"um… okay i guess, i mean last night i slept fine with Carmen" she said smiling… remembering how Carmen looked this morning… the smile didn’t go unnoticed by the good doctor..

"I’m sure you did" she said laughing when Shane shot her a confused look "so where are you taking miss Carmen on that date you were telling me about" she asked…. Shane stayed quiet for a moment, after everything that had happened she almost forgot about their first official date…

"I’m not sure.. do you have any ideas" she said… nothing coming to mind that seemed personal and good enough…

"well… do you have a special place… somewhere you go to think that no one really knows about" Katie asked…

"um.. " she thought about it a minute longer before a light bulb turned on inside her head " ya… the cliff… "

"the cliff, whats that" Katie asked… she remembered Shane briefly telling her how mark and the others had chased her up there but didn’t know what was so special about the place..

"its a place i go to clear my head… at night its beautiful, the city lights are drowned out by the trees and you can see the stars really well… its just peaceful, ya know?" she said thinking of another place she could take Carmen….

"ya… i get it" the doctor replied…

"so.." Shane continued smiling mischievously at her new friend " you never told me about your date with mark.." she raised an eyebrow suggestively causing Katie to laugh..

"well.." she started…

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  Later that night after the gang had finished moving Carmen into the studio, they all were sitting in the living room waiting for the pizza to arrive… jenny was talking to Alice and Dana about their plans to vacation in Paris, while the others listened intently to mark as he filled them in on how his documentary was going… when the phone rang… Carmen jumped up first..

"I’ll get it" she said and everyone else continued their conversations.. "hello? " she said as she picked up the phone…

"hey Carm.." Shane voice causing Carmen’s smile to get brighter…

"hey baby" everyone in the room stopped talking and looked over at Carmen, "its Shane" she told them after seeing the puzzled looks on their faces…

"how did the moving go.." Shane asked

"great.. well except for Alice whining about how much stuff i own, but anyways how are you" Carmen asked walking into the kitchen for some privacy…

"I’m okay… i miss you" she replied sincerely.. the words causing Carmen to melt instantly…

"i miss you too… so how was treatment" she asked grabbing another beer from the fridge, ignoring they gang as a loud uproar of ohh’s and aww’s filled the living room…

"it was fine… the nauseousness is gone now" Shane was extremely happy about that part… and Carmen could hear the relief in her voice…

"good… um.. not that i don’t like talking to you but did you want to say hi to the others" Carmen asked when she heard the doorbell ring and saw the pizza had arrived…

"oh ya… um i just need to talk to jenny.. i need to asked her something before phone hours are up.." Shane could have smacked herself… she had called to ask Jenny’s help in setting up her date but got distracted when Carmen answered the phone…

"OK…. here let me get her…Jenny!!! phone" she accidentally yelled into the phone " sorry, i love you" she said as jenny came running over to her.. 

"its OK, love you too.. bye" Shane said after she moved the phone to her other ear to stop the ringing…

"Bye… here’s jenny" Carmen said handing jenny the phone.. before rejoining the others in the living room.. 

"hey Shane" Jenny’s voice boomed over the phone… as she stepped out side and light a cigarette..

"hey … look, can you and the others do me a huge favor.. but don’t tell Carm" Shane asked… even though she knew jenny would do it…

"sure…"

TBC

***date is coming up soon….. please tell me what you think.. good or bad, it helps to know if my readers like where im taking this story.. thanks..****