile while she nods. “Yep. We’re good.”

“Okay then,” Jenny says and leads them out the door.