“Shut up!” Carmen laughs, playfully punching Shane. “I like my CD.”

“Fuck, hold on!” Shane says leaning forward and turning up the music. “Ohhh yeah!” She smiles and Carmen shakes her head as Foghat pumps through the speakers.

Carmen starts to hum along with the lyrics and glances over at Shane who looks on amused. Carmen starts to sing along with the song. “Slow ride – take it easy! Slow ride – take it easy!” Shane looks out the window chuckling. “C’mon, I’m not that bad.”

“You have no idea. I’d stick to playing the music instead of singing it,” Shane laughs. “Where the hell are we going?” she asks as she notices the area around her becoming less and less colonized.

“It’s a secret,” Carmen smiles and looks at her. “Don’t worry, we’re almost there.”

“You’re not taking me out here to kill me are you?” Shane says playfully acting scared. “I’ll give you my bed I swear! You wont have to sleep on the couch.”

Carmen just laughs as they pull up to a stop. “Here we are.” Shane looks outside and sees the lights from all the city scattered beneath them.

“Wow,” Shane whispers, amazed.

Carmen watches her for a moment before getting out and walking around to her side without Shane even noticing. She opens the door and grabs her hand. “Come on, the view is much better from out here.” She grabs a bag from the backseat when Shane is out and leads her onto a patch of grass. She takes a blanket from the bag and puts it down, sitting on it. She looks up at Shane who is staring down at her in admiration; a small smile sneaks onto her face as she sits down beside Carmen. Carmen breaks from the staring contest to look down over the city. “So… what do you think?”

“I think…” Shane pauses and briefly glances at the city before turning to look her in the eyes. “It’s unbelievable.”

“Well, thankfully, we got here in time.” Shane looks at her confused. Carmen looks at the time on her cell phone. “11:58. We still have two minutes.” Shane smiles and ducks her head realizing what she was referring to. “Happy birthday.”