“I’m sorry, I know, I’ll stop.” Alice gulps down the rest of her drink. “Fuck, enough drinking, I wanna dance! Dane, come on, let’s go.” She reaches her hand out to her friend. Dana takes it and follows Alice to the dance floor.

“If you ask me, Alice should stop analyzing Shane and Carmen’s relationship so much and look at her own,” Tina says watching the two of them dance.

“What? With who, Dana?” Helena looks at them. “No – they’re just close friends.”

“Yeah,” Bette laughs. “So are we,” she motions towards Tina. “Really close.”

“So close we sleep in the same bed and have a child together,” Tina adds with a giggle.

Shane spots Dana and Alice shakin’ it on the dance floor. “Hey Carm, can you put on a slow song?”

Carmen looks at her and then follows her eyes to see her intention. She smiles, catching on. “Sure.” She slowly changes the song and they watch as Dana and Alice clumsily try to figure out what to do. They finally end up holding onto eachother, still standing a foot apart, and swaying back and forth, trying not to make eye contact.

Shane laughs. “Those two are so fucking cute.” She takes another swig of her beer and notices it’s nearing the end. “You need another one too?”

Carmen looks down at hers. “Yeah, sure.”

“Alright I’ll be right back.” Shane moves her way through the crowd of people.

Carmen stays, watching as Alice and Dana become more comfortable and slowly start moving closer. Alice finally rests her head on Dana’s shoulder and they wrap their arms around eachother. Alice smiles and closes her eyes.

“Beer?” Carmen hears from behind her.

“Ye – ” she turns around to find a smiling young brunette where she expected to see Shane. “Yeah, thanks,” she responds, not knowing what to do.

“I’m Trish,” the girl says, extending her hand.

Carmen takes it. “Carmen,” she responds politely.

“I love the mix tonight, you really got this place going.”

“Thanks,” Carmen smiles. “I’m glad you’re enjoying it.” Trish continues talking and Carmen looks passed her to see Shane standing still looking at her. She nods her head, turns around and walks away. Carmen let’s out a slight sigh.