Carmen radiates with a smile as she looks over at her. “Thank you.” Shane smiles and kisses her hand. She looks over at Alice who smiles and sips her drink.

“So, Shane, Carmen, are you coming over tonight?” Bette asks.

“What’s tonight?” Shane asks.

“Tina and I were planning on having a family night at our house,” Bette replies.

“Sounds good, I’m in.”

“I’ll be there,” Carmen agrees having a sip of her coffee.

“Alright, everyone be there at around…” Bette looks over to Tina.

“Seven?” Everyone nods affirmatively.

Alice’s Apartment

Alice walks in with Dana following and throws her keys on the table. “I can’t believe they put us in charge of cake,” Alice says as she takes off her jacket and throws it on the back of the couch. “I mean, you rarely eat shit like that, and I know nothing about making food.”

“We could always buy it,” Dana suggests slumping into the couch.

“But then it wouldn’t be original,” Alice retorts sitting down as well. “Besides, I’m not paying 30 bucks for something we can make for half the price!”

“Do you even have the ingredients?”

“I don’t know…” she gets up and strolls into the kitchen, Dana sluggishly dragging her feet along behind her. She takes out a cookbook and starts to search through until she finds the desired page. “I think I do… oh look at this one! We should totally shape it into like a party thing!”

“What?”

“You know – like a balloon or something.”

“You mean round?”

“Whatever, let’s just make the cake,” Alice puts the book down and Dana laughs hugging her from behind.

Jenny, Shane and Carmen’s

“Do you think they will have food there tonight?” Jenny asks, looking through the fridge. “Or should we eat before we go?”

“Nah – ” Shane says from her spot, laying on the couch. “They’ll have food there for sure.”

Carmen struts out from the hallway and lays down on the couch, opposite Shane, making sure she had a good view of her smooth, tanned legs. Shane stares over, lust reflecting in her eyes. She licks her lips as she hears the door close from Jenny leaving. She looks back at the television, trying to keep her cool. She flicks through channels and feels Carmen’s stare, daring her to look over. She calmly places her hand behind her head and remains focused on the TV. She can feel Carmen’s smile. Carmen stands and saunters over to Shane, who finally looks to her. Carmen slowly lowers herself on top of Shane, making sure their faces were inches apart. Shane moves a little closer, briefly grazing her lips over hers, barely touching. Carmen’s hand slyly reaches up Shane’s shirt and runs along her side. Shane gives in and devours Carmen’s mouth with hers. She moves her leg between Carmen’s as she runs her hand down her back all the way to her thigh, pulling it up against her.

Shane’s cell phone starts to ring, disrupting them. Carmen stops and looks over at it. “Don’t worry about it,” Shane says, pulling her into a kiss.

The ringing continues and Carmen breaks away and grabs it. “You would think if you didn’t answer they would stop,” she says, reading the ID. “It’s Kelli.”

“What?” Shane asks, shock evident in her voice as she takes the phone. She opens it in a rush. “Kel?” she waits for a second, getting no response. “Hey Kel, you there?” She looks at her phone confused and hangs it up. “I guess she got cut off,” she shrugs as she puts her phone back on the table and turns back to Carmen with a smile.

“Who’s Kelli?” she asks.

“Just an old friend,” Shane responds. “I haven’t seen her in a really long time.” Carmen simply nods, and begins to kiss her again. Shane sits up with Carmen on her lap. She breaks away from the kiss. “I should go have a shower quickly, before we have to get ready for the party.”

Carmen moves off of her, allowing her to stand up. Shane walks down the hall, taking off her shirt and disregarding it in her room.